LILY CREEK MINE & SETTLEMENT
CULLENS TRACK ABERFELDY, BAW BAW SHIRE
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LILY CREEK MINE & SETTLEMENT - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The reefs on Lily Creek, south-east of Mt Lookout, were discovered in 1871 and in 1872 a 10-head battery was erected. Up to 1887 some 10,000 tons of stone were crushed but yields were generally low and the mine changed hands several times during that period. An attempt was made to rework the mine in 1909 and it is probably to this period that the machinery belongs. The stamp battery has not had a great deal of use and as the casting inscription indicates that the battery was made at Jeffcott Street, West Melbourne (and Anderson's were there only until 1910) this is consistent with it having been installed new at that time.References: Supple et al, M9 (after Dr P. Milner)Heritage Inventory Description
LILY CREEK MINE & SETTLEMENT - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Lily Creek battery and mine site are a tramway formation, battery, boiler and converted chimney stack, foundations for other machinery, mine workings, and settlement site.Tramway - formation of self acting tramway from the mine to the battery hopper. Battery - Anderson iron-framed 4-head stamp batteryBoiler - Cornish boiler and chimney stack which has been converted for use as a roasting kiln. Foundations - there are foundations for a steam engine, concentrating table and other machinery. Mine workings - several adit levels into the east slope of Lily Creek. Settlement site - wide flat area, upstream from the battery site and between the tramway formation and the creek.
Heritage Inventory Significance: National/state. The site is relatively intact. It was the first mine opened in the Aberfeldy Division and contains machinery representative of that used in small prospecting operations towards the end of the first phase of gold mining in the state. The close association of the settlement and the mine is also of value.
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LILY CREEK MINE & SETTLEMENTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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