BRYCES FLAT MINE

BALD HILL ROAD DAYLESFORD, HEPBURN SHIRE

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    BRYCES FLAT MINE - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Department of Mines Annual Report for 1903 records that Bruce's No. 1 North G. M. Company had done a considerable amount of prospecting for the year, sunk their shaft to a depth of 450 feet, and that their mine was well equipped with winding, pumping and crushing machinery. Presumably this is a miss spelling of Bryce.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    BRYCES FLAT MINE - Heritage Inventory Description

    Mullock heap - Intact heap with two 50 metre long dumping lines. The shaft has been filled. Mullock heap - Intact heap with one main dumping line. The shaft has been filled. Mining machinery - 5ft square concrete winder bed with 3/4 inch mounting bolts. Battery - Located on east side of dump. Excavated platform with set of 3 timber mortar blocks (5-head of stamps); a second set has been burnt away. On a level above the stamper blocks are the engine foundations (arrangement of decaying bedlogs). To the west of the battery are the remains of a small stone boiler setting. Slum pond - Below the battery is a small slum pond./n

    Heritage Inventory Significance: The site has:Scientific significance - range of features documenting the operation of a small scale quartz mine.Archaeological potentialNetwork values - Bryces Flat network: Bryces Flat mine, 'Chinese' gardens, Blowhole diversion cutting, Glaston mineSIGNIFICANCE RANKING: Regional

    Recorded by: David Bannear

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Mullock heapsMining machinery siteBattery siteSlum pond

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