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LORD BRASSEY CO
80 CARRS ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
LORD BRASSEY CO
80 CARRS ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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LORD BRASSEY CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage InventoryHistory of Place:
LORD BRASSEY CO., of the Harrison Bros., west of the Try Again Co.
05.04.1895: yield of 12 ozs for 2 weeks; only one shift is working and only two men are working below; the other men are getting timber to erect an iron puddler and large water tank.
12.04.1895: discovered a rich alluvial lead; £1000 worth of gold won by eight men caused a rush for the 10 acre lease blocks recommended by the Mines Department.
19.04.1895: nugget of 5 ozs.
26.04.1895: erecting machinery.
03.05.1895: yield of 8 ozs; erected poppet legs for iron puddler; poppet legs for shaft to be delivered next week.
24.05.1895: erecting machinery and sinking airshaft.
27.05.1895: the owner of the claim are busily erecting a steam puddling machine and getting on fairly with the bank account.
07.06.1895: positioned the boiler.
14.06.1985: finished the air shaft.
09.07.1895: contractor is pushing on with erecting plant which should be ready in a few weeks; poppet heads raised during the week and will be stayed and completed next week.
12.07.1895: will have the whim erected in a few days.
18.05.1896: shaft down 18 feet; had to stop because of water.
01.01.1897: the same engine is used for winding and puddling, machinery is valued at £1200; yield of 369 ozs 14 dwt.
05.07.1901: some fair wash being taken out during the week.
1897 to 12.1903: recorded production of 3952 ozs 5 dwt (or 122.932 Kg).
n.d.used a steam plant and steam driven puddler.Heritage Inventory Description
LORD BRASSEY CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The quartz wash heap at the Lord Brassey mine is very disturbed. A section 35m by 25m is up to 1m high and there is a scatter of wash covering an addional area 35m by 50m. A badly corroded rounded boiler is lying south west of the heap.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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