| Back to search results » | Back to search page » |
|
ROBBINS HILL CYANIDE VATS
Other NameSite 3 - Cyanide Vats LocationHUNTLY-FOSTERVILLE ROAD, FOSTERVILLE LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The site comprises well-preserved examples of late 19th-century gravity fed cyanide process facility at Robbin's Hill, Fosterville.
How is it significant?
The cyanide vats site is of local historical and scientific significance.
Why is it significant?
The cyanide vats site is of historical and scientific significance for its association with late 19th and early 20th century small scale gold mining in regional Victoria.
Gold mining in Fosterville was characteried by less wealthy companies (in comparison to places such as Ballarat) who nevertheless managed to implement the latest mining techniques through a combination of ingenuity and utilising local resources (Snoek 1988, p.10). The cyanide vats site is representative of this adaptation of new technology in the Fosterville goldfields and has the potential to yield further information about the resourcefulness of the local goldminers.
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Cyanide vat