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BLOW REEF TAILINGS

Other Name

Dividend Company mine

Location

BLOWMINE TRACK NEWSTEAD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE

Level

Heritage Inventory Site

Statement of Significance

 
SiteCard data copied on 03/01/2025:
 

What is significant?

The remains of a small scale quartz mine. The remains mainly relate to the processing of the ore. Later a nearby dam was the site of a cyanide works.

How is it significant?

Intactness: retains evidence of the key aspects of quartz mining – battery site and tailings; and treatment of tailings by the cyanide process.

Why is it significant?

The site has significance as a relic of Victoria’s historic gold mining industry. Has retained some intactness in respect to the processing of ore.

Group

Mining and Mineral Processing

Category

Mine Dam