LANES REEF MINE SITE
CAHILL STREET WEDDERBURN, LODDON SHIRE
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LANES REEF MINE SITE - History
Lanes reef was first taken up in c.1857 - Lanes Reef - taken up by Thompson, Martin, Charles Faye, C. Fernandez and Frank Handson. These men continued to prospect for some time before getting payable gold, but finally they got it and a large rush set in, the reef being taken up for fully 1/2 mile. A crushing plant had been erected at Kingower and quartz could be carted and crushed at a cost of £10 per ton which was considered a great boon in those days. The reef was now worked and prospected energetically for about 12 months and a considerable amount of gold was obtained.. None of the claims paid at a greater depth than 50 to 60 feet and soon as the yield fell off the claims were abandoned The use of concrete at the site suggests that the surviving relics date to the twentieth century.LANES REEF MINE SITE - Interpretation of Site
The site demonstrates small scale quartz mining. The reef runs northwards and contains many prospecting shafts. The workings along the reef, including this site, have been significantly disturbed by bull dozing (filling of dangerous mine openings)
Heritage Inventory Description
LANES REEF MINE SITE - Heritage Inventory Description
Mostly flattened at this mine site; small concrete mounting bed; a filled, slightly subsided shaft with remains of a square baling pond.
Heritage Inventory Significance: None
SiteCard data copied on 03/07/2024: The features recorded in the early 1990s still survive. These being a small concrete mounting bed (4ft x 5ft, standing 3ft with 1 inch mounting bolts). Approximately 15 metres west of the small bed is a filled (slightly subsided) shaft which still has the remains of a partly demolished 8-1/2ft square baling pond. Little has escaped being flattened at this site.
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