DEEP LEAD MINE SOUTHERN END OF SNAKE VALLEY LEAD (1)
1066 PITTONG-SNAKE VALLEY ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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DEEP LEAD MINE SOUTHERN END OF SNAKE VALLEY LEAD (1) - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
The Mines Department Mining Lease Record Plan No. 212 shows site 46.07 and several others in this area at the southern end of the Snake Valley within an expired Lease No. 7146 and Tailings Licence No. 569 which cover an area of 40 acre 2 roods 25 perches. The name of the lessee is the Eureka Alluvial and Cyanide Works. See report for site No.46.03 for the notes on the history of the Prince of Wales mine.Heritage Inventory Description
DEEP LEAD MINE SOUTHERN END OF SNAKE VALLEY LEAD (1) - Heritage Inventory Description
Site 46.04 contains a substantially disturbed mullock heap, which still has signs of two fingers of the original formation. The mullock heap covers an area 35 m by 20 m, and is 1.5 m high. Quartz is scattered over an area east of the mullock heap, and there is a depression containing rusting rubbish that may be where the shaft was located. This site is very disturbed and there are not enough features present to determine how the site operated.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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UNNAMED SMALL DEEP LEAD MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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UNNAMED DEEP LEAD MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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UNKNOWN, POSSIBLE THE EUREKA ALLUVIAL AND CYANIDE WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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