LONG TUNNEL MINE - WELL'S PADDOCK
EAST METCALFE-LANGLEY ROAD METCALFE EAST, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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LONG TUNNEL MINE - WELL'S PADDOCK - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: This site is located on Bell's Lead, discovered in 1863. This was a deep alluvial lead mine. The site was opened by John and Robert Bell and Robert Brookbank. The Long Tunnel Mine operated here in the 1880s.
LONG TUNNEL MINE - WELL'S PADDOCK - Interpretation of Site
Heritage Inventory Interpretation: Remains of deep lead alluvial mining from the 1860s to the 1880s.
Heritage Inventory Description
LONG TUNNEL MINE - WELL'S PADDOCK - Heritage Inventory Description
An area of low mullock heaps, covering several hundred square metres. An old cypress tree marks the centre of the site. There is a circular puddling machine site with a stone retaining wall of basalt.
Heritage Inventory Significance: Moderate local historical significance and moderate archaeological significance. There is a likelihood there are in situ archaeological deposits.
Recorded by: Vincent Clark. Date Recorded: December 1998
Heritage Inventory Site Features: - several low mullock heaps. - circular stone structure (puddling machine). - mature cypress pine.
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