BRITISH BANNER CO
FURNISS ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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BRITISH BANNER CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
BRITISH BANNER Co., Pitfield Plains.
C.POYNTON & PARTY, from April 1910
06.1870: has concluded a contract for sinking, several previous contracts being surrendered because the rock is so hard.
12.1870: prospects of this mine are good for mining in this district.2
03.1871: highly promising prospects.
06.1871: progress satisfactory; accepted a tender for erection of additional machinery.
06.1872: still driving in reef.
23.07.1894: bore down 44 feet.
25.12.1896: surface plant and erection of winding plant completed; will resume work in the new year.
25.12.1897: machinery was erected after the shaft was sunk to water level;
12.01.1900: company decided to erect a Massie fan for ventilation.
04.01.1901: yield of 4306.5 ozs for the year, with some falling off in the quality of the stone for the second half of the year.
28.06.1901: discovery of a quartz lode in the No.9 east drive considered important.
20.07.1901: yield for the quarter of 1047 ozs; 85 men working at the mine.
10.01.1903: poor results for their efforts.
1899 to 1905: recorded production of 14,480 ozs 2 dwt (or 450.392 kg).
09.09.1905: the Cherry Hill Co. at Linton secured the plant from the British Banner Co.; it will be removed and re-erected in twelve weeks.
(C. Poynton and Party from April 1910)
23.04.1910: extracting payable wash south of the old Banner; this run of gold is narrow but extremely good.
23.07.1910: getting good results treating the wash which is a continuation of the wash in the old Banner.
03.09.1910: still getting good returns from the north of their claim.
1911: machinery removed from the site.
1950 to 1980: site was leased to the local shire, during which time large quantities of quartz wash were removed; for example 26,000 tons were removed just prior to the expiry of the lease.19Heritage Inventory Description
BRITISH BANNER CO - Heritage Inventory Description
A depression indicates the position of the shaft. A bluestone block just north of the shaft is the only obvious machinery foundation, the long grass may conceal other features. This bluestone block is approximately 1m by 1m with bolts protruding from the top. A large mullock heap 50m by 40m and 8m high runs south from the shaft. Two lines along the top indicate how the mullock was deposited. A short finger of mullock runs west for 12m from the north end of the heap. The quartz wash heap is east of and merging in with the mullock heap and there has been a substantial amount of material removed from this heap. However a considerable quantity of material remains. It covers an area of approximately 45m by 45m and is up to 6m high. There are still three finger formations in part of the heap that indicate how this material was deposited. East and north of the shaft there is a scatter of slumes and fine gravel covering an area 90m by 70m, part of which is up to 1.0m high. Some of this material has been removed./nThis site and the adjoining mines sites north and south are prominent within this flat grazing country.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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PITFIELDS CONSOLS COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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SOUTH PITFIELD CONSOLS CO.Victorian Heritage Inventory
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CONFLUENCE NO.1 COVictorian Heritage Inventory
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