RISING SUN COMPANY

LAKE ROAD DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    RISING SUN COMPANY - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Around 1868, the Rising Sun Quartz Mining Company, formerly Veal and party, erected steam-powered mining machinery to work Frenchmans Reef, which was located in Blind Creek, near Specimen Hill. It appears to have been a short-lived venture and it was not until the discovery of the Rising Star line of reef by Rolleri & Massiminos party in 1877 that the Blind Creek area experienced any significant mining.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    RISING SUN COMPANY - Heritage Inventory Description

    Mullock heap - Intact heap with two main dumping lines and several short lines. The shaft has been filled. Mining machinery - At the rear of the mullock heap is a large excavated platform which is covered by thick blackberries. Stone foundations visible on the platform but cannot be measured or photographed. Whim shafts - Two whim shafts, one is located between the mullock heap and the junction of Blind Creek and Frenchmans Gully; the other is located between the Rising Sun and South Star mines. Both have well defined whim platforms, open shafts and small mullock heaps. The latter whim is relatively free of vegetation./n

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - Range of featuresArchaeological potentialNetwork values - Specimen Hill-Rising Star group of quartz mining sitesSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: National Estate

    Recorded by: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapMining machinery foundationsWhim shafts, platforms and mullock heaps

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