Hidden away deep in a valleys of the Savage river of Tasmania lies an abandoned gold and osmiridium mining village. At the turn of the twentieth century Osmiridium became eight times the value of gold and many miners from around the world quickly hit the bends of the Savage river to seek there fortune.
Miners such as Portuguese John Baptiste (Hookey Jack) renowned for his hook as a right hand, his exceptional ability to prospect and sluice gold and James Mcginty who found Tasmania's largest gold nugget spent twenty years of his life mining gold and 'ossie' around savage river and the 19 mile creek workings.
In December of 1913 a miner by the name of William Armstrong slipped from a 60 foot cliff along the track his body was later discovered in the river and shortly after buried on a corner of the river known as Tarvise's beach. A few years later a diversion tunnel was dug out through the hill known as the burnt spur, to divert the rivers flow to allow mining of the rivers bedrock beneath.
My goal for this trip is to see if I can find this lonely abandoned grave of William Armstrong, as well as see what is left of the old workings and diversion tunnel and bring back to life the history of our early pioneers.
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21 дек 2023
