CAXTON CO

1380 GLENELG HIGHWAY SMYTHESDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    CAXTON CO - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    CAXTON CO.,
    09.10.1893: many applications have been received for promoters shares; prospectus will be issued this week.
    28.12.1895: ceased operation because the machinery was not powerful enough to cope with the water; and because the shaft collapsed.
    25.05.1896: about to commence having called tenders.
    09.01.1897: company floated and taken over by an English company.
    NEW CAXTON CO.,
    11.05.1901: Messrs Pollard and Scott are removing poppet legs etc to be erected at the site chosen by Mr. Kerr, the company's engineer; a road to the shaft is being prepared.
    10.01.1903: showed promise early in the year when a trial crushing of 40 tons yielded more than 5 dwt per ton; but funds ran out and operations were suspended; may be restarted soon.
    31.01.1903: plant from the New Caxton Co. mine was moved to the North Jubilee mine in Long Gully.
    LLOYD & PARTY, east of the Caxton mine, Smythesdale
    20.02.1904: erecting a plant and engaged in taking out a large paddock.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    CAXTON CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    The main feature remaining from this mine is the mullock heap which is 30 m by 15 m by 3.5 m high. A few bricks are scattered about but there is no clear indication of the siting of any machinery. A shallow cutting 25 m by 15 m by 3.4 m deep is located north east of the mullock heap.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Not relevant

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