Location 187
Location #187, New Cromwell Coal Mine.
Map 6
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Slaughteryard Hill -
Description -
Location #187, New Cromwell Coal Mine. Slaughteryard Hill, eastern end of Revells Gorge.
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Still Standing -
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Some underground working may still exist but the entrance has been destroyed. -
Construction Details -
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Location Type -
Mine
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Interested Parties
The table below shows the groups of people that had an interest in this property, either as owners, residents, tenants or shareholders. Clicking on the 'Details' link will display a list of the individuals in the group along with any known historical information about them.
| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | 1935 - 1938 | The New Cromwell Colliery Company (?) | Details |
Notes
The table below shows any historical notes about the location.
| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 2296 | 1935 | Mine location. | The mine was located on Slaughteryard Hill, eastern end of Revells Gorge. The access track is directly opposite the Bannockburn Inlet picnic area toilet block, on the western side of Cairnmuir Road. |
| 2297 | 1935 | List of owners | J P Parcell's Heart of the Desert lists J Gibson, Cooper brothers and Burrows brothers. Some of the listed names may not be correct. |
| 2298 | 1935 | General notes. | It appears that the Cooper brothers, J Gibson and the Burrows brothers formed the New Cromwell Colliert Company and sunk a shaft at the eastern end of Revells Gorge to work the Cairnmuir seam of coal under Slaughteryard Hill. The exact location or details of this mine are not known, however the mine may well be the same as later developed by the New Cairnmuir Colliery Company (location #186). If not, it was in the very same area. |
| 2299 | 1938 | The mine was closed. | It appears that the mine was closed around 1938, and does not seem to have been very successful with a total of only 596 tons of coal having been won. |
Images
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