CANICO REEF MINES
KNIGHTS ROAD HILLCREST, PYRENEES SHIRE
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CANICO REEF MINES - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
At Canico (Flat)
09.1883: new quartz lodes discovered, their extent is not yet known.
09.1884: new line of reef has been discovered on the range midway between Smythesdale and Carigham; trial crushing of 20 tons yielded 27 ozs 13 dwt.
1905: two mines at Canico were called the Morning Star and Golden Star.
REEDS REEF at Canico Flat
03.1885: doing well.
PHILIPS CLAIM, at Canico Flat
03.1885: doing well.
CANICO FLAT CO. (September 1881)
CANICO PARTY (September 1882)
CANICO CO. (March 1883)
12.1881: the prospectors had two highly successful crushings during the quarter; preparing to erect machinery which has been purchased.
09.1881: had a good crushing, which has resulted in adjoining land being taken up
09.1882: obtained 67 ozs from 200 tons of quartz.
03.1883: results the same as usual.
06.1883: one of two paying quartz mining companies in the division.
03.1887: recommenced in earnest after being dormant for many months.
09.1887: maintaining its high average; yield of 1 oz per ton including the gold extracted from pyrites
1880 to 1891: recorded production from 3,606 tons of 1,760 ozs 2 dwt 3 gr. or 54.747 kg from 3,664
tonnes.
CANICO STAR Co., Canico Reef,
31.07.1893: No. 1 shaft raising stone showing gold freely; discovered another lode 186 feet west of No.1 showing and have sunk 10 feet on same.
NEW CANICO CO. (a syndicate of 25 shareholders), Canico Reef, Hill Crest in Mr. Birkett's Paddock
06.07.1894: contractors met a strong flow of water at 143 feet which was too muck for the windlass and a good whim has been purchased.
11.02.1895: let mine to a good party of tributers for 18 months; baling water down to a depth of 125 feet.
26.04.1895: face and rise showing gold; will start crushing next week.
28.12.1895: shaft has been sunk to 100 feet and is below the water level; the reef has proved to be broken up and unpayable; operations have ceased and the upper levels have been let on tribute; one of the parties had some success with two crushings giving 1 oz 5 dwt per ton and the other 1 oz 11dwt per ton; stone occurs in patches .
KNIGHT BROTHERS
04.11.1905: Knight & party has been placed in the hands of Mr. A.J.Peacock to be floated as a company; a trial crushing of stone is being put through Murray's battery at Snake Valley.
1905: found a shoot of gold at the north west end of a reef; sunk a shaft and worked to a depth of 108 feet; yield reported to be 41 ozs from 150 tons.
CANICO CO., Canico Reef near Smythesdale
02.11.1907: good headway has been made in cutting down and enlarging the shaft a steam winch is being erected to facilitate this work below the water level.
14.12.1907: winding engine, housing and poppet legs are erected; will resume enlarging the shaft after the holidays.
NEW CANICO CO., Canico Reef
24.04.1909: another start is being made to this mine.
07.01.1911: shaft is down the required depth and the chamber is partially complete; will commence cross-cutting; the company is hoping to find the lode worked by the old company.
28.01.1911: cross-cutting for the lode; an old whim shaft 400 feet north of the main shaft has been repaired to a depth of 100 feet.
CANICO CONSOLS REEF Co.
1923: became active again; Messrs Baglin and Knight have prospected extensively and sunk 10 shafts along the reef outcrop; a fair amount of gold was found but after paying for transport and treatment at the State Government Battery at Italian Gully, the returns are not profitable; a trial crushing from No. 7 shaft averaged only 1.5 dwt per ton.
01.1912 to 12.1912: recorded production of 13 ozs 7 dwt from 35 tons or 0.415 kg from 35 tonnes.
01.1936 to 12.1936: recorded production of 6 ozs from 39 tons or 0.187 kg from 39 tonnes.27Heritage Inventory Description
CANICO REEF MINES - Heritage Inventory Description
There are approximately twelve sets of smaller workings over a distance of a kilometre along this reef. Some are shafts with mullock heaps around them covering an area between 10m and 15m in diameter and up to 1.5m high. Some are a bit larger and a couple are in the form of a single finger of mullock between 40m and 10m long, and between 5m and 2m wide and high./nIn addition to these small workings there are two large mullock heaps adjacent to each other. The first has four intact fingers each about 40m by 10m fanning out over an arc of 90 degrees from the south east to the south west. These fingers are 4m to 5m high. This heap has a fifth finger of approximately the same dimensions except that the top half has been used to fill the shaft. Immediately south of this heap is another large mullock heap which has four fingers each of which is 25 to 30m long and 6 to 10m wide. This heap radiates from the south east corner and fans out to be 35 to 40m wide. It is 2. m high./nThese two large mullocks are of interest as is the way the workings stretch out along the reef.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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CANICO REEF MINESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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