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LAURAVILLE BATTERY
MANSFIELD-WOODS POINT ROAD GAFFNEYS CREEK, MANSFIELD SHIRE
LAURAVILLE BATTERY
MANSFIELD-WOODS POINT ROAD GAFFNEYS CREEK, MANSFIELD SHIRE
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LAURAVILLE BATTERY - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The original Drysdale and Co. battery was constructed on Homeward Bound Reef, Raspberry Creek in 1864. The 12-head (Lloyd says 8-head) battery was said to be the most modern then in the ranges, and its 35-ft waterwheel was probably the largest in Victoria at the time. The mine failed to strike the rich stone found in adjacent claims.
The battery was still in place and considered useable in 1894, when it was moved 600 yards up Raspberry Creek, to the east bank, near the new Lauraville GMC tunnel. The dilapidated battery was sold and removed in 1905. In 1924, a 15-head battery (ex-Wood's Point) was erected on the old battery site. It had a large waterwheel drive and a 45ft-high timber trestle carried ore from the mine tunnel across the road and creek to the battery. The mine gave good crushings in 1925, 1927 and 1929, and small, less successful crushings continued until 1934. The battery remained in place until at least 1940. Hunts Consolidated Co. worked the Lauraville mine from 1946-8. A battery was erected and the adit extended, but the mine proved too wet.
References:
Lloyd & Combes
Mining & Geological Journal, 1946
Mining Surveyors' Reports (Gaffney's Creek Subdivision), March - December 1864Heritage Inventory Description
LAURAVILLE BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description
The remains of the Lauraville battery were listed on CNR parknotes for the Upper Goulburn Historic Recreation Area in 1988 as a present-day attraction.
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