CARNGHAM UNITED CO

947 SMYTHESDALE-SNAKE VALLEY ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE

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    CARNGHAM UNITED CO - History

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    CARNGHAM UNITED
    10.1863: progressing well with their shaft.
    06.1865: recently reorganised.
    29.08.1865: shaft down 160 feet, machinery includes: Cornish flue boiler, draw lift, three puddling machines, and two horizontal steam engines
    05.09.1865: three compartment shaft, 8 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 6 inches; down 160 feet; using
    a 16 inch by 36 inch horizontal steam engine for pumping and puddling,;a 14 inch by 28 inch horizontal steam engine for winding,;a Cornish flue boiler: 30 feet by 6 feet 6 inches,;a 10 inch draw lift,;three wooden puddling machines with sheet iron linings, belt driven ;sluices for gravel; amalgamating barrel (not in use)
    12.1865: continuing pay as it has done for years.
    03.1866: ceased operations.
    06.1866: company being reorganised.
    09.1866: worked for part of the quarter.
    (new company - Triumph)
    03.1867: paying.
    06.1868: claim and machinery purchased by the Magnum Bonum Co.
    04.1865 to 09.1865: recorded production of 206 ozs 7 dwt 4 gr, or 6.419 kg.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    CARNGHAM UNITED CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    Part of a mullock heap 20m by 10m by 3m high is located 60m south of the Snake Valley-Smythesdale Road. A further 40m south is a large heap of mullock and quartz wash 50m long by 30m wide and up to 8m high. There is also a scatter of quartz wash spread over the ground for a distance of 50m south of the large heap. The large heap has been substantially altered, and any shafts have been filled and their location is not obvious, a very disturbed site.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant

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