OPHIR COMPANY
SECOND STREET HEPBURN, HEPBURN SHIRE
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OPHIR COMPANY - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: In the late 1930s, the success of the Maxwell Consolidated Company in working a reef on the eastern slope of Doctors Gully caused a revival of interest in other abandoned shafts in the gully. The old Ophir shaft was one of these, which appears to have been worked by the Excelsior Gold Recovery. In 1936 this company were reported as having just completed the erection of an up-to-date battery and cyanide plant.Heritage Inventory Description
OPHIR COMPANY - Heritage Inventory Description
Mullock heap - Large heap with flattened top. Mining machinery foundations - In the gully below the heap is a 8ft square concrete winder bed with 3/4 inch mounting bolts. To the south is a filled shaft site and one concrete poppet leg pad. Battery(10 head of stamps) - The battery foundations are hidden by high broom.Below the winder bed are three levels of concrete floors. The 30ft square upper floor has a set of concrete mortar blocks and tie bolts, and a concrete engine bed, 51/2ft x 4ft with 11/2 inch mounting bolts. The middle and lower floors (overall measurement 40ft x 30ft) are partly buried. Slum pond - Below the battery is a 40ft long winged-embankment which is retained with stone on both faces Water dam - Next to the slum pond is a dry dam./n
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - well preserved foundationsArchaeological potentialNetwork values -North Maxwell, Maxwell Consolidated, Daylesford Pyrites Works (local significance), Ophir CompanySIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapMining machinery foundationsBattery foundationsConcrete floorsSlum pondWater dam
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MAXWELL CONSOLIDATED QUARTZ GOLD MINEVictorian Heritage Register H1760
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EIGHTY FOOT SANDSVictorian Heritage Inventory
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PYRITES DUMPVictorian Heritage Inventory
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