ALL NATIONS CO

160 NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD NEWTOWN, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    ALL NATIONS CO - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    ALL NATIONS COMPANY, Black Ball Lead, Italian Gully
    07.1860: realising good returns.
    11.1860: an excellent claim.
    03.1861: making about £5 per week per man.
    04.1861: making about £5 per week per man.
    06.1861: very poor.
    09.1861: yield for the month of 150 ozs gave £7 per man weekly.
    10.1861: paying about £5 per man per week.
    11.1861: doing tolerably well.
    12.1861: paying better than wages.
    01.1863: getting good returns.
    10.1863: paying very good returns.
    03.1864: only paying wages.
    06.1864: given up, problems with the shaft caused delays, calls were not met and the company has run out of money.
    09.1864: worked out their claim and have taken up the ground abandoned by the Aurora Co. where machinery is being erected.
    09.1864: ground taken up by the All Nations Co. who have worked out their claim; erecting a steam powered engine; this and the Nardoo are the only companies employing steam power at Italians.
    12.1864: gave erected their machinery and are sinking a new shaft and should reach the gutter without any problems ; should be able to work the portion of gutter that their predecessors could not reach.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    ALL NATIONS CO - Heritage Inventory Description

    The heaps are laid out in an a fairly orderly fashion around the depression where the shaft was located. The heaps west and north west of the shaft contain both wash and mullock, and are 15m by 10m and 40m by 12m respectively both are approximately 2.5m high. Coarse and fine quartz wash is scattered over an area 40m by 20m north of the shaft. The material in the heaps is predominantly quartz wash and white clay.

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