WOADY YALOAK NO.1 CO
269 JACOBS ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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WOADY YALOAK NO.1 CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
WOADY YALLOCK Co.
01.06.1896; inspector of mines Mr. Agnew inspected the boilers and the masons can now finish building them in, the men are sinking the bob-pit, carpenters are working on the poppet legs and erecting the offices.
05.04.1895: work suspended because of a break down in the winding drum.
17.05.1895: good wash dirt in incline drive, water heavy.
10.10.1896: half yearly meeting: superior pumping and winding plant erected, purchased an excellent puddling machine with a 10 inch cylinder engine for driving the puddler; partially excavated a dam to supply the water to the boilers; shaft was enlarged by 4 foot to all the 10 inch lift pumps to be installed.
25.12.1897; development of the mine has been difficult because the wash has been erratic; now proved an area 700 feet square; steam driven iron puddler erected during the year and a second is now in the course of erection; most of the underground work is done on contract; there 80 men employed, of whom 65 work below ground and 15 work on the surface; the wages bill is £300 for two weeks; yield since June has been 500 ozs.
1899: payable ground is being opened up following the success of the Queen of the Plains; three parallel lines of quartz reef have been found traversing the mine one of which is nine foot thick and has been found to be gold bearing, and a trial crushing will probably be made; the company has efficient plant consisting of an 18.5 inch cylinder pumping engine, 15.5 inch cylinder winding engine, a 14 inch cylinder puddling engine, and two iron puddlers.
21.12.1900: directors are likely to approve a new lease in the south-west portion of their lease.
04.01.1901: results were not consistent throughout the year because the wash was irregular; first half year's yield was 2169.5 ozs and the second half year's yield was 1575.5 ozs.
26.04.1901: contractors intend erecting a whim at the No.2 shaft.
20.07.1901: yield for the quarter of 1002 ozs; 115 men working at the mine.
20.09.1901: calling tenders for removing then re-erecting the winding and pumping plant at the No.2 shaft.
11.01.1902: contractors are building in the plant.
10.01.1903: obtained new lease of life from the No.2 shaft.
01.10.1904: final clean up gave 15 ozs 1 dwt.
1896 t o 1904: recorded production at the Woady Yallock No. 1 shaft is 22,823 ozs 11 dwt (or 709.908 kg).Heritage Inventory Description
WOADY YALOAK NO.1 CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The fine gravel and clay heap on the east side of this site is approximately 160m by 120m by up to 3m high. The depression where the shaft used to be is 100m north west of this heap. The intact mullock heap, 100m by 50m by 6m high, runs north from the shaft and has two lines along which the material was deposited. Quartz wash is scattered about in small to medium sized piles between 1m and 5m high covering an area 100m by 50m east and north east of the shaft. Only 25m separates the edge of the wash and the large heap of fine sand and clay.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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