WELCOME ENGINE SHAFT
OFF MARTINS ROAD BETHANGA, TOWONG SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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WELCOME ENGINE SHAFT - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The area of the Welcome mine was first worked in 1875. During the late 1890s, the Bethanga Goldfields Co. held large leases on the Gift reef and on a minor lode to the east. On the minor lode, the Welcome was one of the two main shafts, and was worked by horse-whim. A 1908 plan showed extensive surface plant, high brick chimney stacks, and multiple shafts. The mine was the most extensively developed (surface) mine group on the field; its chimney stacks once dominated the town.Heritage Inventory Description
WELCOME ENGINE SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
Mullock heap - Immediately above the smelting works, is a large peaked mullock heap./nMining machinery - West of the mullock heap, slightly uphill, is a benched platform. On the platform is a largely buried 16ft long U-shaped engine bed which has 4ft thick walls and one inch mounting bolts. To the east of the engine bed is the outline of a 26ft long brick bob-pit and associated shaft depression.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional.
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WELCOME ENGINE SHAFTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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WALLACE'S SMELTING WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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