Maldon Gold Dredge & Dragline
A look at the old Gold Dredge and Dragline on the outskirts of Maldon in Central Victoria, Australia.
Dredge and Dragline at Porcupine Creek Maldon Vic
Dredge and Dragline at Porcupine Creek Maldon Vic.
which was once a flourishing area of the Maldon goldfields, the dredge and dragline represent that phase of gold mining in Maldon when technology enabled relatively large scale reworking of earlier deposits which had first been worked by thousands of individual prospectors in the rush of the 1850s.
Mr George Heywood commenced working the site at Porcupine Flat in 1958 where he developed the dredge operation on Porcupine Creek. He purchased the dredge sometime after 1958, and it may not have been fully operational until after 1973. Operations ceased in 1984, after moderate success. This dredge is a smaller reconstruction of the one that operated in the Jim Crowe Creek south of Newstead, from 1948 to 1954.
The dredge originally worked to the north of its current site, the existing dam being constructed when the Porcupine Flat Gold Treatment Works were constructed over the original workings. The dragline standing on the bank of the dam was brought from the Yallourn Coal Mine to assist in creating the initial dam and the ongoing operation. It proved to be of little value and was abandoned in its present position early in the operation.
A walk around the gold dredge at Maldon Victoria
Mr George Heywood commenced working the site at Porcupine Flat in 1958 where he developed the dredge operation on Porcupine Creek. He purchased the dredge sometime after 1958, and it may not have been fully operational until after 1973. Operations ceased in 1984, after moderate success. This dredge is a smaller reconstruction of the one that operated in the Jim Crowe Creek south of Newstead, from 1948 to 1954.
The dredge originally worked to the north of its current site, the existing dam being constructed when the Porcupine Flat Gold Treatment Works were constructed over the original workings. The dragline standing on the bank of the dam was brought from the Yallourn Coal Mine to assist in creating the initial dam and the ongoing operation. It proved to be of little value and was abandoned in its present position early in the operation.
Maldon Dredge
Great start to the day.bought my brother up with for the day to see what we get up to
Porcupine Dredge, Maldon VIC
Old school mining dredge just outside of Maldon in VIC
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NIGHT TIMES - Maldon Dredge & Dragline + Mt Tarrengower Tower
A night visit to some sleeping behemoths of a bygone era and a weather beaten lookout
Music track:
Alpha Hydrae - Trouve Dans La Traduction
2.2 grams of Maldon gold.
Just one of 4 nuggs found 30-8-17.Crappy phone vid sorry.
58RM at the Bendigo Road crossing- Maldon bound
here we see 58RM approaching Bendigo road with some stupid drivers crossing in front of the train. the train was about 1km out of Maldon.....
12/5/13
Finding Chunky Gold and my First Specimen at Maldon
Got Back from Maldon and had to wait a couple of days before I could process my dirt. Well it was well worth the wait. Got my first specimen and some really nice (but small) pickers. Now I need to get back there and do some serious digging.
Edit 23/04/2018
Got back to this spot the other day and you can see the video here. Found a bunch of gold on that bench.
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maldon gold mine lower adit
things you find and don't exspect
Surfacing gold Maldon 21-9-16
Nice nugget from surfacing area near maldon.
Lost Maldon Nugget Paydirt Give Away
So back in July I offered to give away two buckets of Paydirt from the spot in Maldon where it looked like I lost a nugget back in April.
Unfortunately it looks like I might have done it again.
The original lost nugget video.
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Another bit from Maldon surfacing area
A cool little grammer from surfacing area.
Maldon Gold - the Victorian Goldfields Railway
Extracts from this Railstuff film on about The Victorian Goldfields Railway
between Castlemaine and Maldon in Victoria, Australia which is a near
perfect example of a 5¹3² gauge Victorian branch line of the late twentieth century. Around 10 miles long and running over quite difficult terrain at its Maldon end, with numerous timber bridges, operations on the line are seen in this entertaining film with ex Victoria Railways ŒJ¹ & ŒK¹ class 2-8-0s on passenger and Œfreight¹ trains, much of the freight train run being shot on the footplate. Not that well known outside Australia, this isclearly a neat preserved line. See:
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the inside of the eldorado dredge part 5
inside the Eldorado bucket dredge
Maldon - Magical Marvelous Magnificent
Visit the magical historic town of Maldon, declared Australia's first notable town by the National Trust of Australia. Home to remarkable shops and bustling with events throughout the year, Maldon retains an old world feel that was imprinted in Victoria's Gold Rush.
Drone footage courtesy of Graham Hosking.
With thanks to:
Mount Alexander Shire
Maldon Inc.
Mr. Peter Thompson
Maldon Twilight Dinner
Maldon Brass Band
Maldon Easter Fair
and the wonderful people of Maldon.
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43 Maldon Trip 2019 Drummond Mines Part 1
My son (Spencer) and l Explore the Maldon area over a week from 2 to 9 Jan 2019. We look at every thing we can find historical including Mines.
Now we are looking at mines in Drummond in this three part series. Enjoy Part 1.
Maldon Historic Gold mining town
Created with a combination of footage and stills.
Parrallax created on stills using after effects.
J541 out of the shed at Maldon Victoria
Good Friday and J541 is ready to run around its train at Maldon