CARR'S FREEHOLD CO
80 CARRS ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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CARR'S FREEHOLD CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
CARR’S FREEHOLD Co.
03.05.1895: shaft down 25 feet, water getting heavy.
24.05.1895: bottomed at 43 feet.
27.05.1895: bottomed reached at 42 feet where there is a cemented wash, which gave 12 dwt off the bottom.
09.07.1895: washed 40 loads for a yield of 10 15 dwt last week; Mr. Cox contractor will supply whim, trucks and cages complete for £47, it will be erected in 3 weeks.
02.08.1895: erecting whim.
23.08.1895: first wash in own machine gave a yield of 4 ozs 10 dwt.
10.09.1895: yield of 90 ozs; co-operative of 21 shareholders, one share valued £100 this week.
28.12.1895: has paid £15 per share in dividends from a yield of 485 ozs from 500 sets of timber.
01.01.1897: this is a co-operative of 21 people; yield of 1317 ozs 2 dwt; dividend of £75 per share.
1897 to 08.1890: recorded production of 198 ozs 2 dwt ( or 61.496 kg).
n.d. a whim was used to operate this mine.
05.07.1901: still in good wash but had to keep the whim going 24 hours to keep the water under control; considering sinking a shaft further north in drier ground.
1930 to 1933: Mr Gordon Carr and his father sluiced the tailings heaps at this mine by hand, before moving onto the Lord Brassey, Hanlon Consols and Try Again.Heritage Inventory Description
CARR'S FREEHOLD CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Thethree heaps at this location have all been disturbed. One is a heap of mullock and wash 60m by 50m and up to 2.5m high, another is a disturbed quartz and gravel heap covering an area 40m by 20m by 2m high, and the third is a scatter of quartz and gravel covering an area 50m by 20m. These are only remnants of the mines and only give an indication of their location, there is absolutely no indication of how these mines worked or how big they were.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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TRY AGAIN CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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UNNAMED MINESVictorian Heritage Inventory
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CARR & STANBROOKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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