HANLON NO.1
MERCER STREET AND MCMILLAN STREET ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
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HANLON NO.1 - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
HANLON No.1
27.05.1895: have leases of 30, 30 and 120 acres; Mr. C. Hanlon has put down 10 bores from east to west on the two smaller claims.
10.09.1895: commenced a second shaft near the eastern portion of their shaft .
04.11.1895: machinery purchased from the South Fraser Company, accepting tenders for the removal of same to the companies ground.
28.12.1895: has been working for five months; the first shaft was flooded out; the second was bottomed at 67 feet; purchasing machinery.
13.01.1896: boiler now placed in position and contractors now erecting engine house; a new steam winch has been purchased and will be ready for winding towards the end of the week.
20.01.1896: obtained new steam winch from Messrs Swalling and Co.'s foundry Bendigo; has been fixed in position and steam was got up next week;
06.07.1896: Hanlon Co. erecting a second puddling machine.
01.01.1897: erected an engine to drive two puddling machines and a steam winch; value of the plant is £1200; yield since March is 1587 ozs 12 dwt.
1897 to 12.1903: recorded production of 18,681 ozs 10 dwt (or 577.963 kg). ; used a steam plant; had 7 pumping stations from the No.1 shaft west to the ford.
1930’s:a cyanide plant reprocessed the tailings from the Hanlon Nos 1 & 2 shafts, producing the dumps along the east side of the Rokewood to Meadows Road just south of the town.Heritage Inventory Description
HANLON NO.1 - Heritage Inventory Description
A considerable amount of material has been removed from this site of the Hanlon No.1 mine. The remains of the mullock heap, 55 m by 35 m, consists of two well defined fingers. Material has been removed from the south half of the heap leaving a scatter of mullock covering an area 40 m by 50 m. The remains of a fine gravel and slum heap covers an area 30 m by 30m west of the mullock heap. There is no sign of the shaft at this very disturbed site, with the two well defined fingers of mullock being the only relatively intact part of this site.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local
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CARR & STANBROOKVictorian Heritage Inventory
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SCOTT AND PARTYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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HANLON NO.2Victorian Heritage Inventory
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