LALLAH ROOKH FREEHOLD CO
SCARSDALE-PITFIELD ROAD CAPE CLEAR, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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LALLAH ROOKH FREEHOLD CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
LALLAH ROOKH GOLD MINING Co., Pitfield Plains, most southern claim in the Smythesdale Division
11.1864: ground first occupied
15.08.1865: 10 foot by 4 foot shaft, water struck at 65 feet; making at 500 gallons per hour; have Cornish flue boilers, 2 horizontal high pressure steam engines, and 12 inch pumps cast by Martin and Company of Scarsdale.
22.08.1865: using a 22.25 inch by 48 inch horizontal steam engine for pumping and (later) for puddling, a 14.25 inch by 36 inch horizontal steam engine for winding, 2 connected Cornish flue boilers both 26 feet by 6 feet 6 inches, exhaust steam feedwater heating, 12 inch pumps cast by Martin and Company of Scarsdale with a maximum stroke 6 feet 4 inches, winding done by buckets whilst sinking; Contracts let: for erecting poppet heads (200 pounds); for erecting machinery, fixing pump bobs, setting boiler and sinking bob pit (722 pounds 10 shillings)
14.11.1865: shaft down 165 feet in hard rock; pumps working 11 by 6 foot 6 inch strokes per minute.
06.03.1866: shaft down 180 feet; pumps working 6 x 5 foot 4 inch strokes per minute.
22.05.1866: shaft down 234 feet; pumps working 10 x 6 foot 4 inch strokes per minute; erecting tank and puddling machines.
12.06.1866: erecting puddling machines; pumps working 10 strokes per minute.
26.06.1866: plunger fixed, pumps stayed, boilers cleaned and machinery overhauled during the past 3 weeks; erecting 2 malleable iron puddling machines and large water tank
06.1866:repairing some damage to their machinery
09.1866: driven into the wash dirt, which is poor but should pay.
1865/6: formed under Fraser's Act with a capital of £20,000 in 2000 shares of £10 each; occupied a lease of 640 acres including a 18 acre allotment purchased for £7500; proved the gateway to the Pitfield Plains by boring; shaft sunk to 238 feet and powerful machinery costing £4031 was erected; constructed the main chamber and drive 200 feet north; after getting nice rough wash showing gold a lack of funds forced the company to stop work; the bank closed on the mortgage and sold the machinery.
NEW LALLA ROOKH FREEHOLD Co., Pitfield Plains, No. 4 or Southern Division
12.1884: will shortly commence operations.
1899: a new company has taken up this mine.
12.01.1900: contractor commenced erecting of two steam puddling machines.
23.03.1900: puddling machines will be complete in a fortnight.
04.05.1900: puddling machines completed.
04.01.1901: had a favourable position but did not produce up to expectations and the directors decided to suspend operations and the property has been sold off.Heritage Inventory Description
LALLAH ROOKH FREEHOLD CO - Heritage Inventory Description
This is a very disturbed site. The remains of the mullock and quartz wash cover an area 20m by 12m, most of this material has been removed. There are two portions of the machinery foundations still standing, most of the foundations have been broken up and are lying on and north of the part still standing. The mullock heap is east of the foundations but there is no clear indication of where the shaft was located. The brick foundation still standing appears to be part of the winder. It's overall size is 6m by 1.6m, constructed of locally made brick set in a light cement mortar on a bluestone base. A 2m section of rock wall is located five metres north east the brick foundation. Its purpose is not clear.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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PITFIELDS CONSOLS COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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OLD PITFIELD DIGGINGSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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GOLDEN EMPIRE COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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