TALBOT ALLUVIALS LTD NO.1 SHAFT
977 LEXTON-TALBOT ROAD BURNBANK, PYRENEES SHIRE
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TALBOT ALLUVIALS LTD NO.1 SHAFT - History
Contextual History:History of Place:
Heritage Inventory History of Site:
In the late 1930s the Talbot Alluvials Company sunk two shafts and for several years were a major employer of men. In 1936 the company were employing 160 men at its first shaft or No.1 shaft. The results from this shaft proved disappointing and a second shaft (known as Norbury's) was sunk. The company erected expensive and up-to-date plant - including an electric wining engine and motor-driven puddlers - at its No. 2 shaft and despite conducting extensive underground operations were equally unsuccessful. The mine had closed down by 1940.
1936: Talbot Alluvials - No. 1 shaft employing 160 men. Returns disappointing. No. 2 shaft (Norbury's) up-to-date plant - electric winding engine, motor-driven puddlers, etc. Employing 77 men. Expensive mine, due to amount of water.
March 1936: Talbot Alluvials - Long report in Chemical Engineering & Mining Review, with diagrams. No. 1 shaft was sunk many years ago and dewatered by Talbot Alluvials Ltd. Description of plant.
July 1937: Talbot Alluvials - Ceased operations at No. 1 shaft. Work concentrated on No. 2 shaft.
1938: Talbot Alluvials Ltd. - Employing 120 men, extensive development work, No 2 Shaft.
July 1938: Talbot Alluvials Ltd. - Nos 1 & 2 shafts electric power, electric winding machinery.Heritage Inventory Description
TALBOT ALLUVIALS LTD NO.1 SHAFT - Heritage Inventory Description
Mullock heap - Large raised mullock heap with partly quarried pebble dump./nSand dump - Large, but partly quarried sand dump, no cyanide vats visible./nMachinery foundations - Large rectangular-shaped concrete engine bed measuring 15-3/4ft x 13-3/4ft, standing approximately 5ft high. The engine bed, which has 3/4 inch mounting bolts, is located in the south-east corner of a large concrete bed which measures approximately 38ft x 50ft. The concrete floor has several small mounting beds and an arrangement of open drains. On the opposite corner to the engine bed, is a 24ft square, below ground, concrete tank with 2ft thick walls. In the middle of the tank, which is 3-1/4ft deep, is a small concrete pedestal./nShaft - An open shaft, surrounded by the remains of a collapsed wooden poppet head, is located some 60 feet to the west of the engine bed.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional Site to be protected [Mullock heap, sand dump and machinery plant foundations] Scientific significance: the site has the most comprehensive range of deep lead machinery plant foundations and earthworks to survive in the Amherst Mining Division. Social value: mine's mullock heap is a prominent historic gold mining landscape feature. Archaeological potential: No. 1 shaft is archaeologically important for its potential to yield artefacts and evidence which will be able to provide significant information about the technological history of gold mining.
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TALBOT ALLUVIALS LTD NO.1 SHAFTVictorian Heritage Inventory
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