Local Government
Ravensthorpe
Region
Goldfields
Ravensthorpe
Phillips River mineral field. gold & copper.
Ravensthorpe
Goldfields
Constructed from 1899
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jul 1998 | ||
Messrs Dance, William Taylor and MacKenzie found both the Maori Queen and Grafter mines the same day. Taylor came from New Zealand and hence the name. Queen Street in Ravensthorpe is named after the mine. William Taylor and his wife lived under the trees in a tent at Hawk's Nest Mine Camp and later at the "Garden Area" at the Cattlin Mine where he whs a mine manager. His daughter May had her first wedding ring made from this mine. Mrs Taylor played (he organ for the Anglican Church. The Maori was later taken over by the Phillips River Gold Mining Co. and the main shaft al this time was 150fl with 2,890 tons of ore yielding 2,107 ounces of gold and the analysis of the tailing heap showed certain percentages of gold, silver, copper, iron, lime, magnesia, alumina, silica and sulphur. It appears that costs came into the mining of these ores a great deal and in some cases, making a very low paying venture. So apart from the crushing costs, the transport of ore to the battery (even with horse and dray as it was done with in those days) was between five shillings and 15 shillings a ton with an overall cost of 30 shillings. This meant dial a considerable number of gold bearing reefs were lying unworked at this time because of the high costs. 1901-1920 the Maori Queen produced 5158.61 ounces of fine gold.
There was a small battery here but no rock breakers or automatic feeders. There are very few signs of the Maori Queen except some holes in the ground.
Integrity: Very few signs. Only some holes in the ground.
Historic Site
| Epoch | General | Specific |
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| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Other |
| Original Use | MINING | Other |
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| OCCUPATIONS | Mining {incl. mineral processing} |
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