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NEW MOON EXTENDED CO
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
NEW MOON EXTENDED CO
ROKEWOOD-SKIPTON ROAD PITFIELD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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NEW MOON EXTENDED CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
NEW MOON EXTENDED CO.,
25.12.1897: there are 20 shareholders having the shaft sunk by contractors;
1899: this company is being floated, after the New Moon Extended party started to sink a shaft but the water was too heavy for the windlass and a winding engine was installed for baling but at 137 feet in rock the water was too much even for the winding engine and a pump is now being erected.
30.08.1901: making preparations to resume sinking .
25.10.1901: pumps repaired and sinking will resume.
10.01.1903: abandoned
NEW MOON CO., Pitfield Plains,
25.12.1897: prosperous year with one bucket yielding 41 ozs 13 dwt; total yield for the year was 1231 ozs 16 dwt valued at £4924, giving shareholders a dividend of £3 18s 8d per 21st share; many specimens obtained from the quartz reefs that traverse the claim.Heritage Inventory Description
NEW MOON EXTENDED CO - Heritage Inventory Description
At the New Moon Extended site the mullock heap has been flattened and pushed around. It is 30m to 35m in diameter and up to 3m high. The depression where the shaft used to be is filled with rocks and rubbish.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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