WILLIAM TELL COMPANY
195 OLD BALLARAT ROAD DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE
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WILLIAM TELL COMPANY - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The William Tell Company worked from 1910 to 1915. During this time it crushed 6,700 tons of stone for 3,050 ounces. The company paid £3,000 in dividends. The company erected a steam-powered winding and crushing plant in 1911. The company crushed with payable results through 1912 and 1913, but by 1914 were obtaining disappointing results.Heritage Inventory Description
WILLIAM TELL COMPANY - Heritage Inventory Description
Mullock heap - Remnant of mullock heap, ends of two dumping lines. Track now goes over the heap. Slum pond - In the gully below the mullock heap is a largely quarried slum pond. Battery - The foundations of the battery are located above the slum pond, west side of the gully. Two levels of concrete floor. The upper floor, measuring 30ft x 20ft, has two sets of decaying timber mortar blocks; and a large brick engine bed, 17ft x 4ft, standing 8ft. Near the engine bed is boiler setting depression. The southern end of the lower concrete floor has gone, bulldozed during the construction of a track./n
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - intactness of the battery foundationsSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapBattery foundations
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WILLIAM TELL COMPANYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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