KOSSIASKI CO
729 HADDON-PRESTON ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE
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KOSSIASKI CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
KOSSIASKI/GENERAL KOSSIASKI/GENERAL KOSIASKI COMPANY
03.1865: placed on the share market and sold.
1865: 1000 shares issued at £10 each; the claim consists of the old Hand in Hand Co., the Grey Horse Co. and the General Kosiaski Co.; lease is for 10 years and covers 4092 feet of ground; the poppet head is 58 feet high; two carpenters are employed at 1/6 per hour and eight men are employed at 1/- per hour; contract for setting boilers and building a 68 foot brick chimney is £238 18s 6d; 1000 tons of firewood at 4/6 per ton delivered; £85 for labour to erect the poppet head and capstan; contract for the frames for the pumps, winders and engines let for £76; the pumps and winding gear cost £736 with pipes being supplied by J. Martin and Co. Black Hill Foundry, Scarsdale; all the machinery was to be erected over the Hand in Hand shaft, which had bottomed at 135 feet.
06.1865: erecting their engines, which are fine examples of efficiency and durability.
09.1865: erecting permanent and efficient machinery.
12.1865: machinery erected and it seems well adapted to its task.
03.1866: entered the gutter and cleaned the old drives ready for work.
09.1866: being reorganised.
03.1867: new company has taken up this ground and amalgamated it with the ground held by the British Standard.Heritage Inventory Description
KOSSIASKI CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Sites 44.01 to 44.05: All of these sites are almost totally destroyed. This Star of the East mine site consists of a number of mounds, including a pile of basalt and broken bricks, and covers an area 50m by 20m. The mounds are up to 1m high. The Rose Co site consists of some mounding covering an area 30m by 30m. and up to 1m high. The site of the British GM Co.consists of a number of mounds which cover an area 30m by 30m. and are up to 1m high. The site Kossiaski Co mine consists of mounding covering an area 50m by 30m and up to 1m high. The Saint David Co site consists of mounding covering an area 50m by 30m and up to 1m high.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: ot relevant
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STAR OF THE EAST COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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ROSE COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BRITISH STANDARD FREEHOLD GM COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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