DEEP LEAD MINES, DERWENT JACK'S GULLY (2)

DONALD MCLEANS ROAD SPRINGDALLAH, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    DEEP LEAD MINES, DERWENT JACK'S GULLY (2) - History

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    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    The Ballarat Deep Leads and Mines, Geological Survey of Victoria 1:100,000 Deep Leads Map 6, sheet 1, published is 1992 by the Department of Energy and Minerals, Victoria puts the Magnum Bonum in this location. However reports in the Mining Surveyors and Registrars Reports of December 1864 describes the Magnum Bonum Co. at Derwent Jacks as having steam power, not a whim and horse puddler.

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    DEEP LEAD MINES, DERWENT JACK'S GULLY (2) - Heritage Inventory Description

    A depression exists where the shaft was located.Six metresnorth of the shaft is a rectangular depression cut into the slope that is 7m by 6m. This feature/formation has an embankment on its east side, it could either have been where a building was sited or alternatively it may have been a dam. A circular formation or whim platform is located on the west side of the shaft. It is 9m in diameter and has a small rectangular depression/hole in the centre. The centre of the horse puddler is 7m south east of the centre of the shaft. The horse puddler is 6m in diameter and is surrounded on its southern side by small mounds of quartz wash. It is in fair to poor condition, the central mound still has a piece of the wooden post in the centre. However the sides of the trench and central earth pillar have slumped and are no longer vertical. The final feature at this site is the mullock heap which is 20m long spreading out to be 22m wide at its eastern end, and up to 2m high. The north side of the mullock heap has eroded slightly./nThis site is located is an open grazing paddock and the puddler and whim have deteriorated. However despite this weathering this collection of features is interesting and readily interpretable.

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