BAND OF HOPE CO
571 LINTON-PIGGOREET ROAD HAPPY VALLEY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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BAND OF HOPE CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
BAND OF HOPE CO., Happy Valley; No. 6 or Smythesdale Division
12.1869: one of three companies that has taken up the ground at the junction of the Old Springdallah and Happy Valley Leads; the only one of the three that has the resources to test the ground.
01.1868 to 03.1868: recorded production of 130 oz 19 dwt 17 gr , or 4.074 kg.
SPRINGDALLAH JUNCTION CO., Happy Valley; No. 6 or Smythesdale Division
12.1878: giving steady returns.
03.1879: paying well.
03.1880: giving its usual yield.
06.1881: this and the Waverley Co. are the only deep lead companies working at Happy Valley at this time.
03.1882: doing fairly well.
The historical information suggests that this is more likely to be the site of the Springdallah Junction Co., although the use of local stone for machinery suggests an earlier date.Heritage Inventory Description
BAND OF HOPE CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Situated on a steep slope overlooking the Springdallah Creek the quartz wash heaps and the mullock heaps are aboutfive metreswide. They cascade 15 metres down the slope toward the creek. These heaps, which radiate from the collapsed shaft, have been disturbed. There is a basalt stone structure and several small depressions around the shaft. These depressions may have been where other structures were located. As with a number of the sites in this area it appears that grazing has damaged the site. The basalt stone structure has a distinct inside and outside surface to the wall at its east end, i.e., the end closest to the shaft. At this point the wall is approximately 0.7m thick. This end of the structure is U-shaped, and the other end is open. The structure is up to 10.5m long and 2.6m wide, and it appears to have been the setting for a boiler. The stones are held in place with mud mortar.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: None
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GRAND JUNCTION COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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