WAVERLEY GM CO NO.2 SHAFT
286 DREAMERS HILL ROAD HAPPY VALLEY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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WAVERLEY GM CO NO.2 SHAFT - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The following information relates to both the Waverley Gold Mine Cos. No.1 and 2 shafts.
1861: mining commenced.
07.1863: still sinking.
10.1863: sinking fast but it will be some time before the shaft is bottomed.
03.1864: bottomed and have a good prospect but are not yet deep enough.
06.1864: driving for the gutter.
12.1864: looking much better.
03.1865: paying well.
06.1865: improving, obtained over 100 ozs for one week.
09.1865: paying reasonably well.
12.1865: showing signs of improvement.
02.01.1866 : boiler cleaned out.
03.1866: taken up a portion of the Lucky Co.’s ground.
26.06.1866: three horses working underground.
09.1866: about to wind up.
12.1866: claim sold to a new party.
03.1867: claim of over 200 acres occupied by a new company.
09.1867: the new party is doing well.
06.1869: obtaining moderate returns.
06.1871: signs of some improvement.
03.1875: doing well mining the deep leads.
12.1878: giving steady returns.
12.1879: giving fair returns.
03.1880: giving its usual yield.
06.1881: this and the Springdallah Junction Co. are the only deep lead companies working at Happy Valley at this time.
12.1881: the last of the deep alluvial mines in the Happy Valley area; ceased operations after 20 years.
Despite its length of operation the official reports only record a total yield of 3.11 kg.Heritage Inventory Description
WAVERLEY GM CO NO.2 SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
This site is dominated by two groups of mullock approximately 5m high each of which fans out in finger formation from the shaft. The better defined of the two groups commences 15 metres east of the shaft, where the main mullock heap extends east for 8 metres before another finger of mullock branches off the southern side of this main heap. A further 12 metres along the main heap and two more fingers of mullock branch off on either side and run for approximately 15 metres. The main heap continues on for another 35 metres. This group of mullock heaps has a hand like appearance, and is substantially intact. The total mass of this group covers an area 55x 50m. A second group ofthree mullock heaps extend south beginning 10 metres south of the shaft and covering an area 45x40 m. A considerable amount of gravel has been removed from the end of two of the heaps in this second group. A large quantity of white clay material in a separate dump covers the first 30 metres of the westernmost end of this second group of mullock heaps. The shaft depression contains a considerable quantity of rubbish. There is a group of shallow depressions scattered with basalt rocks 5-10m north-east of the shaft, which appear to be the site of some of the machinery that was used at this site. There is a 'fire-bar' amongst these depressions. A line of rocks 43m long runs east from a point 25 metres north of the shaft. The area in the immediate vicinity of the shaft is quite disturbed.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: Local
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