GOLDEN AGE MINE
BELLS LANE TRACK AND RED WHITE AND BLUE TRACK MUCKLEFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
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GOLDEN AGE MINE - History
In the Muckleford area, prospected reefs of the 1860s included the Blow-up, Dunns, Excelsior, Kangaroo, Red White and Blue, Smiths, and Thornhill reefs. Mining at this site begun in the early 1900s when Maloneys Red White and Blue Company erected crushing works. The Maloney’s Red White and Blue Co., between 1909-15, crushed 4,452 tons for 2,369 ounces of gold. [Mining and Geological Journal (Vol 6, No 6) - The Golden Age Mine, G.J.Medwell] The second period of mining at the site occurred during the 1950s was conducted by a New South Wales company, the Golden Age Co., which commenced shaft sinking in 1958 at a site adjoining the main shaft worked by Maloney’s Red White and Blue Co. By 1960, the Golden Age Co. had installed plant (obtained from the Deborah United mine at Bendigo) consisting of steel poppet head, steam boiler, and winding winch. [Unpublished Report 1960/36 - Golden Age Mining Co NL, lease 9195, DMID Records, Bendigo Office] The mine appears not to have progressed beyond the developmental stage.GOLDEN AGE MINE - Interpretation of Site
Mid 20th century quartz mine that was established on the site of an earlier mine. The site has been developed as a picnic ground with interpretation. The visibility of the surviving features makes it an excellent interpretative site especially for people wishing to understand the basic layout of a historic quartz mine
Heritage Inventory Description
GOLDEN AGE MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Intact standing poppet head and a machinery site with various features including the remains of a 6ft sq brick chimney stack site. There is also a small intact mullock heap, 2 large dams and a small section of exposed footings which may be a battery Associated are extensive dumps of treated tailings; small narrow open cut with 22 shafts; and a bank of shallow alluvial sinkings.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
SiteCard data copied on 03/07/2024: Tailings generated by Maloney’s Red White and Blue (1909 to 1915 ); and poppet head/concrete engine beds etc. belong to the Golden Age Gold NL (1957 to c. 1960) Intact, standing poppet head: tubular steel legs, no timber work but has both winding wheels. The poppet head and open 3-compartment shaft with its intact concrete baling pond lie within a recently erected fenced compound. To the south of the poppet head is a machinery site consisting of a 8ft square concrete winder bed (1 inch mounting bolts) which stands 1-1/2ft above current ground level. 5-1/4ft to the west is a concrete engine bed which measures 15 x 4ft, stands 2ft high and has 1-1/4 inch mounting bolts. At the south end of the winding engine bed are several concrete air-receiver pads and. A boiler setting depression, with an insitu iron damper plate is visible on the south east corner of the engine site. The boiler setting has a short flue depression running from its rear end (south) to the remains of a 6ft square brick chimney stack base. On the eastern side of the shaft is a small intact mullock heap: approx. 15m diameter and standing 6 metres high. Visible on the north side of the heap are six short dumping lines from an earlier mining phase. North of the poppet head are large dams. 9m west of the poppet head’s fence are several fragments of concrete flooring. NW of the poppet head is an embankment with a tailings dump on the far end.
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ARMSTRONG GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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IRONBARK GULLY ALLUVIAL SINKINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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IRONBARK GULLY PUDDLERVictorian Heritage Inventory
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