BELLS LANE TRACK AND RED WHITE AND BLUE TRACK MUCKLEFORD, MOUNT ALEXANDER SHIRE
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Heritage Inventory Site
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GOLDEN AGE MINE
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GOLDEN AGE MINE
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GOLDEN AGE MINE
Statement of Significance
SiteCard data copied on 03/07/2024:
What is significant?
The remains of a small scale, mid 20th century, quartz mine. The remains comprise a steel poppet head (rare mining feature) associated with concrete machinery beds, capped shaft and mullock heap. The site also has two large dams and a tailings dump associated with an embankment. the main shaft, battery, dam, tailings pond and one hut site.
How is it significant?
The site is significance because of it has:
Intactness: retained evidence of the key aspects of a quartz mine including a steel poppet head and concrete machinery foundations.
Integrity: a compact arrangement of mining relics which demonstrates the basic outlay of a small scale gold mine
Condition: retained fabric in a condition that can be understood and interpreted
Why is it significant?
The site has local significance as a relic of Victoria’s historic gold mining industry. The site stands at the end of some 100 years of historic quartz mining in Victoria.
