SOUTH ESTATE CO NO.2 SHAFT
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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SOUTH ESTATE CO NO.2 SHAFT - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
SOUTH ESTATE CO-OPERATIVE PARTY,
05.04.1895: yield of 15 ozs for 2 weeks.
19.04.1895: yield of 29 ozs 8.5 dwt for 2 weeks.
17.05.1895: yield of 22 oz for two weeks.
25.12.1897: operated throughout the year but the yield of 480 ozs did not pay wages.
1899 : this party of nineteen shareholders took up 38 acres following the success of the New Estate Co.; the original shaft in the north of the claim was not paying and a second shaft at the southern end of the claim is paying fairly well; the claim is worked by whim.Heritage Inventory Description
SOUTH ESTATE CO NO.2 SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
The capping on the South Estate Co No.2 shaft has collapsed to leave a depression. The scatter of quartz wash south of the shaft covers an area 30m by 30m. The heap of material north of the shaft is an irregular shape and covers an area of approximately 120m by 120m by 3m high. It is composed of fine gravel and clay. An earthen ramp from the west leads on to the heap near a concrete pad which overlooks the concrete foundations of a reprocessing plant located hard up against the heap. The concrete bases and associated depressions cover an area approximately 9m by 7m. Two of the bases are foundations for gas producers. A section of rivetted iron chimney 1.8m by 1.1m diameter is 10m south of the foundations. The heap of fine gravel 20m north west of the large one is approximately 40m by 40m by 1.5m high.
The appearance of this heap is the result of the reprocessing operations that have probably introduced material to this site from surrounding heaps.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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PITFIELD QUARTZ AND CEMENT CO (NEW MOON)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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UNNAMED MINE - POSSIBLY PITFIELD Q & CVictorian Heritage Inventory
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REAL ESTATE COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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