LEVIATHAN MINE CYANIDE WORKS
LEVIATHAN ROAD AND BULGANA ROAD CONCONGELLA, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
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LEVIATHAN MINE CYANIDE WORKS - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: In the late 1860s, the Leviathan Company installed a crushing plant on the eastern slopes of Big Hill. This mill, with 66-heads of stamps was the largest to operate on the Stawell goldfield. A tramline was constructed to bring ore to the mill from the various mines working on Big Hill. A 1871 map of the Borough of Stawell - by F.W.Wright 1 March 1871 - shows the mill as part of the Scotchmans Reef Quartz Company's lease.In the 1930s, along with a general trend elsewhere in the State, the old Leviathan tailings were treated by the cyanide process. The large scale cyaniding operations that took place in the 1930s was brought on by a rise in the price of gold, and the introduction of new filtration process which enable low grade tailings to be cyanided profitably.Heritage Inventory Description
LEVIATHAN MINE CYANIDE WORKS - Heritage Inventory Description
Tailings - Massive dump of treated tailings. Vats - On top flattened tailings dump is a line of six, 18ft diameter, concrete-rendered brick soakage vats. Four of the vats are still raised above the tailings, the other two are buried. To the north of the vats is a 10ft square galvanised iron vat which contains a L-shaped brick trough. At the base of the flattened dump is a 15ft diameter, 9ft deep, concrete-rendered drainage vat. The northern side of the vat has been demolished. Leviathan Dam - Large full dam. Apparently this dam was restored by the Mines Department in 1971. Stawell & Grampians Tourist Guide, Spring/Summer, 1994/95, p.17
Heritage Inventory Significance: Regional
Recorded By: David Bannear Date recorded: July 1994
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LEVIATHAN MINE CYANIDE WORKSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Leviathan Mine Cyanide Works, Leviathan Road, STAWELLNorthern Grampians Shire
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