CITY OF MANCHESTER
BUNINYONG-MOUNT MERCER ROAD AND KELLYS ROAD GRENVILLE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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CITY OF MANCHESTER - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Durham Lead, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
CITY OF MANCHESTER Co.
01.1863: are down 100 feet and baling water at 216 gallons per hour; the sinking is through very hard strata with indications that the deep ground is not far away.
22.08.1863 one of the largest and best appointed mines on the lead; holds 6700 feet of the lead; registered under Pyke's Act, with a capital of £8000, in 400 shares of £20 each; has fine 23.5 inch cylinder with a 3 foot 10 inch stroke; two boilers 26 feet by 6.5 feet; a round brick chimney 45 foot high on a stone base; built from bricks made on the ground to the shape required; the engine and boilers cost £1065 and the contract for their erection was £450; Messrs Hunt and Opie, of the Victoria Foundry, have been contracted to supply the winding and puddling gear for £562 and Mr. Kinsman for the stone and brick work for £205.
03.1864: shaft down 130 feet, 10 feet by 4 feet clear ;23 inch by 46 inch steam engine, 16 foot flywheel ;2 boilers: 24 feet by 6 feet 6 inches ;boilers and steam engine cost 1092 pounds one shilling ;flat rope (costing 45 pounds 5 shillings and 4 pence)
12.5 inch pumps, plunger and draw lift, on the ground awaiting fixing, together with 260 feet of pipes and pine pump rods costing 567 pounds 12 shillings ;capstan erected
03.1865: new company formed to work the section of gutter which traverses Crombie’s Pre-emptive Right, located in the middle of the City of Manchester Co.’s claim.
12.1865: have struck a gutter, putting in a blind shaft and preparing to work on a large scale.
06.03.1866: to erect a second puddling machine; interruptions to puddling caused by only having one steam engine.
03.1866: not yielding as expected although they are clearing expenses.
06.1866 : mining difficult, gold obtained paid for expenses.
24.07.1866: two cast iron puddling machines erected
1867/8: idle when reported on by Etheridge and Murray.
09.1870: ground has been taken up again.
12.1886: new company formed to rework this mine.
1863 - 1886: recorded production of 16.441 kg of gold.Heritage Inventory Description
CITY OF MANCHESTER - Heritage Inventory Description
The site is located adjacent to the Yarrowee River and appear to be relatively undisturbed since the machinery was removed. The shaft, which is a depression approximately 8 m in diameter, is apparently still open although it is full of timber from the trees that are growing over the site. The site is quite heavily timbered. A narrow depression approximately 5m long heads north from the shaft depression and a line of rocks runs along the west side of the shaft depression. Five metresnorth-west of the shaft depression is a 2.8m diameter circular stone lined pit within a mound there is a narrow passage with stones along one side which runs into the pit from the direction of the shaft depression. Fifteen metres east of this pit are depressions in a raised area which appear to be boiler settings. A drainage line runs from west of the shaft north to where there are a series of three dams. The dams are 35m north of the shaft, the first is approximately 20m by 20m;the next is 25m by 25m and the third is 35m by 35m. The mullock heap and adjoining quartz wash heap are very substantial and radiate south and south west from the shaft respectively finishing almost at the river bank. The heaps have not been disturbed.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: Regional
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CITY OF MANCHESTERVictorian Heritage Inventory
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