CHILTERN VALLEY NO.3 SHAFT
HOLLOWAYS LANE CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
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CHILTERN VALLEY NO.3 SHAFT - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Chiltern Valley GMC operated from 1877 to 1920 on the former leases of the Sons of Freedom and Doma Mungi companies. Up until 1898, the Chiltern Valley GMC had produced 180,000 oz gold and paid £150,000 in dividends. After bottoming two shafts at approximately 90 m depth, the company, in 1912, selected the site for its No. 3 shaft and commenced sinking and erecting plant. When mining ceased in 1920, gold production from the company's leases, dating back to their origins in the 1870s, totalled 9,457 kg. Canavan wrote that, of the several companies to have worked on the Chiltern/Chiltern Valley Lead, 'only the Chiltern Valley GMC established efficient operations which eventually worked out the lead completely for a distance of about 8 km'.
CHILTERN VALLEY NO.3 SHAFT - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
CHILTERN VALLEY NO.3 SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Chiltern Valley No. 3 are a mullock heap and shaft site, mining plant foundations, and a slum pond.
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has scientific significance because of its ability to illustrate a particular mining technology.
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Mullock heap/shaft - Large peaked mullock heap and shaft depression. Mining plant foundations - Arrangement of large concrete mounting beds, remnant of a concrete bob-pit, and a square chimney stack base. Slum pond - Intact slum pond. Heritage Inventory Site Features:
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CHILTERN VALLEY NO.3 SHAFTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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WITHERS FAMILY GRAVESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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