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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 29060" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Jinx - here are some old reports. May help.</p><p></p><p>1860-63: Good Hope rush gave impetus to prospectors - a government prospecting party from</p><p>Shady Creek, across Latrobe River, and into <strong>Hawthorn Creek</strong>, later found gold at Icy</p><p>Creek and Pheasant Creek (west of Fumina) - another party discovered Camp Creek</p><p>West (now Hill End; Camp Creek was then called Bowley or Middle Creek) -</p><p>Russell's Creek opened up in late 1860 by John Russell - other creeks worked</p><p>included Stony, Wombat, Hardup, Ross's, Kenny's, and Charity creeks.4</p><p>1860s: <strong>Main auriferous creeks were: Hawthorn</strong>, Boggy, Wild Bull, Camp, Stony, Snake,</p><p>Specimen, Doyle's, Pheasant, Kenny's, and Icy. Bed of Tanjil River extensively and</p><p>profitably worked in many places - also a number of small gullies falling into the</p><p>river between Icy and Russell's creeks. The shallow alluvial gold in the Tanjil district</p><p>was plentiful, easily obtained, 'and, in consequence, quickly worked out'.5</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 29060, member: 981"] Jinx - here are some old reports. May help. 1860-63: Good Hope rush gave impetus to prospectors - a government prospecting party from Shady Creek, across Latrobe River, and into [b]Hawthorn Creek[/b], later found gold at Icy Creek and Pheasant Creek (west of Fumina) - another party discovered Camp Creek West (now Hill End; Camp Creek was then called Bowley or Middle Creek) - Russell's Creek opened up in late 1860 by John Russell - other creeks worked included Stony, Wombat, Hardup, Ross's, Kenny's, and Charity creeks.4 1860s: [b]Main auriferous creeks were: Hawthorn[/b], Boggy, Wild Bull, Camp, Stony, Snake, Specimen, Doyle's, Pheasant, Kenny's, and Icy. Bed of Tanjil River extensively and profitably worked in many places - also a number of small gullies falling into the river between Icy and Russell's creeks. The shallow alluvial gold in the Tanjil district was plentiful, easily obtained, 'and, in consequence, quickly worked out'.5 [/QUOTE]
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