In 1859 around 3400 diggers were on the local diggings. After some archeological diggings at the site of the Crucifixion, she unearthed three crosses. In that same month prospectors began moving from the Clunes to the Buninyong diggings. These are the earliest Iron Age settlements in the area identified from archaeological diggings. Cornish miners were brought out to work the diggings. Boom towns like Mineral Point, Platteville, Shullsburg, Belmont, and New Diggings sprang up around mines. It was found in 1858 at the diggings of Ballarat, Victoria. There are signs of wombat diggings on the hill face but they are rarely seen. The approach to the diggings are carefully camouflaged with boulders and trunks. The supposed landing marks were identified by police and foresters as rabbit diggings. Irish priests arrived and followed their compatriots to the diggings. The remains of the Gold Ridge Diggings (a.k.a. Later, Jack buys a horn spoon, and Praiseworthy and Jack leave to the diggings. Two of the richest diggings were named Owlsburg and Owlburrow Flat. Hamilton moved to Wisconsin and established Hamilton's Diggings in 1827.