SOUTH IMPERIAL CO
ATKINSONS ROAD MAGPIE, BALLARAT CITY
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SOUTH IMPERIAL CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
SOUTH IMPERIAL COMPANY,
NEW SOUTH IMPERIAL COMPANY, one mile north of the Buninyong Estate, No. 5 or Buninyong Division
12.1881: erecting new battery
03.1882: battery nearly ready; this makes eight batteries in this division.
12.1882: to start crushing shortly
06.1884: manager reports striking stone similar to the Buninyong Estate lode.
1905: erecting 10 head battery.
1906: 20 head battery.
1907: 20 head battery.
1908: 20 head battery.
1909: 20 head battery.
1912: mine closed, plant and machinery sold and removed.Heritage Inventory Description
SOUTH IMPERIAL CO - Heritage Inventory Description
This site has been altered by the present owner, who has pushed mullock into the shaft and planted the mullock heap with pines. The mullock heap is approximately 60 m by 40 m by up to 4 m high. A dam 15 m by 15 m is located on the east of the mullock. The remains of some concrete foundations, which are at ground level, are located 25 m north of the mullock, and a dam, 50 m by 50 m, is 50 m west of these foundations.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not required
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SOUTH IMPERIAL COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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IMPERIAL NO.1 COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BUNINYONG GOLD DISCOVERY MONUMENTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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