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BELL'S, UNITY AND CARLISLE MINE SITES
Location414B~K/PP3473A NORTH OF VICTORIA STREET, WEST OF BENNETT STREET & EAST OF BELL STREET IRONBARK, GREATER BENDIGO CITY LevelHeritage Inventory Site |
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The significance of the mining area can only be revealed through archaeological excavation of buried remains of three mines - Bells, Unity and Carlisle. The latter two were large scale mining operations with very deep shafts.
How is it significant?
The mining area would be significant if archaeological excavation found:
Key aspects of large scale quartz mining – timber, stone or brick foundations machinery platforms, mullock heap and tailings/cyanide vats
That the mining relics unearthed demonstrated the basic outlay of a large scale gold mine - in respect to both mining and ore processing.
That in situ fabric was in a condition that can be understood and interpreted.
Why is it significant?
The mining area is associated with Joseph Bell who was viewed by his contemporaries as one of the main pioneers of the incredibly rich Garden Gully Reef. It is also associated with one of Bendigo's richest mines, the Unity.
Group
Mining and Mineral Processing
Category
Battery/Crusher