The greatest mining activity took place between 1902 and the start of the First World War.
The largest pure gold nugget in the district was recovered from this creek in 1913.
In the Gold Boom years, the Creek was largely ignored as the depth of bed rock discouraged hand mining operations.
When gold in other creeks in the vicinity were exhausted, attention was turned to Birch.
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