Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Gold Dredging in Central Victoria
- In
- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Melbourne, Victoria, 1998, pp. 9-16
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1858256843
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.545069715429290
- Abstract
The gold dredges operated by Victoria Gold Dredging Company and Central Victoria Dredging Company near Newstead and Avoca between 1938 and 1958 were amongst the largest in Australia. In total they treated 33 million cubic yards of alluvial for the recovery of nearly 175,000 ounces of gold. The conventional bucket dredges were designed by Alluvial Mining Equipment Company of Sydney and were built by Thompson's Engineering and Pipe Company of Castlemaine. This paper describes the design, construction and operation of the dredges, their remarkable efficiency, low cost of operation, technical difficulties and the successful land rehabilitation which followed.
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- 9th National Conference on Engineering Heritage: Proceedings edited by Martin, Ray L (Melbourne, Vic.: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1998), 213 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.1858256843. Details