MACCLESFORD REEF MINE
28 HADDON-WINDERMERE ROAD HADDON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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MACCLESFORD REEF MINE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Macclesfield Co., Linton
21.08.1861: resolved to divide their claim into 124 shares of £10 each; have taken up an extended claim and are negotiating for a machine from Mount Misery.
(Given the condition of the features at this site it is unlikely that this is the Macclesfield Co., it is more likely that this report relates to the alluvial mines, see reports 30.02 and 30.03.)
Check at the Public Records Office for the lease files relating to Lease No. 9025, 8827, 8453 which are shown in this area on Ballarat Mining District Lease Record Plan No. 300.SiteCard data copied on 08/07/2024:Ray Supple could find no historical information on the mine but due to its good condition speculated that it was not an early mine. Certainly the condition of the adit supports this interpretationMACCLESFORD REEF MINE - Interpretation of Site
The site has an partly open adit associated with a mullock heap. There are no machinery foundations/rubble at the site. The site is located in a State Forest and like all other mining sites in Victoria would be visited by gold fossickers.
Heritage Inventory Description
MACCLESFORD REEF MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
This site consists of an intact mullock heap with three fingers adjoining an open adit. The adit is apparently open for a distance of 600 m, but shows no sign of any gold being obtained. The sides of the cutting that leads to the mouth of the adit are collapsing. The cutting is approximately 30 m long and 2 to 3 m wide. There are some small mounds at the end of the cutting where the mullock heap begins. The mullock resembles a three pronged branch. The individual arms of the branch are between 20 and 45 m long and up to 3 to 4 m high. It is an intact, neat, compact site, the condition of which suggests that it is of relatively recent date. There are two deep open shafts on the southern extension of Macclesfield Reef 250 m south of this site refer to the report of Site No. 30.02.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
SiteCard data copied on 08/07/2024: The main features recorded in 1999 by Ray Supple were: • Intact mullock heap (45m long and 4m high) with three dumping lines • Mullock heap associated with an adit with a 30m long cutting. These features still survive. During the inspection two open prospecting shafts were discovered and mapped
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STANDARD GULLY SHALLOW ALLUVIAL SINKINGS ON NORTH SIDEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NORTH ARM OF STANDARD GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS MIDWAY BETWEEN THIS AND NUGGETTY GULLYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NUGGETTY GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGS (1)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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