ROBIN HOOD CO
HAPPY VALLEY ROAD HAPPY VALLEY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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ROBIN HOOD CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
12.1860: sinking their shaft.
03.1861: not yet bottomed; shares have risen in value.
05.1861: to get a steam engine; shaft down 112 feet.
06.1861: progressing favourably.
07.1861: erecting a large steam engine; shaft is very deep.
08.1861: well advanced with the sinking of their shaft.
09.1861: considered to be very good claim and the shares are at a very good price.
10.1861: ready to start this week; have very powerful machinery.
14.11.1861: completed erecting a 30 hp engine and boiler 26 feet long by 6 foot 6 inches in diameter; shaft has three compartments, it is 8 foot 6 inches by 3 foot 6 inches and 140 feet deep; the contract for sinking the shaft has been let to a party of Welshmen for £6 12s 6d per foot.
11.1861: about 140 feet through the rock.
12.1861: procuring pumping machinery after being flooded out.
01.1863: recently bottomed and struck very rich wash-dirt.
06.1863: the 3 compartment main shaft is 8 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 6 inches, and is down to a depth of 288 feet;
The machinery at the mine includes:
an 18 inch by 36 inch steam engine for pumping and puddling;two boilers: 26 feet by 6 feet 6 inches and 20 feet by 6 feet 6 inches; a 12 inch by 30 inch steam engine for winding;a 12 inch drawlift which is down 295 feet; two puddling machines with cast iron bottoms and wrought iron sides (cost £728). They have centre discharge with sluice and platform placed underneath;an 8 inch surface pump;Round's patent flat chain.
07.1863: doing better lately.
10.1863: no dividend yet.
03.1864: laying iron tram rails in drives.
greatly improved.
06.1864: not getting much, have driven to their boundary on each side.
09.1864: ground tried so far has turned out poor.
12.1864: slightly improving; latest yield was 34 ozs.
06.1865: a consistent mine which pays moderately.
09.1865: paying reasonably well.
12.1865: showing signs of improvement.
06.1866: best yielding claim at Happy Valley for some time; yield of 172 ozs for the week.
recorded production to this time was 5783 ozs 18 dwt or 179.904 kg.
09.1866: worked out.
03.1867: a new company formed and the ground reoccupied.Heritage Inventory Description
ROBIN HOOD CO - Heritage Inventory Description
There arefour substantially intact fingers of mullock and quartz stones which are all about 15m wide and 3.5m high, varying in length from 50-60 metres. These heaps fan out from the shaft, although they actually start approximately 20 metres east of the shaft. The shaft is open for a considerable depth. Other small piles of mullock and quartz are scattered about the site and appear to have been disturbed, of these only the two conical shaped heaps in a line south from the shaft have retained any of their original shape. These two heaps are approximately 5m in diameter and 3m high. There is a 1m length of walling of basalt rock 8 m north-east of the shaft. It is within a mound of rock and dirt. The remains of a substantial stone wall/fence commences at a point 60m south of the large mullock heaps and runs along the south and west sides of the site before heading off in a westerly direction. This wall/fence is approximately 0.8m wide. There are remains of a substantial basalt stone stables 60m south-west of the mine site. The site is quite large, its overall dimensions are approximately 100m by 100m. There is insufficient evidence to indicate how the site was operated, the large mullock heaps and the shaft are the only intact features. The mullock heaps are good examples of this type of feature.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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