GLASTON MINE

BALD HILL ROAD HEPBURN, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    GLASTON MINE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: No history found on the site. The reef running through the area is named Gladstone Reef on a Geological Survey map, surveyed by Norman Taylor, under the supervision of RAF Murray, September 1893.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GLASTON MINE - Heritage Inventory Description

    The foundations are located on a high terrace of Jim Crow or Sailors Creek.Mining machinery - Stone and clay mortar engine bed, 19ft x 5ft, and 4ft high. The engine bed has some brickwork at both ends. Next to the engine bed is a largely buried boiler setting, 23ft long, 8ft wide, with 2ft thick walls. The boiler setting is constructed of rough concrete. At the rear of the boiler setting is a 8ft square stone chimney stack base. Shaft - Shaft depression and small, partly buried mullock heap.Alluvial workings - The terrace on which the foundations are located has been sluiced. The gully running along side the track that leads to the mine has also been extensively sluiced.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - well preserved mining machinery foundationsArchaeological potentialNetwork values - Bryces Flat network: Bryces Flat mine, 'Chinese' gardens, Blowhole diversion cutting, Glaston mineSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional

    Recorded By: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mining machinery siteShaftAlluvial workings

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