WALLACE CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINE
WALLACE CONSUL ROAD CHILTERN, INDIGO SHIRE
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WALLACE CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Wallace Chiltern Valley Consols mine operated for a short time during the deep lead revival of the 1890s. A shaft was sunk and some underground development done, but the wash was too low-grade to justify production.
WALLACE CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINE - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation:
Heritage Inventory Description
WALLACE CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Features of the Wallace Chiltern Valley Consols mine:/nMullock - Partly quarried peaked heap./nMachinery foundations - Remains of large brick tank-like winder bed, 70ft x 10ft, and 8ft high. The northern end of the bed has collapsed. Large brick engine bed, 26ft x 12ft, 6ft high, with 21/2 ft wide strengthening arch. Next to the engine bed are a rectangular arrangement of high concrete walls. Sections of the concrete walls have been pushed over by large pepper trees and some of the standing walls are on the point of collapse./nBoiler settings - At the rear of the brick foundations are two stone boiler settings, 24ft x 10ft, with 2ft-thick walls./nChimney stack - Brick footings and sections of a demolished brick stack base.
Heritage Inventory Significance:
Heritage Inventory Key Components: Heritage Inventory Site Features:
Archeological Potential: Likelihood of buried foundations.
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WALLACE CHILTERN VALLEY CONSOLS MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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WITHERS FAMILY GRAVESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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