MOUNT BUTE GM CO

49 SANDOWS LANE LINTON, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    MOUNT BUTE GM CO - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    PERSEVERANCE CO., Linton
    18.02.1905: new alluvial mine on the site of the Cox's Freehold mine; shaft is 180 feet deep and the drive is in 200 feet; the old company had bored into payable wash when their plant was seized and sold; the new company has secured the plant of the No. 2 Plateau Co.
    25.02.1905: tenders have been invited for the removal of the plant from the North West Estate mine at Pitfield to this mine.
    13.05.1905: the horses are down for the winding engine, and the poppet legs and brace are erected.
    28.10.1905: machinery completed and almost ready to commence operations.
    09.12.1905: started baling.
    09.06.1906: puddling a payable wash.
    08.09.1906: Cornish flue boiler sold to the Glenloth Co. at Linton.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    MOUNT BUTE GM CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site 27.01 is substantially disturbed, with the mullock heap being the only relatively intact feature. The heap is two cones side by side joined together, giving a total length of 35m by 20m wide and 3.5m high. There is a scatter of quartz wash north of the mullock heaps which is 0.5m high covering an area 10m by 30m. A dam 40m long by 5m wide stretches west from the quartz wash.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Nil

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