ENFIELD CO
859 BUNINYONG-MOUNT MERCER ROAD GARIBALDI, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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ENFIELD CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
ENFIELD GOLD MINING CO., Durham Lead, No. 5 or Buninyong Division
03.1864: erecting 16 inch by 42 inch steam engine ;boiler: 29 feet 6 inches by 6 feet ;winding gear fixed, shaft dry ;sinking shaft, 9 feet by 4 feet
03.1865: bottomed on deep ground and obtained 29 ounces of gold from 2 machines; gold is rough and the lead appears rich.
06.1865: obtained good returns.
08.08.1865: shaft down 289 feet 6 inches; double decked cage fitted to allow 2 trucks one above the other
double inclined tramway, 800 feet long, from mine to washing plant on the margin of the River Leigh; dirt taken down in a convoy of 12 trucks by winding gear and a small steam engine
27.03.1866: machinery working well
06.1866: mining difficult, gold obtained paid for expenses.
18.12.1866: 2527 trucks of dirt washed for the past fortnight
01.01.1867: work suspended on 22 December for 6 days to clean boilers, machinery and sluice dam
26.02.1867: friction belts and 10 trucks delivered; 3981 trucks of wash-dirt raised for the fortnight
12.03.1867: a ton of truck wheels ordered from Hunt and Opie for 18 pounds.
Friction straps fixed on the winding gear of the small steam engine, allowing a train of trucks to be taken down in perfect safety
26.03.1867:10 new trucks, 2 wire rope for the small steam engine, 3 tons of iron rails and 2 friction straps purchased; 4000 trucks raised for the fortnight
09.1867: only paying wages, hope to prove the reef.
12.1867: yield of 380 ounces.
09.1868: yield of 208 ounces 15 dwt.
12.1868: continues to improve; yield of 225 ounces 14 dwt and 2 grs.
03.1869: reasonable returns of 263 ounces.
06.1869: yield of 212 ounces 17 dwt,
09.1869: poor yield of 127 ounces 14 dwt 12 grs.
12.1869: wash has widened to 700 feet returns are poor, yield of 87 ounces and 8 dwt.
03.1870: tribute party, yield of 201 ounces 15 dwt 12 grs.
06.1865 to 06.1871: recorded production of 2461 ozs 3 dwt (or 76.552kg).Heritage Inventory Description
ENFIELD CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Part one is a very disturbed site, obviously grazed for a long time, mullock heap is spreadout and settled, now covers an area 40m by 35m by up to 4m high. The second part of the site is relatively intact, and consists of a large three finger quartz wash heap which fans out down the slope to the river. The fingers of wash are between 50 and 60 metres long, from 15 to 40 metreswide and up to 8 metreshigh. The wash emanates from the site of the shaft, now a depression. Above and to the west of the shaft the ground has signs of benching which has been totally changed by grazing cattle. This benched area runs for 30 metresto where the formation of a dry dam 30m by 30m is located.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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DUKE OF CORNWALL COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Former Garibaldi State School No. 2173Golden Plains Shire
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Banksia marginataNational Trust
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