Golconda-Glasgow Reef Gold Mines
133 MacDougall Road, GOLDEN GULLY VIC 3555 - Property No 177081
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Statement of Significance
[GoldenGully Conservation Area] comprising: Glasgow and Golconda Consolidated, Glasgow Reef Company, (Golden Gully), and New Napoleon.
Significance The area contains the best evidence for hydraulic sluicing on the field as well as several early reef mining sites.
[Glasgow and Golconda Consolidated]
Significance: A site which was continuously occupied between 1856 and 1909 by the leading mining company in the area, which defines the southern extent of the Napoleon line of reef, and is the only one on Bendigo which retains evidence of the tramway between the mine and the battery site.
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Golconda-Glasgow Reef Gold Mines - Physical Description 1
Location: on the northern margin of Golden Gully, west of Woodward Street [1.129]
Golconda-Glasgow Reef Gold Mines - Physical Description 2
Depth ofshaft:800 feet [1.129]
Golconda-Glasgow Reef Gold Mines - Physical Description 3
Artefacts: Tramway embankment extending 300 metres south of the remains of an engine house containing a large granite engine bed and a line of seven granite pads along the back of the engine house. In the north east corner there is a concentration of brick rubble associated with an 8 foot square stone structure, which may be a chimney base. The engine house still retains sections of its footings, with the front and sides in bluestone, and the rear section in granite. To the south east there is an intact mullock heap with six dumping lines, with which is associated a collapsed shaft.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: Ungraded
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GOLCONDA - GLASGOW REEF GOLD MINESVictorian Heritage Register H1359
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GLASGOW AND GOLCONDA MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GOLDEN GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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