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Lightning Hill Historic Area

Other Names

King of Prussia Mine , Lightning Hill Mines, Dams and Alluvial Workings , Black Forest Mine

Location

CA 196N Hill Street, EAGLEHAWK VIC 3556 - Property No 197928

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/3]
Lightning Hill Mines, Dams and
[2/3]
King of Prussia Mine
[3/3]
Black Forest Mine

Statement of Significance

[Lightning Hill Mines, Dams & Alluvial Workings]

The site is representative of a sequence of uses or functions over time from the very earliest to the last period of mining: from shallow open cutting to mediumlevel shaft mining and eventually hudraulic sluicing, and is part of a group or network of sites, the totality of which is considered to be significant (criterion D).

[King of Prussia Mine]

The site is representative of a sequence of uses or functions over time: open cutting and shaft mining and is part of a group or network of sites, the totality of which is considered to be significant (criterion D). This is a well-preserved mining site which has the ability to answer timely and specific archaeological research questions, because of the possibility of buried remains (criterion C).

[Black Forest Mine]

The site displays a representative sequence of open cutting and shaft mining and is part of a group or network of sites, the totality of which is considered to be significant (criterion D).

Group