UNION EXTENDED COMPANY
300 MOUNT GREENOCH ROAD DUNACH, HEPBURN SHIRE
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UNION EXTENDED COMPANY - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
First period of gold mining at Mount Greenock
June 1855: There were about 10,000 diggers at Back Creek and Daisy Hill when the famous riots started at the bottom of Adelaide Lead in June 1855. Other discoveries in the area during 1855 were Mt. Greenock, east of Talbot; the White Hills; Cockatoo; and Daisy Flat at Amherst. Towns were surveyed at Back Creek and Amherst but the general exodus to Fiery Creek in September 1855 led to the cancellation of Back Creek town survey
September 1859: Mt Greenock - At the base of the hill, on the north side, there are about 100 miners busily employed mining in a paddock, the property of Mr Ambrose .... Outside the paddock is a surveyed road, under which the gutter has been traced from the inside. At a considerable elevation above the fence and road, with basaltic rock cropping over the surface. There has been several prospecting holes being worked, and the prosectors entertain high hopes of the results of their labour.
March 1864:From present appearance the lead promises to be one of the most important ever opened up in the Maryborough district. A small township is rapidly being formed at the northern base of the Mount.... Mines working of north side of the mount include All Nations Co., Victoria Co. (adjoining All Nations), Perseverance Co. (adopting the same system as Great Tunnel Co. = inclined tunnel on the side of the Mount). Southern Cross Co., Pioneer Co., Oriental Co., Darling Co. are all sinking. Black Ball Co. making good wages. Talbot Gold has bottomed their shaft. Perseverance Co. building new brick chimney and replacing boiler. Prospectors south of the Mount unable to reach bedrock with windlass on account of water. Tunnel companies on the east side of Mount retarded by foul air - Princess Alexandra, Prince of Wales and Exploring Gold Mining companies are in, respectively, 1,200, 1,250 and 1,300 feet.
September 1864: Those claims that have bottomed and opened out are getting very satisfactory returns especially All Nations, Talbot, Perseverance, Oriental, Black Ball, Darling, Victoria, Prince of Wales. Pioneer Co. struck payable gold. Undaunted Co., sinking. Southern Cross Co. sinking. Search and Find It purchased 25hp engine. Homeward Bound and Lone Tree Isola about to commence. Golden Ball, Koh-i-noor and Grand Junction are sinking.Heritage Inventory Description
UNION EXTENDED COMPANY - Heritage Inventory Description
The Mt Greenock lead was discovered in 1855. A small rush took place with mining mainly concentrated on the north side of the hill. The miners were getting gold, by sinking shafts and tunnelling, from gravels deposited by an ancient river system. By 1859 the miners had traced the gold bearing gravels to a paddock at the base of the hill where the lead was found to be covered by basaltic rock (lava flow). /nThe deep lead mining on the north of the hill, despite the promise shown in 1864, did not lead onto any large scale operations and by the next year the focus of mining had shifted to the southern side of the hill. Site 8.0: Union Extended Co. /nMullock heap - North side of Mount Greenock. Small mullock heap, no pebble or sand dump, and no machinery foundations. Several smaller dumps below the heap, to the east.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Local Historical significance: evidence of the mining which took place along one of Amherst Mining Division's richest deep leads. Social value: the mullock heaps associated with the mine sites are prominent landscape features. Network values: Sites 8.0 to 8.5 EXISTING HERITAGE LISTING: Schedule One: Buildings recommended for inclusion or retention in the Shire of Talbot and Clunes Interim Development Order; This is one of the many sites named and used for the survey work by Major Mitchell but due to surrounding development has become the most prominent of the local sites. Its bare volcanic cone forms a graceful feature in the landscape and contrast strongly with the surrounding forest. The surrounding area, including mines, roads, bridges and several early buildings combine to form an historical landscape of considerable significance.
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UNION EXTENDED COMPANYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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