BELLS REEF MINE
RYANS TRACK DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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BELLS REEF MINE - History
Heritage Inventory History of Site: The first significant mining venture on Bells Reef appears to have commenced in 1880. The mining register reported December 1880 that the Bell's Quartz Company, Black Jack's, would soon have their battery ready. The register also mentions in his next quarterly report that the company were raising quartz from Bell's Reef.Heritage Inventory Description
BELLS REEF MINE - Heritage Inventory Description
Mullock heap - Small peaked mullock heap (30 metre wide, 5 metre high) with filled shaft. Mining machinery - 7ft square concrete winder bed with 1 inch mounting bolts. At the rear of the winder bed is a well preserved concrete boiler setting. Water dam - North-west of the machinery foundations is a dry dam. The concrete foundations at Bell's Reef would date from Daylesford's early 1940s quartz mining revival, which was caused by the success of the Maxwell Consolidated Company./n
Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - well preserved foundationsArchaeological potentialNetwork values - Bells Reef mine, Adams Reef workingsSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional
Recorded by: David Bannear
Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapMining machinery foundationsWater dam
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TELEGRAPH MILL TRAMWAYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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BELLS REEF MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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