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WEST ESTATE CO (1)
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
WEST ESTATE CO (1)
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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WEST ESTATE CO (1) - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
WEST ESTATE Co.,
17.05.1895: yield of 25 oz for two weeks.
14.06.1895: water out commenced below.
25.12.1897: richest claim on the field, which this year won 2107 ozs valued at £8428 from not more than 1 acre of ground; purchasing a steam winch which will supersede the existing primitive apparatus; the twenty four shareholders will each get £6 6s each per week for the year.
1898 to 05.1901: recorded production of 6000 ozs (or 186.625).
1899: a co-operative party, lease covers 48 acres and is 3000 feet long; has been the best of the small claims; has won between 6000 and 7000 ozs and as much as 662 ozs per quarter;Heritage Inventory Description
WEST ESTATE CO (1) - Heritage Inventory Description
The West Estate Co. (site 295) has two section of mullock on either side of the location of the shaft. A 45 m by 40 m heap on the west of the shaft and a 60 by 30 m heap on the east of the shaft. A dam is located north east of the shaft.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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