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VINEYARD ROAD CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1351The Archbold (Chewton) Gold Treatment Works was erected c.1884 by Jeremiah Archbold who operated an assay and metallurgical business specialising in the treatment of gold-bearing ore. The…
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ALPINE NATIONAL PARK DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1266The Greens Creek Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a 10-head stamping battery, horizontal steam engine, two multi tubular boilers, and various buried and partly buried pieces of…
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DRY GULLY ROAD OMEO, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1269The Gambetta Reef Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of one 5-head iron framed battery, portable steam engine, and various buried and partly buried piece of machinery. The site also…
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DEGREAVES TRACK BENAMBRA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1271The New Chum Gold Battery Site consists of a 15ft diameter iron waterwheel and the remains of a 4-head stamping battery. The wheel, which still retains its brass fittings, spokes and buckets…
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HOWQUA UNITED GOLD TREATMENT WORKS
HOWQUA HILLS TRACK HOWQUA HILLS, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1279The Howqua United Gold Treatment Works consists of the remains of pyritic roasting furnace with an intact brick chimney stack. Near the roasting furnace is a battery site which was powered…
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LA MASCOTTE GOLD BATTERY SITE AND CHLORINATION WORKS
SIPTHORPE TRACK AND LITTLE DART RIVER CORRYONG, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1276The La Mascotte Gold Battery and Chlorination Works has been well scavenged but still retains a 60ft long roasting furnace. The furnace is constructed of rivetted iron panels and its…
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UPPER WEST BRANCH OF OVENS RIVER SELWYN, ALPINE SHIRE
VHR H1301The Gun Reef Gold Battery Sites contain the remnants from three mining operations: the Big Gun, Big Gun Extended and the Little Gun. The Big Gun battery is very intact and contains 5-head of…
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MOUNT MERRIMAC GOLD BATTERY SITE
LIGHTNING CREEK MITTA MITTA, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1304The Mount Merrimac Gold Battery Site consists of the remains of a collapsed 10-head stamp battery, and buried and partly buried piece of machinery. The battery's power plant, a Pelton wheel…
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MORNING STAR GOLD BATTERY SITE
MORNING STAR CREEK YANGOURA, WELLINGTON SHIRE
VHR H1265The Morning Star Gold Battery Site consists of a metal pitchback waterwheel. The waterwheel is a remnant of a ore a crushing battery which was installed during the period 1904-10 and was one…
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COSTERFIELD GOLD AND ANTIMONY MINING PRECINCT
HEATHCOTE-NAGAMBIE ROAD COSTERFIELD AND COSTERFIELD RESERVOIR ROAD AND COSTERFIELD-REDCASTLE ROAD COSTERFIELD, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
VHR H1298The Costerfield Gold and Antimony Mining Precinct consists of three sites (Bombay Mine, Minerva Mine and Costerfield Main shaft. The precinct has a range of concrete, brick and timber…
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LISLES AND MANTONS GULLIES QUARTZ GOLD MINES
MOUNT TARRENGOWER ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1354The story of quartz mining in Lisles and Mantons gullies revolves around the working of three parallel reefs: Lisles, Mantons, and Braithwaites (or the Mount), all worked extensively by small…
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GARFIELD WATERWHEEL QUARTZ GOLD MINING SITE
NORTH STREET CHEWTON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1356Quartz reefs near the site were being worked as early as 1856. During the mid-1880s the reefs were being mined by the Garfield Company. In 1887, the company relocated their 23-head quartz…
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GAY ROAD ERRINUNDRA, EAST GIPPSLAND SHIRE
VHR H1429The Pioneer Battery Site consists of the remains of one 5-head stamping battery, hut site, cyanide works and mine workings. The Pioneer lease on the Bonang River was noted as early as 1898…
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CENTRAL COOKMAN QUARTZ GOLD MINE
PARKINS REEF ROAD MALDON, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
VHR H1690The Maldon Quartz Reefing Field, although relatively small compared to others in the State, was extraordinarily rich in gold. The hardness and heavy mineralisation of the rock mined put the…
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YOUNG AUSTRALIAN BATTERY AND GOLD CYANIDING WORKS
GLENDART TRACK DARTMOUTH, TOWONG SHIRE
VHR H1761The Young Australian mine was founded in 1883 and despite being heralded as a promising venture it only operated for a few years. The existing remains at the mine site - a crushing battery…
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JUBILEE COMPANY QUARTZ GOLD MINE
JUBILEE ROAD STAFFORDSHIRE REEF, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE
VHR H1762Jubilee Company Quartz Gold Mine has one of the most comprehensive range of quartz mining foundations in the State. The brick and concrete foundations cover pumping, winding and crushing…
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LEICHARDT GOLD CRUSHING BATTERY
ABBOT CREEK TRACK WOODS POINT, MANSFIELD SHIRE
VHR H1914A party of prospectors found a gold bearing reef near the junction of Wye's and Stander's creeks in 1886. A year later the party was building a large wooden-spoked water wheel and carting to…
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