May Bell (Ukkerheri) Mine

Author

Shire of Northampton

Place Number

17845

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Location

Northampton

Location Details

off North West Coastal Highway

Local Government

Northampton

Region

Midwest

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N/A

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Municipal Inventory	Adopted	18 Nov 2005	Category 4A	Category 4A SIGNIFICANT AS A HISTORIC SITE Historic site without built features or with association to an historic personage. Recognise the site with a plaque, place name, paving stone or appropriate marker.

Physical Description

Located 1.6km N of Baddera mine and 13.6 km N of Northampton, on the boundary of Lot 9 and Mining Reserve
8033. It can be reached by following the Oakarea eastwards from the highway .

History

1.6km N of Baddera mine and 13.6 km N of Northampton, on the boundary of Lot 9 and Mining Reserve 8033. It
can be reached by following the Oakarea eastwards from the highway ... reopened in 1949 to 1956 by the
Gabalong Asbestos Co to produce 70 tons of lead and 43 oz of silver worked on the surface by shallow pits
and an open cut over a distance of 150m and mined at depth from two shafts. .. open cut is 7.6m long ...
northernmost of the two shafts is 24m N of the fence along the S boundary of lot 9 ... inclines 80deg W and is
probably the shaft that Berliat records as .. 37m deep and which at that time (1952) was being deepened to 61m.
The S shaft is 32m S of the fence line and about 45 feet W of the lode ... vertical with two compartments and is
more than 30m deep.
5): (1903) From Appendix B, The Northampton Mining District, John Provis, June, 1903.
The mine is about 2 miles N from the Baddera mine. There is one shaft about 5 fathoms deep .... It was worked in
the early days by one John Hosking, and subsequently by James Mitchell.
REFERENCES
1. Blockley, J.G., 1971: The Lead Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western
Australia Mineral Resources Bulletin 9.
2. Gibb Maitland, A, 1903: The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of Northampton: Geological Survey of
Western Australia Bulletin 9.

Condition

Site

References

Ref ID No	Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
	Blockley, J.G; "The Lead Zinc and Silver Deposits of Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia Mineral Resources Bulletin 9."	Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 9	1971
	Gibb Maitland, A; "The Geological Features and Mineral Resources of Northampton".	Geological Survey of Western Australia Bulletin 9	1903

Place Type

Historic Site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	MINING	Other

Creation Date

30 Apr 2007

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Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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