STAFFORDSHIRE REEF CO
NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD STAFFORDSHIRE REEF, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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STAFFORDSHIRE REEF CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
HISCOCK AND PARTY
10.1890 to 12.1890: recorded production from this open cut was 1.017 kg.
STAFFORDSHIRE REEF CO.?
09.02.1900: had to abandon operations because of heavy water and are now awaiting machinery.
13.04.1900: let a contract for further sinking having previously been abandoned at 160 feet because of the water, machinery has since been erected and sinking will resume on Monday.
15.06.1900: experimenting with the use of round timber in combating the swelling of the ground.
16.11.1900: shaft is being skidded prior to the introduction of cages.
16.08.1901: negotiating to purchase a battery.
06.12.1901: reduced the number of men underground to reduce costs until the battery is completed.
15.03.1902: battery to be completed in about 3 weeks.
28.03.1902: battery and dam nearly completed; awaiting the completion of housing and tramway before starting to crush.
10.01.1903: yield of 34 ozs 9 dwt from 397 tons; temporarily closed the main shaft.
06.02.1903: machinery and lease has been sold to a Mr. Ditchburn for £600; he intends prospecting the lode that was passed through at the 510 foot level.
SEA QUEEN Co.
C1910: Harry McLean's recalled that this company was working at the southern end of Staffordshire Reef.Heritage Inventory Description
STAFFORDSHIRE REEF CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The first feature on the southern end of this line, which runs along the west side of a deep gully, is a substantial mullock heap. It has three fingers which fan around a common point from east to south. The fingers are between 35m to 20m long and 10m to 15m wide. The finger on the west is 1.5m high and the other heaps are 3.5m high. The orientation of the mullock suggests that the shaft or adit should be on the west side of the heap. However there is no sign of either. Immediately east of the mullock heap a level bench area has been cut into the slope. It is approximately 40m by 30m. There is a small bench cut into the top of the cliff at the back of the level bench. This cutting is 5m by 3m by 1m deep. The benched area is a regular shape, which suggests that a building may have been on this flat area. However the only features on this level bench are a few depressions, a section of raised embankment that runs across the bench, and a few broken bricks. Both the purpose of the bench and the location of the mine from which the mullock came are still to be determined./nA wide well constructed track with a gentle grade commences (or finishes) from the top of the mullock and runs north along the west side of the gully. A hundred metresnorth of the mullock it crosses the track that comes from the Newtown-Berringa Road around the south end of the Staffordshire Reef open cut.Another150 metresfurther north another mullock heap runs east of the track for 15 metres. This mullock heap is 15m wide and up to 5m high at its east end. Again there is no sign of an adit or shaft near this mullock heap.Seventy metresfurther north the track turns east and crosses the wall of a dam in the gully. The dam wall is 70m long and 5m to 6m high. There is no water in the dam, which might suggest that it is not a dam but merely part of the track formation.A hundred metrespast the west side of the dam a long deep entrance appears to have been cut into what may have been an adit. Two large mullock heaps tower over the adit entrance. The mullock heaps are at right angles to each other, one is 20m by 15m and the other is 30m by 20m and both are 6m to 7m high. This area is covered with bracken and it was not possible to locate the shaft or any other features at this point. The southern end of the open cut (site No.135.01) is approximately 100 metres west of this point./nThese features do not appear to have been disturbed. The historical research suggests that the track and benched area may have been associated with the 40-head battery that was built in 1864 to the same design as the Black Hill battery. Further investigation of the this site should be undertaken to confirm this conclusion.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
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BIRTHDAY NEW FIND CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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ADIT, STAFFORDSHIRE REEFVictorian Heritage Inventory
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OPEN CUT, STAFFORDSHIRE REEFVictorian Heritage Inventory
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