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Generally steeply-dipping, they were mined in sections, leaving large slots (called stopes) in the ground where the reef had been. The quartz had to crushed to a fine sand to extract the gold.</p> </div> <p id="entryauthor">Parks Victoria</p> <dl id="entryreferences"> <dt>References</dt> <dd><i>Mount Alexander Mail</i>, 21 March 1856. <a href="../bib/PEG000289.htm" class="details">Details</a></dd> <dd><i>Mount Alexander Mail</i>, 28 March 1856. <a href="../bib/PEG000291.htm" class="details">Details</a></dd></dl> <div id="seealso"> <h3>See also</h3> <dl class="relatedentitylist"> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00247b.htm">Bendigo, VIC</a></dt> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00141b.htm">Beyond the 1850s Gold Rushes: Mining Technology from the 1890s to the Present</a></dt> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00055b.htm">Brache, Jacob</a></dt> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00299b.htm">Nothing but Gold: Victoria's Northern Region</a></dt> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00037b.htm">Quartz Roasting Kilns</a></dt> <dt><a href="../biogs/EG00208b.htm">Woods Point, VIC</a></dt> </dl> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <h2 class="hidden">Footer</h2> <div id="footernav"> <ul> <li class="first"><a href="../home.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="../about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="../about.html#disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></li> <li><a href="../help.html">Help</a></li> <li><a href="../browse_.htm">A to Z</a></li> <li><a href="../search.htm">Search</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="footertext"> <p><br /> Produced by the Cultural Heritage Unit, The University of Melbourne<br /> http://www.egold.net.au/biogs/EG00024b.htm<br /> Updated: 27 May 2015<br /> </p> </div> <h2 class="hidden">Partners</h2> <div id="partnerlogos"> <a href="http://www.unimelb.edu.au/"><img src="../images/w_mu_logo.gif" alt="Melbourne University Logo" /></a> <a href="http://www.heritage.vic.gov.au/"><img src="../images/w_hv_logo.gif" alt="Heritage Victoria Logo" /></a> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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