MARTIN'S ENGINE SHAFT
KURRAJONG GAP ROAD BETHANGA, TOWONG SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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MARTIN'S ENGINE SHAFT - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
One of the shafts on the South Gift line worked by the Wallace Bethanga Co. and Bethanga Goldfields Co. during the 1880s and 1890s. The shaft took its name from Thomas Martin, Wallace's works manager.Heritage Inventory Description
MARTIN'S ENGINE SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
Features are mullock heaps, shafts, a quartz roasting site, engine bed and two boilers.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. The site has scientific significance because of its intactness. It is also part of a network, and associated with the Gift mine site, Welcome shaft, and Wallace's smelting works.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Mullock heaps - Two peaked mullock heaps with open (fenced) shafts. Roasting area - Near the upper mullock heap is a burnt platform. Near the lower mullock heap are an engine bed and two boilers. Mining machinery - The engine bed is built of brick-capped stone and measures 18 ft x 6 ft x 5ft high, with 1+-inch mounting bolts. Boilers - One is a Cornish boiler, measuring 20 ft long x 5ft diameter, from which all fittings have been removed). The other is a dome or cylinder, 15 ft long x 3ft diameter. Neither boiler is in its original position. Shaft - The shaft is open but fenced.
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MARTIN'S ENGINE SHAFTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GIFT MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Bethanga LookoutNational Trust
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