PITFIELDS CONSOLS CO
239 ILLABAROOK-PITFIELD ROAD CAPE CLEAR, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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PITFIELDS CONSOLS CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
25.12.1897: erected substantial winding and pumping plant on the old Nil Desperandum Co. shaft which had to be cut down to take the new machinery; bottomed at 140 feet only 3 weeks ago; underground workings reported to be in good order; will take out the wash that could not be worked 30 years ago.
10.1898: recorded production of 68 ozs 17 dwt (or 2.141 kg).Heritage Inventory Description
PITFIELDS CONSOLS CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The mullock is the main feature at this site. It is 55m by 25m by 3.5m high and has a small pile of quartz wash approximately 10m in diameter at the north end.Ten metresnorth of the mullock heap is an area 15m by 12m in which there is scatter of rocks surrounding a rough single pillar of local rocks set in concrete. This pillar is approximately 1.5 by 1.5 by 1.5 metres high.Thirty metreswest of this pillar there is a pile of rock and broken brick.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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LALLAH ROOKH FREEHOLD 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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