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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 656663" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Usually leads were exposed on hillsides at the head of the lead - they would then work their way deeper and deeper as they followed the lead down the palaeovalley (which could sometimes even be at right-angles to modern valleys. Once they got some understanding they would sink shafts or bores at greater depth to explore for the continuation. The old churn drill was a very cheap method by the late 19th century but it was shafts and hard yakka before that (which is when 90% of the alluvial leads were mined, most prior to 1865 with a brief and deep resurgence in the 1870s). Amazing what you can do if you are hungry enough, and if the reward might be 10 or 20 years income in less than a year. A lot died with water rushin in - 19 at one event in Creswick, 5 at another in Creswick, but in the early days deaths could be 30 per month in places like Ballarat.g</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 656663, member: 4386"] Usually leads were exposed on hillsides at the head of the lead - they would then work their way deeper and deeper as they followed the lead down the palaeovalley (which could sometimes even be at right-angles to modern valleys. Once they got some understanding they would sink shafts or bores at greater depth to explore for the continuation. The old churn drill was a very cheap method by the late 19th century but it was shafts and hard yakka before that (which is when 90% of the alluvial leads were mined, most prior to 1865 with a brief and deep resurgence in the 1870s). Amazing what you can do if you are hungry enough, and if the reward might be 10 or 20 years income in less than a year. A lot died with water rushin in - 19 at one event in Creswick, 5 at another in Creswick, but in the early days deaths could be 30 per month in places like Ballarat.g [/QUOTE]
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