VICTORIA STAR QUARTZ MINE
CLARKEVILLE ROAD BENDOC, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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VICTORIA STAR QUARTZ MINE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Victoria Reef was originally worked as the Luck & Leisure in 1869; it was renamed the Victoria in 1871. A rich lode was discovered on Victoria Reef in 1909. Hopkins and party acquired the mine the following year and crushed nearly 100 tons for an average yield of 4 oz per ton before selling the mine to Bendoc Victoria Reefs Co. That company sank a new shaft and installed a steam winding plant, to replace a horse whim. In 1911, the company enlarged the shaft to three compartments and contracted for sinking another 100 ft. A large high-pressure Cornish boiler replaced three small ones in 1913, but, although the auriferous stone was of high quality, there was not enough of it to make the mine pay. It shut down early in 1915.In 1928, the mine was worked by Victoria Reef GMC and yielded 437 oz from 276 tons. By 1935, the Victoria Star Co. had a main shaft down 190 ft, from which a crosscut was driven to intersect the nearby Welcome Stranger Reef. The mine's yield for 1935-6 was 804 oz from 507 tons. In 1938, the mine was operating as the Mayfair, but it closed down the next year. Reputedly the highest-yielding mine in East Gippsland, the mine was worked to a depth of more than 90 m for a total yield of 5,337 oz.Heritage Inventory Description
VICTORIA STAR QUARTZ MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Features include a mullock heap, mine workings, machinery foundations, remains of a battery, portable steam engine, and cyanide works.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapùA partly quarried heap (40 m diameter) with three short dumping lines. Mine workingsùA couple of filled shafts and small mullock paddocks lie to the south of the mullock heap. Mining machineryù36 ft x 20 ft concrete floor with an arrangement of winding and engine mounting beds. Battery siteùIntact mortar blocks and in situ 5-head battery box. The remainder of the stamping plant has been removed from the site. Sections of the batteryÆs wooden framework lie on the ground around the box. A mark on the battery box identifies the manufacturer as æLanglands Foundry Co., Limited, MelbourneÆ.Portable engineùBulldozed onto the battery foundations is a 11¢ft-long portable steam engine. All fittings have been removed. A second portable boiler (10¢ ft long) lies below the battery. It is in similar condition to the other, except that a section has been cut from its boiler tube. Cyanide worksùA tailings dump, measuring 40 m x 30 m and 1¢ m high, has a row of three 8ft-diameter galvanised iron vats. Two of the vats are in reasonable condition, the third has partially decayed. At the base of the tailings dump is a 13ft-diameter galvanised iron drainage vat.
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VICTORIA STAR QUARTZ MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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