EMEU CO
NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD NEWTOWN, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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EMEU CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
EMU or EMEU Co., Black Ball Lead, Italian Gully,
07.1860: realising good returns.
11.1860: an excellent claim.
03.1861: getting moderate dividends.
04.1861: have struck gold in their shaft.
05.1861: the Kossuth, Emeu, Prince of Wales and the Star of the North are the only paying claims on the Black Ball Lead.
06.1861: produced 55.5 ozs last week giving £10 per man for the 20 men involved.
07.1861: paying very well of late.
09.1861: making wages.
10.1861: making fair returns.
11.1861: making moderate wages
12.1861: doing very little.Heritage Inventory Description
EMEU CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Site 132.01: There are 2 parts to this site. On the south east side of the gully there is a scattered/disturbed quartz and mullock heap covering an area 35 m by 25 m and up to 2 m high in places, which no longer has any regular shape or form. A 20 m by 10 m dam is 25 m south of the mound./nThe other part is on the north west side of the gully. It consists of an intact mullock heap 25 m by 12 m by 3 m high located east of the depression where the shaft used to be and a quartz wash heap 10 m in diameter and 2 m high west of the depression. Some trenches that may have foundations are on the west side of the shaft and a 10 m by 5m dry dam is north of the mullock heap. This site seems to have been disturbed.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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PRINCE OF WALES CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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DEEP LEAD MINE (2)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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GARIBALDI COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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