ADAMS REEF WORKINGS

OLD TOM TRACK SAILORS FALLS, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    ADAMS REEF WORKINGS - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Adams Reef was a minor line of reef which was opened in the mid to late 1850s. In October 1859, the mining register reported that the 'long time deserted' Adams Reef was being taken up by a mining party from Clunes. In 1861, prospectors on the reef were roasting quartz in a kiln prior to transporting the ore to a battery. No other references were found regarding the reef, but the archaeological evidence suggests is was worked on a scale, which included the installation of steam-powered machinery. The reef's main mining period would have been during the 1870s-1880s.

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    ADAMS REEF WORKINGS - Heritage Inventory Description

    Reef workings, north side of track - Group of four open shafts and partly bulldozed mullock paddocks.Reef workings, south side of the track - Main features are a large mullock heap (3 dumping lines) with fenced shaft; a 3-compartment shaft, the remains of a whim platform and a machinery site (excavated platform and brick rubble); a small peaked heap with machinery site (excavated platform with an arrangement of decayed bedlogs); and a breached embankment. German Gully workings - The slopes of the spur, to the north of the track, have been surfaced to a depth of two metres. The surfacing runs right up to the reef workings.Water race - A well defined water race cuts through the line of reef workings.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - range of quartz and alluvial mining featuresArchaeological potentialNetwork values - Bells Reef mine - Adams Reef workingsSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional

    Recorded by: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Various reef workingsWater race

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