NEW GOLDEN BAR BATTERY
CYANIDE ROAD CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
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NEW GOLDEN BAR BATTERY - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Golden Bar Co. was formed in 1901 and had its main workings on the West's branch of the reef. In 1903 the Golden Bar was the most important quartz mine in the district and was joined on neighbouring claims by the Golden Bar No. 1, and Golden Bar Extended companies. The workings on West's Reef in 1903 consisted of: a main three-compartment engine shaft (30 m deep) linked to other shafts (as deep as 90 m), as well as three large open cuts connected by tunnels, an abandoned shaft, and the South and Gift shafts. The operations of the Golden Bar Co. extended to the Higgins and Alfred reefs, where work was also carried on by open cuts and shafts. The company was refinanced as the New Golden Bar (or Chiltern Golden Bar) QMC and a new 10-head battery, Wilfley tables, new boiler, and tandem compound engine were installed in 1904. About six year later, the mine was equipped with a new battery and winding gear the battery later blew up. By 1910, the company's operations had yielded 12,453 oz of gold. The mine closed down in 1912. It was the district's deepest mine, and one of its richest.
References: Directors' Report, July 16, 1904 (copy on file in Historic Places Section)
Butler, pp. 39-40 (GSV.M1, p. 35; GSV.R 4/2 p. 1532, 1911)
Department of Mines Annual Reports, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1912
Mining and Geological Journal, July 1937Heritage Inventory Description
NEW GOLDEN BAR BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description
/nBattery site: The battery site is located in the next gully to the mine workings, near a large full dam. A partly buried concrete slab, 33 ft x 18 ft, which has upper and lower levels. On the upper floor are three burnt mortar blocks and a slot for three more blocks, indicating that they supported a 10-head battery. The remains of a 30m-long loading ramp can be seen at the rear of the battery. Sludge ponds: Below (to the east of) the battery site is an arrangement of four small adjoining rectangular sludge ponds, each measuring approximately 20 ft x 10 ft x 3ft deep. The four ponds drain into a common rectangular pit, 30 ft x 15 ft. To the west of the sludge ponds is a long tailings culvert. The ponds are obscured by spiny rush and other vegetation. Tailings: Below the battery site, on the west side of the dam, is an extensive, partly quarried spread of cyanided tailings. No in situ vats were visible, but sections of uprooted galvanised iron vats are scattered about. Stone building: The tailings have partly buried the remains of small stone building.
Heritage Inventory Significance:/nRegional/nThe site has:/nScientific significance: because of its range of relics/nNetwork values: with Golden Bar and Golden Bar Extended mine sites
Recorded by: David Bannear. Date recorded: 1996
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GOLDEN BAR EXTENDED MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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NEW GOLDEN BAR MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GOLDEN BAR CO MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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