REFORM CO AND MAGNUM BONUM CO.
36 MAG DAM ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE
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REFORM CO AND MAGNUM BONUM CO. - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
REFORM Co.
06.1867: continues to pay well.
07.1868: recorded production of 39 ozs 10 dwt (or 1.229 kg).
12.1868: yield for the quarter 190 ozs 15 dwt 21 gr (or 5.935 kg).
MAGNUM BONUM COMPANY (adjoins the Gnome Co.)
08.1859: operations have ceased pending the arrival of machinery.
12.1859: has bottomed the shaft.
1859: claim runs north south and covers 2250 feet of ground; wash dirt varies from 2 to 3 feet and the shaft is down to 108 feet.
07.1860: valueless.
11.1860: wash-dirt capable of giving £4 to £5 per man per week.
01.1861: improving with a large sample of gold that was discovered last fortnight suggesting the probability of a new run from the Rock Lead.
03.1861: results are very poor.
04.1861: the only claim on the lead that shows any signs of improving.
05.1861: clearing good wages.
06.1861: getting about £3 per week.
07.1861: one of two companies on this lead yielding anything worth working for.
08.1861: rather dull, making 30s to 40s per week.
09.1861: getting about £3 each per week.
11.1861: scarcely making wages.
07.1863: paying a regular dividend of £3 to £4 per man per week.
10.1863: gives regular wages.
03.1864: paying well.
12.1864: one of the principal claims on this lead where the working is relatively dry and dividends vary from £3 to £8 per man per week.
09.1865: yielding a good quantity of gold.
12.1865: continuing pay as it has done for years.
1865: after 7 years the mine had yielded 4885 ozs 13 dwt 5 gr; 32 shares at £60 pounds were issued; total dividends per man, each holding 2 shares, £923 10s.
03.1866: continues to pay well.
06.1866: doing well.
09.1866: paying well.
03.1867: paying.
12.1867: a party of 12; yield for the quarter 303 ozs 10 dwt.
03.1868: yield for the quarter 182 ozs 6 dwt 12 gr.
06.1868: yield for the quarter 231 ozs 14 dwt 18 gr; purchased the claim and plant of the Triumph Co.
12.1868: yield for the quarter 117 ozs 4 dwt 21 gr
1869?: yielded 6639 ozs after 10 years.
03.1871: claim abandoned unable to make it pay.Heritage Inventory Description
REFORM CO AND MAGNUM BONUM CO. - Heritage Inventory Description
The mullock at the Reform Co mine is substantially intact. All other features at the site have been removed. Quartz is scattered over an area 70m by 30m. The mullock heap is 35m by 25m by approximately 5.5m high. The Mag Dam covers an area 250m by 100m, and unfortunately there are no other features remaining from the Magnum Bonum mine. The dam is now used for swimming.
Heritage Inventory Signficance: Local
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FORMER WELSH METHODIST CHURCHVictorian Heritage Register H2007
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CARNGHAM UNITED COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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DEEP LEAD MINE SNAKE VALLEYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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