ALL NATIONS OR TOWER HILL CO.
ALL NATIONS LANE MAGPIE, BALLARAT CITY
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ALL NATIONS OR TOWER HILL CO. - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
All Nations Reef, Tower Hill; or Magpie Reef; or Whitehorse Reef; No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
ALL NATIONS Co.
04.1860: commenced crushing quartz which had been stock piled for up to 2 years, average yield 15 dwt per ton.
05.1860: crushed 120 tons of quartz for an average yield of 10 dwt per ton.
06.1860: 180 tons have been crushed for an average yield of 12 dwt per ton, from a depth of 160 feet and a width of 3 feet.
08.1860: located on Tower Hill, crushed 240 tons for an average yield of 12 dwt per ton.
11.1860: crushed 240 tons during the month for an average yield of 8 dwt.
12.1860: crushed 250 tons for an average yield of 8 dwt.
01.1861: crushed 400 tons from the 160 foot level for an average yield of 10 dwt; proving a large body of quartz from 80 to 160 feet with a thickness of 12 feet and a yield of 10 dwt.
02.1861: crushed 400 tons, average yield 9 dwt per ton.
03.1861:idle as portion of the mine has fallen in and limited the amount of stone raised (may be on the Whitehorse Reef)
05.1861: sinking new shaft; battery idle for want of stone
07.1861: new shaft at 210 feet, preparing to open out.
10.1861: 5 dwt per ton from 200 tons.
11.1861: yield of 4 dwt per ton from 400 tons.
12.1861: 7 dwt per ton from 200 tons.
03.1864: 4 dwt 16.5 grs per ton from 600 tons from a depth of 40 to 60 feet.
06.1864: 8 head battery; yield 37 ounces from 200 tons, or 3 dwt 16.8 grs per ton, at a depth of 40 to 60 feet.
05.1860 to 06.1864: recorded production of 1137 ozs from 2930 tons (or 35.366 kg from 2975 tonnes).
12.1865: expect to complete erecting crushing machinery during the next quarter.
Magpie Reef, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
ALL NATIONS Co.
11.1861: yield of 4 dwt per ton from 400 tons.
12.1861: 7 dwt per ton from 200 tons.
Cobbler’s Gully/Reef, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
TRINFIELD CO. (spelt Trunfield in December 1888)
03.1883: new battery ready to start.
07.1883 to 06.1887: recorded production of 1275 ozs 11 dwt 19 gr from 3848 tons (or 39.676 kg from 3909 tonnes).
03.1888: prospecting and has struck a large body of stone which is mineralised and shows gold; not yet tested.
12.1888: a strong body of stone has been struck at the 140 foot level, it is expected to yield 10 dwt per ton.
All Nations Reef, Tower Hill, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat
ANDERSON AND PARTY
02.1860: machinery ready to start, waiting for water
03.1860: have several hundred tons of quartz on the surface.
All Nations Reef, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
BRITISH WORKMAN Co.
12.1866: started working this reef again.
Tower Hill, No. 5 or Buninyong Division, Ballarat.
TOWER HILL Co.
09.1870: yield of 110 ounces.
09.1871: quartz from this claim has improved lately.Heritage Inventory Description
ALL NATIONS OR TOWER HILL CO. - Heritage Inventory Description
/nA mullock heap covers an area up to 60 m by 40 m and is up to 4 m high, with a single finger of mullock, 35 m long by 10 m wide running north east from the main body of the heap. There are a number of lines along the east of the heap which indicate how it was deposited. However these are obscured by the pine plantation.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not required
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TOWER HILL CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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ALL NATIONS OR TOWER HILL CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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