GRASSHOPPER BATTERY
WILLIAMS TRACK SANDY CREEK, INDIGO SHIRE
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GRASSHOPPER BATTERY - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The installation date of the Grasshopper battery is unclear. The mine appears not to have had its own battery during its initial phase of working in the 1880s, but the plant, a 10-head battery and cyanide works, was apparently in operation by 1903. The British and Australian Co. worked the Grasshopper mine from 1909-15, using the same plant. From 1916-18, the ex-British and Australian plant was utilised as the Sandy Creek government battery, treating mainly 'tips'.Heritage Inventory Description
GRASSHOPPER BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description
Features are: a portable engine, remains of a battery, cyanide works (slum pond, roasting furnace remains), loading ramp, and hut. Mine workings nearby (deep open stope).
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional. The site has scientific features due to its rarity and range of features.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Portable engine- The engine rests on the ground on a benched platform below the track. Most of its fittings have been removed. It has double cylinders (one has been removed), each measuring 12 inches in diameter and 16 inches long. An inspection stamp on the smoke box reads: MD 011, T105, WP70, 11-2-10. The engine measures 12¢ ft long and its 4¢-ft fly wheel has been dislodged and now rests against the side of the engine. The base of the engine's flue is still evident. Battery - The stampers have been removed from the site, the cam shaft lies near the road. Surviving foundations suggests the battery had ten head of stamps. Treatment works - A small, intact slum pond (30 m x 15 m) is situated on a bench immediately below the battery. At the western end are the remains of a small roasting furnace. Most of its stone and brickwork has been scavenged, only the rear end, a roughly-built stone stack base with a small brick-lined flue, surviving. Loading ramp and hut platform - 50 m above the battery site are the remains of a loading ramp. Adjacent is a benched platform with a scatter of galvanised iron sheeting and a few flower [?] bulbs. Mine workings - 40 m east of the battery site is a deep open stopeùvery dangerous.
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GRASSHOPPER BATTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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