GOLDEN TREASURE BATTERY
GRASSY KNOB TRACK TOM GROGGIN, TOWONG SHIRE
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GOLDEN TREASURE BATTERY - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
This was the site of the South Federation Co.'s operations, from c.1898. The company moved the 10-head battery from the Lady Loch mine and erected a 30ft-diameter overshot waterwheel. Other works included: two ore-roasting kilns; a 3,000ft-long, 7ft-wide track carrying tramline and wooden fluming (2¼ ft wide x 1¼ ft deep); a 15m-long bridge across the creek. Timber for the works was supplied by a water-powered sawmill (20ft-diameter waterwheel, fed by race), to the north of the battery. In 1938, a grinding pan was removed from Saltpetre Creek (presumably from this site) to the Maude & Yellow Girl mine at Glen Wills.
GOLDEN TREASURE BATTERY - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
GOLDEN TREASURE BATTERY - Heritage Inventory Description
/nFeatures of the Golden Treasure battery site are a 10-head battery and remains of a waterwheel and tramway.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has scientific significance because of its rarity.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Battery - Collapsed (intact) 10-head of stamps. The cam shaft has a massive cog and the battery is located on a benched platform. Waterwheel - Hub of waterwheel (approximately 5 ft wide), remains of framework and 4 ft wide tin buckets. Tramway - Remains of a self acting tramway. Heritage Inventory Site Features:
Archeological Potential:
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GOLDEN TREASURE BATTERYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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