MOREY FREEHOLD CO

49 LINTON-NARINGHIL ROAD LINTON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    MOREY FREEHOLD CO - History

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    MOREY FREEHOLD COMPANY
    09.1872: a progressive claim from which good things are expected.
    31.12.1872: making fair progress some machinery delivered to the site.
    21.01.1873: engine and boiler nearly complete and poppet head being erected.
    28.01.1873: machinery and poppet heads completed.
    18.02.1873: skidding shaft and sinking another 30 feet.
    11.03.1873: sunk to 300 feet opened out main drive and constructing a water lodgement.
    12.1873: discovered good ground.
    06.1875: principal contributer to marked improvement at Lintons.
    12.1878: giving steady returns.
    03.1880: abandoned for the present.
    17.09.1904: the Standard Co. battery was used to crush 15 tons of tailings from Morey's with fair results.
    01.1874 to 09.1874: recorded production of 1,690 ozs or 52.566 kg.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MOREY FREEHOLD CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site of a significant mine that is now dominated by a large and substantially intact mullock heap, 45m long by 25m wide and 7m high. The shaft is at the west end of the heap. It is 2.5m long by 1.3m wide. It is open and is being used to dump sheep carcasses. A small portion of one quartz wash heap still remains north of the shaft. Remains of quartz wash heaps are at the east and western ends of the mullock heap. The site is defined by rows of pine trees which enclose an area approximately 70m by 70m.

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