MOUNTAINEER MINE SITE
JEFF SPUR TRACK WONGUNGARRA, WELLINGTON SHIRE
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MOUNTAINEER MINE SITE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Mountaineer Reef was discovered and worked during the Crooked River reefing rush of 1864-5. In 1880, the 'well-known reef' on Good Luck Creek was reworked as the Lone Hand. It was at that time described as a very large reef, which could be worked very cheaply because of its proximity to the creek—meaning that a water-powered battery could be erected close to the mine. A crushing from the mine was recorded in 1882, and the Lone Hand Co. was sufficiently encouraged by the average yield of just over an ounce per ton to make plans for a battery of its own. In December that year, it was reported that 'preparations [were] being made' by the company for the erection of a battery, which (it was speculated) might lead to the opening up of some of the many reefs known to exist in the locality. No further records of the mine were found, but the physical remains suggest that construction of the battery indeed went ahead.Heritage Inventory Description
MOUNTAINEER MINE SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
Battery, tramway incline, quartz workings and alluvial workings (evidence on both sides of creek)
Heritage Inventory Significance: RegionalScientific significanceùbecause of its intactness and rarity.
Recorded by: Sandra Bardwell, NPS Historian Date Recorded: 00APR1995
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Features of the Mountaineer mine site are a 10-head battery, possible waterwheel, tramway, reef workings and alluvial workings with water race.BatteryùA wall, 2 m high, rising from the creek bank, retains a platform, on which is a 10-head battery lying on its side. In the gully nearby is a 'large wheel (device)'. TramwayùA tramway incline on which are two trolley trucks, one still attached to a steel cable.Quartz workingsùAdit and tailings heap at Mountaineer site, little (if at all) disturbed since it was abandoned. Also several adits, mullock heaps, and two stone fireplaces on the southern bank of the creek, opposite the Mountaineer.Alluvial workingsùEvidence of alluvial workings on both sides of the creek, including a water race on the south side.
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MOUNTAINEER MINE SITEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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