Wilson's Hills Mines & Cyanide Works

CA 9B Wilson's Hill Road and CA 2C Bendigo-St Arnaud Road WILSONS HILL, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

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Wilson's Hill Mines & Cyanide Works

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Wilson's Hills Mines & Cyanide Works - Physical Description 1

    All the features on this site are contained on a triangular parcel of land bounded by Wilsons Reef Road to the north and the Bendigo-St. Arnaud Road on the south east. The ground generally slopes downwards towards the south west. On the slopes at the northern end of the site there is a scatter of shallowworkings with small heaps of disturbed mullock. On the flatter ground towards the south west corner there is a dam and raceway (the Wilson Hill Channel) and several features which all appear to relate to 1930s cyaniding operations. These include: a small mound containing at least four circular concrete cyanide vats; eight concrete pads for a water tank; and a large, partly quarried dump near the Bendigo-St.Arnaud road. Close to the northern boundary of the reserve there is a scatter of brick and stone rubble which may indicate a house or battery site.

    The mullock heaps are very weathered and many have also been damaged by trail bikes.

    The approximately triangular site is bounded on the south-east by the Bendigo-St Arnaud Road, on the north by Wilson Reef Road and on the west by private property boundaries and is identical with the area occupied by the Wilson Hill Bushland Reserve.

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Greater Bendigo - Marong Heritage Study 1999

    Author: Andrew Ward and Associates
    Year: 1999
    Grading: Local

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