CHILTERN VALLEY EXTENDED DEEP LEAD MINE
WALLACE CONSUL ROAD LILLIPUT, INDIGO SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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CHILTERN VALLEY EXTENDED DEEP LEAD MINE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Chiltern Valley Extended mine was a minor producer during the 1890s deep lead revival. Canavan states that the mine earlier operated under the name Chiltern Valley Consols GMC.
CHILTERN VALLEY EXTENDED DEEP LEAD MINE - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
CHILTERN VALLEY EXTENDED DEEP LEAD MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Chiltern Valley Extended deep lead mine are a mullock heap, pebble dump, and a foundations for a range of mining machinery.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has scientific significance because of its intactness and the technology it illustrates.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Mullock heap - Large peaked heap. Pebble dump - Remnant of a pebble dump. Mining machinery foundations. Majority of the foundations are obscured by tree growth. Heritage Inventory Site Features: Winder beds - Two brick, tank-like beds. The northern one measures 30 ft x 8¢ ft x 5 ft high, 2ft-thick walls, and has arrangements of 1¥-inch and 2¢-inch mounting bolts; the southern bed is 20 ft x 12 ft x 7 ft high. The former still has 1+-ft square wooden bearers. Narrow beds - On the eastern side of the winder beds are two narrow beds: the northern is 18 ft x 4 ft x 5 ft high; the southern bed is 30 ft x 4 ft. Another narrow bed is located on the western side of the winder bed which has well-preserved wooden bearers. Boiler house - The corner of a brick building; the rest of the building has been reduced to rubble.
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CHILTERN VALLEY EXTENDED DEEP LEAD MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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