Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):	37° 33' 58'' South , 143° 50' 41'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):	-37.56628,143.84497
GeoHash:	G#: r1q63328w
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate

Historic gold mine.

The shaft was sunk in 1857 through basalt for 33 metres, and a second shaft shortly after to a depth of 111 metres. The gutter was then located via a cross-cut. The company initially had to cope with much underground water, but when this was overcome, it located some very rich gold from 1861, including many nuggets. Later production decreased and the company closed in 1867 (Canavan). The company produced 42 681 ounces across the ten years. It is noted in 1864, a nugget at 111 ounces was found.

The company was in litigation over land or encroachment with the Great Eastern Company in 1859. A fire and flood at the mine is noted in 1863. While Canavan states the company closed in 1867, newspaper articles mention the old company being reconstructed in 1866; a short lived attempt in 1873 when a prospectus was issued at 35 acres, only for shareholders to find the new company controlled a quarter of an acre; and another relatively short-lived attempt in 1881.

The first shaft was in the middle of Windemere Street, between Eyre and Urquhart streets. The second shaft is just east of the cricket grounds.

Regional Geology

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Holocene - Miocene 0 - 23.03 Ma ID: 704630

Newer Volcanic Group Age: Cenozoic (0 - 23.03 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Newer Volcanic Group Description: Cinder cones - scoria, minor ash and agglutinates; Lava flows - tholeiitic to minor alkaline and basanitic lavas. Comments: igneous mafic volcanic; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic volcanic Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5]

Early Silurian - Cambrian 427.4 - 541 Ma ID: 3185333

Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (427.4 - 541 Ma) Comments: Lachlan Fold Belt Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154]

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