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BELLS LANE TRACK ALLUVIAL WORKINGS

Location

BELLS LANE TRACK, MUCKLEFORD STATE FOREST MUCKLEFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
Undisturbed gold rush mining landscape mainly containing digger holes and surrounding low heaps, and one puddling machine and one stone fireplace mound..
How is it significant?
The site is significance because of it has: 
Intactness: retains evidence of gold rush diggings 
Integrity: a compact arrangement that demonstrates the individual gold rush scale gold mine 
Condition: retained fabric in a condition that can be understood and interpreted 
Why is it significant?
The site is a relic of Victoria’s gold rush. 

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Alluvial Workings