CANDLESTICK REEF MINE
KELLY ROAD LINTON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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CANDLESTICK REEF MINE - History
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CANDLESTICK REEF MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
/nThis site is dominated by an intact mullock heap, which is approximately 30 m long and 15 m wide. The northern end of the heap rises in a cone shape up 2 to 3 m above the other half. The highest point on the heap is 5 m above the ground. The mullock heap is orientated north-south. The shaft is 3 by 1.5 m and is within a depression which is 8 by 5 m by 1 m deep. It is 5 m north-west of the mullock heap and has been used to dump rubbish. There are some stones and bricks 4 m north-west of the shaft. A further 2 m north west are the foundations of a structure. These foundations are two parallel wall bases made of stone and earth, the overall dimensions of the main part of which is 5.2 m long by 2.7 m wide. The wall bases are between 0.6 and 0.8 m wide, and are 1.3 m apart. Depressions and bricks indicate that this structure continued for another 3.7 m to the north-west. The ground immediately west of this structure appears to have been built up to make a level area around the shaft and associated structures. A cutting let into the west side of this working platform may have housed the boilers. This area is very overgrown and is difficult to interpret. 7 metres north east of the northern end of the foundations there is an open shaft 1.67 by 1.22 m, 6 metres further east there is another open shaft 1.83 by 1.07 m. Neither of these shafts has any mullock around them. The western most of these two shafts is in line with a race which leads into a substantial dam. The race begins 35 m west south-west of the western shaft. The race is approximately 1.0 m wide and 0.8 m deep and is 35 m long. It finishes in a dam which covers an area 55 by 30 m and is between 1.0 and 1.5 m deep. These shafts, race and dam appear to have been used for collecting water from the mine. 35 m north of the main shaft is another dam. It is 10 by 10 m and 1.0 m deep. North of this dam there are two smaller open shafts 1.37 by 0.6 m surrounded by mullock covering an area approximately 5 m in diameter. Three shafts of a similar size are located immediately east of the main mullock heap and a fourth one is 250 m south south-west of the mullock heap. A small quantity of claret coloured tailings are located in the north-west part of the site, although I could find no sign of a battery. The condition of the features suggests that this mine was worked earlier this century. An archaeological investigation would help understand the site.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local/Regional.
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DREDGE / SLUICE WORKINGS IN SLUDGE GULLYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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CANDLESTICK REEF MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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