ROKEWOOD CENTRAL CO.

MEADOWS ROAD ROKEWOOD, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    ROKEWOOD CENTRAL CO. - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    ROKEWOOD CENTRAL Co., 200 feet east of the United Boundary
    10.02.1896: started to sink a bore.
    n.d.operated using a steam plant and puddler.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    ROKEWOOD CENTRAL CO. - Heritage Inventory Description

    At Hanlon No.2 the majority of the material has been removed reducing the mullock heap to a 'mesa' 20 m in diameter and 5 m high. On the southern side the heap has been extended to enclose a small powder magazine. The magazine, 1.2 by 1.2 by 1.2 m is constructed of timber with a corrugated iron cladding on the outside with a slab of concrete 0.05 m thick on the roof. The structure is lined and the space between the lining and the roof is insulated with sawdust. The mullock heap at the central is 20 m in diameter and 4.5 m high, and appears to be relatively intact. There is a circular concrete slab, 2.5 m in diameter, on the south east corner at the base of the heap. The depression where the shaft was is 3 m further south east. A rough stone structure set with cement mortar is located 28 m east of the shaft depression. The walls of this structure are collapsing and do not seem strong enough to support any machinery. A badly corroded ore truck is lying on the east side of the mullock heap. At the United mine site there are 2 mullock heaps running north, 20 m by 4 m by 1.5m high, and north east, 50 m by 10 m by 2.5 m, from where the shaft would have been. The first 12 m has been removed from the heap that runs north east. There are a couple of small mounds west of the mullock heaps.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant

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