UNNAMED MINES

80 CARRS ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    UNNAMED MINES - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    PERSEVERANCE COMPANY
    03.1886: have struck payable gold at 36 feet and are busy erecting a whim and puddling machine; other claims are being marked off in the surrounding private property.
    06.1886; on very poor ground.
    01.1886 to 06.1889; recorded production of 17 ozs 2 dwt 2 gr ( or 0.532 kg).
    Break-o’-Day, Elder’s private property, adjoining Grant and Party, No. 4 or Southern Division, Ballarat.
    LAURIS(T)ON, W. AND PARTY
    09.1887: have been let a 20 acre claim by the owner, Mr. Elder; recently struck payable gold at a depth of 18 feet, thought to be a continuatiuon of the rich run of gold worked by Grant and Party.
    12.1887: have not done as well as expected.
    09.1888: have struck better gold.
    07.1887 to 12.1889: recorded proudction of 388 ozs 6 dwt 14 gr. (or 12.079 kg).
    Break-o’-Day, Elder’s private property, No. 4 or Southern Division, Ballarat.
    TURNER AND PARTY (in June 1874 were a cooperative party of 30 men)
    09.1873: found a nugget of 63 ozs 17 dwt.
    12.1873: doing well; depth of sinking is 20 to 30 feet; wash-dirt is from 3 to 6 feet; ground is soft and easily worked.
    06.1874: working their claim with a whip and puddling machines and have done fairly well earning £2 7s. per man per week.
    12.1874: have not made enough for wages.
    03.1875: below their usual average because of the drought.
    06.1875: in poor dirt.
    12.1877: found a 175 oz nugget which yielded 162 ozs of pure gold; depth of 29 feet in ground that had been abandoned.
    03.1878: despite finding another nugget of 40 ozs their yield is poor.
    09.1878: found 187 oz 5 dwt and 37 oz 10 dwt nuggets at a depth of 30 feet.
    12.1878: returns are fair.
    06.1879: not making wages.
    09.1880: getting very little gold.
    12.1881:reported to have recently discovered some rich ground.
    03.1882: doing well.
    06.1882: doing fairly.
    09.1882: not making wages.
    12.1882: not doing much.
    12.1886: not making wages.
    n.d. recorded production of 291.612 kg.
    Break-o'-Day, near Rokewood, on a road reserve in the private property of Mr. Elder leading to a water reserve, No. 4 or Southern Division, Ballarat.
    UNABOLISHED COMPANY.
    12.1865: claim covers 81 chains of the road; very rich ground; 17, 25, 30, 95, and 205 oz nuggets have been found together with many smaller ones; wash-dirt is 7 feet thick and at a depth of 14 feet.
    03.1866: involved in a small rush found a nugget of 12 ozs.
    1865: recorded production of 404 ozs (or 12.566 Kg).
    Break-o’-Day, Elder’s private property, No. 4 or Southern Division, Ballarat.
    GRANT, W. AND PARTY (in June 1874 were a cooperative party of 14 men)
    09.1866: continue to otain excellent returns. (this reference does not locate the party at Break-o’-Day and given the time difference they are probably different parties)
    12.1873: doing well, washed as high as 30 ozs from 20 loads; depth of sinking is 20 to 30 feet; wash-dirt is from 3 to 6 feet; ground is soft and easily worked.
    03.1874: still doing well reportedly making £10 per man per week for the quarter.
    06.1874: averaged £3 per man per week.
    09.1874: still getting good returns of 9 dwt 2.32 gr per load; depth of sinking is 40 feet and wash-dirt is 2 to 3 feet.
    12.1874: still successful.
    03.1875: below their usual average because of the drought.
    06.1875: in poor dirt at present.
    12.1878: doing very little.
    06.1879: not making wages.
    12.1879: getting fair returns,
    09.1880: getting very little gold.
    12.1881: reported to have recently discovered some rich ground.
    03.1882: doing well.
    06.1882: doing fairly.
    09.1882: doing well.
    03.1883: doing fairly well.
    12.1886: doing well.
    06.1887: getting excellent returns.
    09.1887: have not done as well this quarter, but have apparently stuck the run again.
    12.1887: have not done as well as expected.
    10.1874 to 12.1888: recorded production of 5581 ozs 2 dwt (or 173.658 kg).

    Heritage Inventory Description

    UNNAMED MINES - Heritage Inventory Description

    Unnamed mines: There are six concentrations of mullock/quartz wash in this area. Two of these heaps are 15 and 18 metres in diameter and up to 2 to 3 metres high. These heap have a scatter of wash around them. The other four sites in this area are concentrations of wash each covering an area from 15m to 40m in diameter. All these sites are very disturbed or almost completely removed.

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