ADMIRAL NELSON CO
NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD STAFFORDSHIRE REEF, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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ADMIRAL NELSON CO - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
WHITE STAR COMPANY (party of 16 men), Frontage Lead in the Italian Gully;
08.1859: progressing.
09.1861: making wages.
10.1861: last week's dividend was £6 per man.
11.1861: paying £6 per man for several weeks.
10.1861 to 11.1861: recorded production of 120 ozs or 3.733 kg.
12.1861: paying better than wages.
ADMIRAL NELSON Co. (party of 16 men), Frontage Lead, Italian Gully
08.1859: progressing.
HASWELL COMPANY (party of 8 men), Frontage Lead, Italian Gully
08.1859: progressing.
PERSEVERANCE COMPANY (party of 16 men), Frontage Lead, Italian Gully
08.1859: progressing.
12.1861: obtained a very encouraging prospect.Heritage Inventory Description
ADMIRAL NELSON CO - Heritage Inventory Description
Site 134.04: There are six workings in an area. The first may be the Aurora. It consists of a mullock and quartz wash heap running north-west to south-east 30 m long by 8 m by 1 m high. The shaft (depression) is in the centre of this heap. A whim platform, 9m in diameter and 1 m high, is north east of the heap, and there is a small dam, 10 m by 5 m, north of the whim platform. 25 m south of the whim site is a filled shaft and adjoining mullock heap, which is 15 m by 10 m by up to 3 m high. A dry breached dam is a further 10 m south. This dam is 15 m by 10 m, and is a substantial quantity of quartz wash and gravel is situated on its west side. The quantity of quartz is similar to that at the other mines in this cluster of sites. 50 m south east of the dam there is another mine site with a quartz wash and mullock heap. The remains of this mine do not seem to have been disturbed, apart for the use of some of the mullock to fill the shaft. The mullock heap is 25 m by 15 m by 4 m high, and the quartz wash is 15m in diameter and 2.5 m high. The next working is a very small mine and is a further 70 m south south-west . 50 m south east is a mine covering an area 20 m by 30 m. A whim platform adjoins the shaft at this site. The platform, wash and mullock are approximately 1.5 m high. The last working in this area is 30 north east. It is a little scattered and covers an area 20 m by 20 m./nThis cluster of small mines is from the 1860's, and the most interesting features are the whim platforms. Unfortunately the sites are not in very good condition, which is understandable given their age.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local/Regional because of its contrast with larger, steam powered deep lead mines; need to make closer comparisons with similar groupings of sites at Linton.
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