NORTH PRENTICE MINE SITE
MURRAY VALLEY HIGHWAY RUTHERGLEN, INDIGO SHIRE
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NORTH PRENTICE MINE SITE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The North Prentice Co. was active during the 1890s, although exact dates and details of operation are not known. In 1906, the Prentice and Southern leases were bought by English capitalists, and the Prentice and Southern Deep Leads Ltd commenced operations, reverting to the North Prentice shaft where they installed the biggest mine-pumping plant in Victoria. Despite high yields (1000 oz per month at the end of 1909), mining operations on this very wet lead were unprofitable. Three hundred men were employed. The company closed down in 1909. Rutherglen Dumps Ltd treated the slime dump (not on this site: the treatment plant was situated elsewhere) by cyaniding in 1949.Heritage Inventory Description
NORTH PRENTICE MINE SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
/nFeatures of the North Prentice mine site are a mullock heap, capped/filled site, slum pond, and mining machinery foundations representing two periods of operation.
Heritage Inventory Significance:The site has scientific significance because it illustrates a particular mining technology.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Mullock heap - Largely quarried. Shaft - A depression marks the site of the North Prentice shaft. Slum pond - Large pond. Two periods of mining machinery foundations are evinced by use of different materials. The principal features are: Concrete foundations - Massive irregular-shaped concrete engine bed 46 ft x 36 ft, and 9 ft high; and remains of associated concrete bob-pit (13 ft wide, with 3 ft thick walls). Remains of the biggest (for its time) mine-pumping plant in Victoria, installed in 1906. Brick foundations - Solid brick engine bed, 30 ft x 10 ft x 7 ft high, with stepped brickwork and 3-inch mounting bolts; brick winder bed, 53 ft x 10 ft x 7 ft high, with stepped brickwork and 3-inch mounting bolts; and narrow brick bed, 30 ft x 5 ft. Bob-pit - Remnant of brick bob-pit associated with winder bed. Boiler house - 30 ft long x 2 ft thick x 5 ft high stone (basalt blocks) wall with inner lining of red brick. The rest of the boiler foundations are covered by mounds of rubble.
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NORTH PRENTICE MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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