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Three Jacks Mine, off Golf Course Road (north of Newington Road), STAWELL

Location

Newington Road STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

Heritage Inventory History of Site: The Three Jacks mine is the most westerly of the Stawell mines. It was an English-funded company, which was also known as the General Goldfields or Victorian Consolidated Gold-fields. By 1903 gold production on the Stawell goldfield was particularly low, with only three mines working. Two of these mines - the Amalgamated Scotchmans & Perthshire and the Three Jacks - were only in the prospecting stage of development. Only the Magdala-cum-Moonlight was mining successfully. In 1906, the Three Jacks Company, on opening up onto what seemed an extensive ore-bearing formation, erected a 20-head stamp mill. The first few hundred tons crushed in the new mill were found to be highly payable and the mine was touted as the next star of the field: the saviour of Stawell. Unfortunately for the company, and Stawell, the ore body did not live up to expectations and little more ore was ever crushed. The company closed down and the plant was sold off in 1909. By this time the shaft had been sunk 358 ft. During its life the mine produced 63 kg of gold from 4582 tonnes, including production from crushings and treatment of concentrates and tailings.

The Three Jacks Mine site is historically and scientifically important at a LOCAL level as a substantially intact example of an important gold mining technique. Gold mining sites are of crucial importance for the pivotal role they have played since 1851 in the development of Victoria.

Overall the Three Jacks Mine site is of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Battery/Crusher