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Conference Proceedings

Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference

Conference Proceedings

Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference

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Long Tunnel extended Gold Mine, Walhalla-A Recovery and Rehabilitation Project

From its mining lease at the northern end of Cohens Reef at Walhalla in the North Gippsland Mountains, the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mining Company produced 13,695 kg of gold, which at 1980 prices represents a value significantly in excess of $200 million. In the period 1885 to 1908 the mine was one of Australia's principal reef gold producers, being top Victorian producer in six of these twenty-four years. Prior and subsequent occupants of the lease produced an additional 160 kg of gold. The Extended and the other mines on Cohens Reef whilst contributing importantly to the financial resource of Victoria, were the sole important support for the substantial town of Walhalla that had grown up around them. When the mines closed, Walhalla gradually reduced from a bustling developed town to the present attractive mountain village so favoured by tuurriSts. To allow the visitor to obtain a better ;ri.icrstanding of Walhalla's mining past, important parts of the Long Tunnel Extended Gold Mine workings and site are being
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  • Published: 1981
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