ALABAMA CO
BRUMBYS LANE SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE
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ALABAMA CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
ALABAMA CO.
12.1864: one of the principal claims in this area where the working is good and the wash-dirt very wide, and where the dividends vary from £3 to £8 per man per week.
03.1865: placed on the share market and sold.
06.1865: sinking a new shaft; intend erecting large and effectively machinery.
09.1865 : erecting permanent and efficient machinery
12.1865 : erecting very costly plant [1.745]
13.02.1866: first class machinery erected:
-10 inch cylinder steam engine for winding
-12 inch cylinder steam engine for pumping
-substantial engine house
-poppet heads, 55 feet high
-to erect wooden puddling machine
03.1866: has recommenced after being idle for some time and has encouraging prospects.
17.04.1866: capital limited; erecting machinery
15.05.1866: erecting puddling machines
12.06.1866: machinery completed; to start washing
06.1866: recently commenced but have not yet puddled; a large company that was set up from a co-operative15 months ago with the issue of script, since that time has been nearly idle.
03.1867: restarted after being idle for 12 months.Heritage Inventory Description
ALABAMA CO - Heritage Inventory Description
This is a very disturbed site consisting of a heap of mullock 50m long by between 20 and 35m wide and up to 3m high. It is thickly overgrown with bracken. A small part of the quartz wash heap remains. It is 15m long by 10m wide and 1.5m high. There is no sign of the shaft or any of the features that would help explain how this site operated.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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UNNAMED SMALL DEEP LEAD MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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UNKNOWN, POSSIBLE THE EUREKA ALLUVIAL AND CYANIDE WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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THE ANCIENT BRITAIN (POSSIBLE SITE)Victorian Heritage Inventory
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