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LOCATION
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Address MONGOLATA
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Goyder Council
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Mongolata Gold Battery, remains of Cyanide Works, Eating House and Dugouts and former Byles' Mine, Mongolata Goldfield
Registered Name Mongolata Gold Battery, remains of Cyanide Works, Eating House and Dugouts and former Blyes' Mine
Significance Discovered in 1930, the Mongolata goldfield is the last of the significant gold mines to be developed in South Australia. The site is important as one of only two gold fields discovered and established in the Depression years of the late 1920s and 1930s when many unemployed people were assisted by Government initiatives to turn to gold mining. Intact examples of mining technology of that era remain on the site, including a stamp battery and mine tunnels and shafts, while ruins of an eating house and dugouts illustrate the living conditions of the miners.
Subject Index Mining and mineral processing - Mine; Mining and mineral processing - Dwelling [Mining]; Mining and mineral processing - Crusher
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 14-NOV-2002
REFERENCE
LGA Goyder Regional Council
State Heritage ID 11004
Heritage Number 14397
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 5283/8 F156068 A6,CT 5283/9 H201100 S177

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