SCARSDALE CO
DANIELS ROAD SCARSDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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SCARSDALE CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
SCARSDALE COMPANY (may be an extended company)
09.1873: yield for the quarter 271 ozs 16 dwt.
12.1878: one of only 2 companies employing machinery from Scarsdale to Cape Clear.
07.1873 to 12.1873: recorded production of 6,500 ozs or 202.177 kg
SCARSDALE AND GEMINI COMPANY(S), location given as Allotment 9 Scarsdale, on crown land south of the private land owned by Lewis and Perrot;
11.1860: applied for a 50 acre lease and have commenced boring.
12.1860: have bottomed 2 bores and have proved where the deep ground exists.
01.1861: shaft to be commenced; the Oldham may also be in this claim, it comes from the Surfacing Range.
07.1861: the shaft is very deep.
11.1861: each of the companies, the Scarsdale and the Gemini, has a 50 acre lease; the companies use the same shaft which is 200 feet deep.
12.1861: the Scarsdale Co. has not got any gold yet.
01.1863: the Gemini is improving.
10.1863: the Gemini is down about 195 feet and in black clay; the shaft must either be in or close to the gutter.Heritage Inventory Description
SCARSDALE CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The quartz wash and all other features have been removed from this site leaving a very large mullock which does not appear to have been disturbed. It is 100m by 50m and is 10m high at its southern end where it overlooks the gully which separates it from site No.132.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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BUTE CO NO.2 (MAIN SHAFT)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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TRY AGAIN NO.1Victorian Heritage Inventory
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TRY AGAIN CO NO.2 SHAFTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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