MORNING LIGHT CO
160 NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD NEWTOWN, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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MORNING LIGHT CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
MORNING LIGHT PROSPECTING COMPANY (party of 24 men); the August 1859 report describes its location as being on the east side of the New World Prospecting Claim, south of Browns Pre-emptive Right at Browns, which is in Italian Gully.
07.1859: have reached a depth of 70 feet into the alluvium.
08.1859; shaft is down 204 feet; a bore has struck what is believed to be the continuation of the Black Ball Lead; suitable machinery has been purchased.
NEW WORLD PROSPECTING COMPANY; in the August 1859 report it's west boundary is described as being conterminous with Mr. Brown's east boundary, south of Browns Pre-emptive Right, Browns at what is Italian Gully
07.1859: sinking and have reached 40 feet into a deposit of trap rock.
WATERLOO COMPANY, at Black Ball Lead, Italians
11.1860: a below mediocre claim.
03.1861: showing some improvement.
05.1861: not doing much.
06.1861: very poor.
07.1861: sinking a new shaft.
09.1861: sinking a new shaft, are past the rock and into the drift.
10.1861: making fair returns.
12.1861: doing better than usual averaging 6 ozs per machine; got 15 ozs from one machine a few days agoHeritage Inventory Description
MORNING LIGHT CO - Heritage Inventory Description
The heaps at this site are quite substantial. The quartz wash heap is on the north and has three fingers which are 40-45m long and fan out from the shaft in an arc from north west to north-northeast, with the fingers varying in width from 12-25m and from 2-2.5 m in height. The mullock heap is south of the shaft location and does not appear to have been disturbed apart from the slot that has been cut east west through the heap. The mullock heap is 32m by 25m by 6m high and has been deposited in two lines very close together. The size of the site suggests that it is more than a prospecting company.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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