The lure of wealth drew hundreds of thousands of diggers to the gold-fields of Victoria in the early 1850s. Many were tempted by stories of riches that could literally be picked up from the ground, or by reports of the ostentatious behaviour of those who had struck it rich. Optimistic diggers abandoned their families, professions and countries for the gold-fields and the prospect of a new life.

Few sectors of the community were immune to the lure of gold.

An Alluvial Mine has been discovered within the grounds of Soul Food and it is opening for sturdy miners who know that to find real creative gold you have to be prepared to dig deeply.

Alluvial Miners

Shiloh Cannon-Blackburn
Barbara Banta
Beth Lynne Clewley
Edwina Peterson Cross
William Michaelian
Anita Marie Moscoso
Alexandra Román

Alluvial Mining News and Updates

June 17th 2005

Unearth information about the importance of having a stage to perform on and discover what Duende has to do with Eldorado? The serious word artist will learn a lot from reading Frederico Garcia Lorca's essay about this mysterious force.

April 19th 2005

What does Crevice Mining and the Balfour Memorial Mining Method have to do with finding Eldorado? The serious miner will learn a lot about extracting words from these methods.

March 14th 2005

Lani Gerity Glanville presents Mining for Gold in Mississippi, a paper which explores the creative treasure that can be mined when we encourage people to work within. She clearly enunciates the truth that "the best of who we are is within us and it is our life's task to bring that out."

February 28th 2005

Edwina Peterson Cross presents an extraordinary collection entitled Mining the Jungian Archetypes. If this is the calibre of material that is to be drawn from these here mines then there really will be a gold rush to match the Australian and Californian Gold Rushes.

William Michaelian explores the mythology of mines like the Alluvial Mine in Poets in Rock

February 13th 2005

Meditate upon the act of weighing souls, the act of weighing gold, the act of weighing words

Lie beside the memory stream with Mnemosyne

Abandon by Anita Marie Moscoso

Word Fever by William Michaelian

January 26th 2005

Beth Lynne Clewley courageously stakes a mining claim.

Barbara Banta stakes a claim and finds gold.

Death of Leaning Birches and Company by Anita Marie Moscoso

Jannuary 20th 2005

William Michaelian stakes a claim within the Alluvial Mine.

Track the Alluvial Mining Team as they seek creative gold.

January 19th 2005

Alexandra Roman stakes a Miner's Claim

January 17th 2005

Shiloh Cannon-Blackburn lifts the manhole and Guardians of the Subterranean emerge.

Learn about how to use a Divining Rod to locate creative energy.

Anita Marie Moscoso faces her fear and goes deep within the mine

Finding Eldorado has been tucked within the mine quite close to the entrance.

January 10th 2005

Some hardy miners have donned their boots and helmets and have begun mining in the Alluvial Mine here at Soul Food. Meet Shiloh Cannon Blackburn who has staked a claim in the mine after working through some of the preliminary activities, designed to prepare miner's for the daunting task ahead.

January 6th 2005

You really should use the Mining Tips and Techniques before beginning to seriously mine the Alluvial Mine.

January 5th 2005

An Alluvial Mine has been discovered within the grounds of Soul Food and it is opening for sturdy miners who know that to find real gold you have to be prepared to dig deeply.

Read About Alluvial Mining and watch as we discover what lies deep within this old mine.

Could this be the beginning of another golden era of Australian mining? It is anticipated that when word gets out eager miners will come from all over the world to to stake claims and plumb the depths of the heavily laden veins of gold. It is likely that this mine will yield richer rewards than the Australian Gold fields during the 1850's.

But be warned.! You will have to dig carefully, using your mouse and your intuition to tap into the veins of gold. Links are deliberately tucked in inconspicuous parts of the mine.