Location 385
Location #385 - Prospecting Drive - Pigroot Gully
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Pigroot Gully -
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Location #385 - Prospecting Drive - Pigroot Gully no accurate location has been determined, but may have been approx 200m west of the mouth of the gully on the northern side.
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Still Standing -
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No trace of surface workings exist, however some underground workings may still exist. -
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Location Type -
Mine
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Interested Parties
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| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | c1917 | William Richard Parcell (2) syndicate | Details |
| 2 | c1917 | The Bannockburn Coal Company | Details |
Notes
The table below shows any historical notes about the location.
| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 3296 | 1917 | Mine location. | Pigroot Gully, lower end (Shepherds Creek). No accurate location has been determined but it may have been approx 200m west of the mouth of the gully, on the northern side. A survey plan of location #248 produced by Mr G A Balikie (surveyor) of Gore, shows (in pencil as an addition) the location of locations #385 and #509, with a note. |
| 3297 | 1917 | General note. | It appears from the note on the above-mentioned survey plan that location #385 was worked on in 1917. The survey plan note calls it a prospecting drive. Charlie Scott (a local miner) recalls that it was a decline, driven southwest about 39m in length. It appears that the drive encountered a layer of quartz silica sand which when driven into, or near, flows like water through cracks in rocks and is very difficult to contain. The note on the survey plan mentioned that location #385 is stopped with sand. The drive appears to have been abandoned. |
Images
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| Image Id | Source | Date | Short Description | |
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| 1156 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 23 Mar 1943 | Plan of Shepherd's Creek Coal Mines | View Image |
| 2414 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | c1917 | Prospecting Drives - Coal Mines in Shepherds Creek, Pigroot Gully | View Image |