Bendigo - Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine
The site contains the remnants of one of Bendigo's most successful gold mines of the 1930s-40s. There is a steel poppet head, concrete engine beds and foundations of a twenty-head stamp battery remaining at the site.
The Deborah Company operated this mine between 1932 and 1950. It was then purchased by the nearby North Deborah Company which worked it until 1954.
The site has a shed containing a five-head stamp battery which was relocated to this site in the mid 1990s, having previously served as the Golden Square State Battery. The shed has an open front covered with steel mesh, so visitors can see the stamp battery inside.
Other items include a poppet head, twin-flue Lancashire boiler, sets of concrete engine beds and concrete foundations of a workshop.
There is an information sign along Abel Street which displays the following text:
Deborah Mine Site
The Deborah Company Mine was one of Bendigo's most successful during the 1930s-40s, producing more than 50,000 ounces of gold and a profit of 386,000 pounds. The crushing battery at the mine was powered by a gas-producer, and a powerful steam driven winding engine operated at the mine shaft. The mining machinery and sheds were removed from the site, leaving concrete foundations, the steel popped head, and mullock (waste rock) which are still visible today. The five-head battery now on the site was relocated in 1995 from Golden Square, where it had previously served as a government battery.
A restoration program is being implemented by the Committee of Management controlling the site, with assistance from the City of Greater Bendigo Council and the Deborah Triangle Traders.
Location
9-11 Abel Street, Golden Square 3555 Map
Web Links
→ Deborah Company Quartz Gold Mine (Victorian Heritage Database)
