DESOZA CO
BUNINYONG-NAPOLEONS ROAD BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
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DESOZA CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
Hard Hills, No. 5 or Buninyong Division.
DESOZA Co. (mining on private property - report of December 1884)
09.1880: new company in the same area as Webbs; giving excellent yields.
06.1881: excellent yields.
12.1881: production reduced while a new 8 head battery was erected.
03.1882: prospects at the 230 foot level are very good.
06.1882: yield from 50 tons crushed at Ballarat was 5 dwt per ton.
03.1883: good yields.
09.1883: good yields.
03.1884: opening up their mine at a deeper level.
12.1884: one of only two dividends for the quarter, of 1s per share or £2000 in total; dividend reduced by the 7.5% royalty paid to the owners of the property.
06.1885: engaged in progressive and prospecting operations.
09.1885: stoppage has thrown miners out of work, a number are turning to alluvial mining.
03.1886: mine worked out,
10.1881 to 1889: Recorded production of 8922 ozs 15 dwt 22gr from 17840 tons (or 277.536 kg from 18126 tonnes).Heritage Inventory Description
DESOZA CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The mullock remaining from the Desoza has two parts, a finger of mullock 60 m by 20 m joined to a section 30 m by 25 m. Both parts are 5 to 6 m high. The shafts were filled by the present owner of the property who is also the mining lease holder. The lease is currently in the name of Kinglake West Pty. Ltd.. This mine was operated by the same person as Australian Gold Development Pty Ltd in the 1950's and 1960's./nThe features remaining from Australian Gold Development include a Johnson & Son 6 head battery (two sets of 3 heads) which is complete and good condition. Kinglake West intend using the battery for testing samples when production starts at the new mine. 15 m south of the battery shed is a dilapidated poppet head over a shaft. A shed containing a winch is situated next to this shaft. A further 15 m south is a second shaft which is set up with a winch and an iron frame for raising and lowering a bucket. ARTEFACTS:Johnson & Sons, Engineers, Tyne Foundry, South Melbourne, six head iron framed battery with two boxes each with three stamps. The battery is complete and is ready for work.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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BUNINYONG FREEHOLD G.M. CO. NO.1 ORIGINALLY THE BUNINYONG GOLD MINE CO. NO.1Victorian Heritage Inventory
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BUNINYONG FREEHOLD G.M. CO. NO.4 LATER BUNINYONG GOLD MINE NO.4Victorian Heritage Inventory
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BUNINYONG RAND CO. PREVIOUSLY THE BUNINYONG ESTATE CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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