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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: 654334" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Seems far to the south - not anywhere near a Harrietville to Omeo route. But yes, used to be great for gold. I went in there in the 1960s - at the time you could still see the street layout of the Grant ghost town, with the base of the stone walls of each individual house still visible and much of the old fireplaces and chimneys. Did not recognize the place when I went there recently. </p><p></p><p>Alfred Howitt (leader of the search for Burke and Wills among other things) was given the job of finding a new goldfield for the government, went up on the high plains and wintered over with landscape painter von Guerard, discovered Crooked River and his crew deserted to mine gold! A painting of an unknown area by Guerard turned up at a London auction in the early 1960s and even the mountain cattlemen could not identify the location, ultimately found to be the Moroka River heads - so 2 years later I hiked in with my mates to visit the site (early 1960s). Mt Howitt, Howitt hut, Howitville ghost town, Howitt Plains,,,,,</p><p></p><p>Angas McMillan later pushed a track from Walhalla to Cobungra then Omeo in 1864 but it was little used - now a walking track.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 654334, member: 4386"] Seems far to the south - not anywhere near a Harrietville to Omeo route. But yes, used to be great for gold. I went in there in the 1960s - at the time you could still see the street layout of the Grant ghost town, with the base of the stone walls of each individual house still visible and much of the old fireplaces and chimneys. Did not recognize the place when I went there recently. Alfred Howitt (leader of the search for Burke and Wills among other things) was given the job of finding a new goldfield for the government, went up on the high plains and wintered over with landscape painter von Guerard, discovered Crooked River and his crew deserted to mine gold! A painting of an unknown area by Guerard turned up at a London auction in the early 1960s and even the mountain cattlemen could not identify the location, ultimately found to be the Moroka River heads - so 2 years later I hiked in with my mates to visit the site (early 1960s). Mt Howitt, Howitt hut, Howitville ghost town, Howitt Plains,,,,, Angas McMillan later pushed a track from Walhalla to Cobungra then Omeo in 1864 but it was little used - now a walking track. [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
REMINISCENCES OF THE OLD GOLD DIGGERS.
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