ROSE CO

CARNGHAM-LINTON ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE

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    ROSE CO - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    ROSE CO.
    1858: The Rose Co. mined on land subleased from Mr. Johnson, a well known speculator from Ovens, for a royalty of 10% of the gross yield of the gold obtained. Mr. Johnson having leased 300 to 400 acres from Mr. Russell at a nominal rental and a royalty of 7% of the gross yield of the gold obtained. The Rose being just one of the companies who leased land from Mr. Johnson.
    1865: Wilson and the Ballarat Mines Database held in the GEDIS system at the Department of Energy and Minerals record a yield of 4000 ounces or 155.521 kg for the 7 years of operation.
    n.d.recorded production of 5000 ozs or 155.521 kg.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    ROSE CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    Sites 44.01 to 44.05: All of these sites are almost totally destroyed. This Star of the East mine site consists of a number of mounds, including a pile of basalt and broken bricks, and covers an area 50 m by 20 m. The mounds are up to 1 m high. The Rose Co. site consists of some mounding covering an area 30 m by 30 m. and up to 1 m high. The site of the British G.M. Co. consists of a number of mounds which cover an area 30 m by 30 m. and are up to 1 m high. The site Kossiaski Co. mine consists of mounding covering an area 50 m by 30 m and up to 1 m high. The Saint David Co. site consists of mounding covering an area 50 m by 30 m and up to 1 m high.

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