GOLDEN GATE CO
81 MOONIES DAM ROAD SCARSDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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GOLDEN GATE CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
GOLDEN GATE MINING Co. at Black Hill, Allotment 2 Scarsdale;
11.1859: work commenced
11.1860: have struck the gutter and got fair returns.
12.1860: last weeks yield was 90 ozs. last week yielded 130 ozs, averaging 20 ozs per machine.
01.1861: excellent claim supposedly on the confluence of the Hong Kong and the Croesus Leads.
03.1861: dividend has dwindled to 3 to 4 pounds per man; driving in the opposite direction.
05.1861: working in very good ground.
06.1861: paying well, have had 110 ozs for the fortnight.
07.1861: very good claim.
08.1861: doing very well.
09.1861: doing moderately well.
10.1861: paying about £5 per week.
11.1861: doing fairly well.
12.1861: paying about £5 per man per week.
12.1862: using a 14.5 inch by 36 inch steam engine for winding and pumping, a boiler: 28 feet by 5 feet 6 inches, 9 inch pumps with a plunger to 140 feet and draw lift for remainder (80 feet), 2 puddling machines; winding with trucks, cages and flat hemp rope; a 6 inch house lift
10.1860 to 12.1862: recorded production of 4,997 ozs 10 dwt (or 155.443 kg).Heritage Inventory Description
GOLDEN GATE CO - Heritage Inventory Description
This site, which is surrounded by and partly planted down with pines, has a quartz wash heap approximately 20m in diameter and up to 3.5m high, and a mullock heap approximately 20m in diameter and up to 3m high. This site is disturbed and there is no symmetry or regular shape to the heaps.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant
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