DEVONSHIRE LEAD MINES
1 BUNINYONG-MOUNT MERCER ROAD BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
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DEVONSHIRE LEAD MINES - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
DEVONSHIRE Co., Buninyong Estate, No. 5 or Buninyong Division,
03.1873 : working in the same gutter as the Charter’s Towers Co. on the Buninyong Estate and are obtaining payable yields.
12.1873 : yield of 127 ounces 10 dwt.
03.1874 : yield of 31 ounces 1 dwt 18 gr.Heritage Inventory Description
DEVONSHIRE LEAD MINES - Heritage Inventory Description
The site of the Devonshire Co. is a substantially intact mullock heap, 25 m by 20 m by 4 m high, is located south of the depression which marks the location of the shaft. A 3m diameter 2 m high mound of wash, which appears not to have been retreated, is located north west of the shaft. The unnamed mine site is part of a mullock heap, 20 m by 12 m by 3.5 m high, is located next to the road. It is very disturbed.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not required
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GREAT BUNINYONG ESTATE CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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BUNINYONG FREEHOLD G.M. CO. NO.8 FORMERLY BUNINYONG G.M. CO. NO.8Victorian Heritage Inventory
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BUNINYONG NEW COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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