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Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine
9-11 Abel Street, GOLDEN SQUARE VIC 3555 - Property No 182907

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Statement of Significance

[Deborah Conservation Area] Deborah and North Deborah

Significance: The area contains the two major sites on the Deborah line of reef which were responsible for the revival of mining on Bendigo in the 1930s.

[Deborah]

Significance: Gold in payable quantities was first found on the Deborah line of reef at this site which, although worked at various times since 1860, is now representative of the workings of one of the larger companies during the 1930's mining revival period. The site is reserved for mining, it contains a relatively intact range of artefacts, is easily accessible, is visible from Chum Hill and from the North Deborah site, and has views both to the Deborah and Central Deborah sites and to Chum Hill.

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    • Physical Description 1

      Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine - Physical Description 1

      Location: Main shaft: at the comer of Adams Street and Abel Street [1.121]; west of Adams Road and south of Abel Street, with the engine house south of the shaft [2]

      Little Italy shaft: 130 yards south of the main shaft [1.121]

      Physical Description 2

      Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine - Physical Description 2

      Artefacts: Steel poppet head with tubular legs 34 feet apart which still retains some wooden framing. The three compartment shaft is partly visible. 30 meters to the south of the shaft are well preserved concrete winding engine beds associated with machine made brick rubble. 7 metres east of the winding engine beds there is a concrete workshop floor which contains several concrete mounting pads. To the north of the workshop, and extending alongside the east side of the shaft is the concrete floor of the battery house, containing foundations for four battery boxes and pads and supports for concentrating tables and other machinery. What remains of the tailings dump are contained on the allotment on the opposite side of the road.

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study

      Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
      Year: 1993
      Grading: Ungraded

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