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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 654320" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>An 1863 report. If he went up the Ovens River from Harrietville to get to Omeo it sounds like the goldfield around Spargo's (Mount Hotham). There are not a lot of gold occurrences on that immediate area, and even less routes across the mountains there if one wants to stay on the ridges (where deep snow is commonly present in winter as he describes). Alternatively the Harrietville reefs continue south to Mt St Bernard (on the same route closer to the Harrietville end). The Cobungra Valley would be another alternative, but Spargo's best fits the snow conditions (the Red Robin mine there on Machinery Spur snows in during winter). I met the owner in White Cliffs - he mined opal there in winter and gold at the Red Robin in summer.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]5042[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>That route is a bit south from Mt Bogong, but Bogong would be an extreme northwards deviation travelling from Harrietville to Omeo and would be a route requiring descending time and again into deep valleys. Glen Wills would be the main alpine goldfield in that area. other areas being lower down along the Mitta Mitta (Eskdale, Tallandoon, Granite Flat etc.).</p><p></p><p>I knew the man who did the second crossing of the Bogong High Plains on skis in winter from west to east - in about 1931! Bloomfield was a brave character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 654320, member: 4386"] An 1863 report. If he went up the Ovens River from Harrietville to get to Omeo it sounds like the goldfield around Spargo's (Mount Hotham). There are not a lot of gold occurrences on that immediate area, and even less routes across the mountains there if one wants to stay on the ridges (where deep snow is commonly present in winter as he describes). Alternatively the Harrietville reefs continue south to Mt St Bernard (on the same route closer to the Harrietville end). The Cobungra Valley would be another alternative, but Spargo's best fits the snow conditions (the Red Robin mine there on Machinery Spur snows in during winter). I met the owner in White Cliffs - he mined opal there in winter and gold at the Red Robin in summer. [ATTACH type="full" width="670px"]5042[/ATTACH] That route is a bit south from Mt Bogong, but Bogong would be an extreme northwards deviation travelling from Harrietville to Omeo and would be a route requiring descending time and again into deep valleys. Glen Wills would be the main alpine goldfield in that area. other areas being lower down along the Mitta Mitta (Eskdale, Tallandoon, Granite Flat etc.). I knew the man who did the second crossing of the Bogong High Plains on skis in winter from west to east - in about 1931! Bloomfield was a brave character. [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.
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