INDEPENDENT CO. MINE
LINTON-PIGGOREET ROAD HAPPY VALLEY, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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INDEPENDENT CO. MINE - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
09.1860: Independent Company at Lucky Womans was reported to be sinking a shaft. The ground was comparatively dry. The sinking was shallow and the returns were good.Heritage Inventory Description
INDEPENDENT CO. MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
A substantial deep lead mine with large and separate heaps of quartz wash and mullock. These heaps radiate from one point. However the shaft is not obvious, and must have been filled. There are two smaller heaps of 100mm to 150mm diameter quartz wash stones which cover an area of approximately 15m by 10m close to where the shaft would have been. These two heaps of quartz wash stones adjoin the north end of a large quartz stone heap which is 50mx 10mx 3m high. The lastsix metresof this heap has been disturbed. A mullock heap 20mx 6m x 5m high runs at an angle of 30 degrees to the large quartz heap and finishes overlooking the creek. Other features at the site include a raised embankment running away from the site of the shaft toward the creek, some small mounds of gravel, a collapsed structure of basalt rocks near the position of the shaft, and two 0.025 m diameter mounting bolts 1.5 m apart and located 3.5 m east of the collapsed stone structure. The stone structure is held together with mud mortar. There are two visible sections of wall and the overall shape of the structure appears to be rectangular. One corner of the structure is curved, but the quartz wash stones covering the structure prevent an examination of the other half. This structure is approximately 6.6 m by 3 m in size. The overall operation of the mine can be understood, but the is not enough evidence to determine the details of that operation.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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