GOLDEN GATE CO AND THE CONTEST LEAD

218 BROWNS ROAD SCARSDALE, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    GOLDEN GATE CO AND THE CONTEST LEAD - History

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    GOLDEN AGE COMPANY (adjoins the Golden Gate Co.)
    09.1879: party discovered a rich alluvial field after persevering for 12 months; yield of £38 per man the first week and £55 10s the second.
    12.1879: nothing of importance has followed this find; hopeful of a good result when the deeper levels are reached.6
    03.1880: not doing very well; hope to be in better ground soon.
    06.1880: obtaining rich returns; paid £118 14s per man last fortnight.7
    09.1880: continuing to give magnificent returns; a new claim adjoining has struck gold in quantities likely to pay well; applications have been taken up on adjoining areas.7
    1879 to 1880: recorded production of 1020 ozs or 31.726 kg.
    06.1881: operations chiefly confined to prospecting.
    09.1881: operations have ceased.9
    GOLDEN GATE COMPANY
    03.1880: about to erect machinery.
    GRACE DARLING COMPANY
    10.1863: bottomed their shaft but have not yet finished their chamber.
    06.1864: using steam power to work the old ground which is very poor.
    09.1864: scarcely making wages.
    12.1864: have given up.
    GOLDEN AGE EXTENDED CO., Browns, a co-operative of party of 20 men
    05.04.1895: risen up in wash; fixing horse machine for a trial.
    03.05.1895: purchased the machinery of the All Nations Co. from Black Hill.
    10.05.1895: yield of 3 ozs 11 dwt 12 gr.
    17.05.1895: yield of 3 oz 15 dwt.
    12.07.1895: yield of 5 ozs from one machine; contractor finished erecting the puddling machine.
    30.08.1895: report on company includes a list of machinery: a 16 inch cylinder horizontal engine with a 3 foot 6 inch stroke for winding fed by a flue boiler 26 foot by 6 foot 6 inches and a self emptying iron puddler driven by a 10.5 inch engine.
    28.12.1895: commenced 12 months ago; has sunk a 6 foot by 3 foot 6 inch shaft to a depth of 175 feet with openings at 145 feet and 164 feet; this company works the Perseverance Lead near the junction with the Contest Lead .
    01.01.1897: satisfactory for most of the year.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    GOLDEN GATE CO AND THE CONTEST LEAD - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site No. 120.05: The Golden Gate mine site has an intact mullock heap 40m by 20m by 4m high, and a low mound 15m in diameter located north east of the mullock heap. There is a new dam next to the mound./nSite No. 120.06: There are a number of small mounds/mullock heaps/quartz wash heaps within the strip of land 400m west of Browns Road both north and south of where the Golden Gate mine site is located.

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