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ALBION QUARTZ MINE
NUGGET TRACK THAT RUNS SOUTH FROM YANKEE ROAD, WOMBAT STATE FOREST
ALBION QUARTZ MINE
NUGGET TRACK THAT RUNS SOUTH FROM YANKEE ROAD, WOMBAT STATE FOREST
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
1870s quartz mine which still retains enough visible evidence to interpret the layout of the mining operations - mullock heap, shaft, pumping and winding machinery sites and site of battery.
How is it significant?
Site is related to the story of Victoria's 19th century gold rush and the developing of quartz gold mining during the late 19th-century
Why is it significant?
1870s quartz mine which still retains enough visible evidence to interpret the layout of the mining operations
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ALBION QUARTZ MINE - History
1873 - mine commences with plans to sink a shaft 200 feet, install two steam engines for winding, pumping and crushing (12-head of stamps). 200ft square area of ground was cleared of timber . Water race cut from Ration's Gully. Company purchased part of the Trojan's Company's battery which was to be driven by a portable engine. 1874 - mine had two 16-inch steam engines and two boilers. Stone was being burnt in a kiln. Returns from initial crushings were very poor. 1879: The mine was abandoned and machinery removed.ALBION QUARTZ MINE - Interpretation of Site
1970s quartz mine that was not a successful mining venture.
Heritage Inventory Description
ALBION QUARTZ MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Historic quartz mine that has a largely intact mullock heap. At the southern end of the mullock heap is a shaft. 5m west of the shaft is a machinery site (10m x 7m) with bearer imprints, some protruding machinery bolts and remnants of timber bearers. Steam boilers were located on the north side of the machinery site. Most of the evidence of the boilers is covered by stone rubble and vegetation. A few metres north of the boilers is the site of the battery which is largely obscured by vegetation (ferns) but in an open area was evidence of decayed timber mortar blocks. The battery site is also covered by fallen trees (storm damage). Due to the ferns and storm damage it was not possible to located the battery sands or roasting kiln.
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