GREAT BRITAIN CO

718 LINTON-CARNGHAM ROAD SNAKE VALLEY, PYRENEES SHIRE

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    GREAT BRITAIN CO - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    GREAT BRITAIN CO.
    08.1859: sinking a shaft in their claim of 10 acres.
    11.1859: erecting an engine.
    11.1860: got £13 per man last week.
    01.1861: blocking out ground capable of giving £10 per man per week.
    05.1861: making £6 per man per week.
    06.1861: averaging £6 per man.
    07.1861: dividend of £6 per man per week.
    09.1861: getting about £4 to £6 each weekly.
    11.1861: continues to pay well.
    1861: recorded production of 68 ozs or 2.115 kg.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GREAT BRITAIN CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site 50.01 is very disturbed site. It consists of a small heap of quartz wash 7m by 5m by 2m high which is covered with scrub, grasses and gorse, and a mullock heap. The mullock heap appears to have had two fingers with the southern one having been either removed or spread toward the road on the west of the site. It seems that quartz wash has been removed from the site. There is no obvious sign of the shaft or any other features that would explain the operation of this site.

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