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39-695: The Adelong Falls Gold Workings is a heritage-listed former gold processing site and now picnic reserve at Adelong , in the Riverina region of New South Wales , Australia. It was designed and built in 1860 by David Wilson and William Ritchie. It is also known as Adelong Falls Gold Workings/Reserve . The property is owned by the Snowy Valleys Council . It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The Adelong Falls Reserve

78-713: A historic house requires consulting the urban planning administration bureau, and the real estate administration bureau. As of 31 June 2011, there are 287 declared historic houses in Hangzhou, proclaimed as 5 batches. In the near future, it is going to issue the sixth batch which includes 51 historic houses. [REDACTED]   Colombia : National monuments of Colombia ; (in Spanish) Monumentos Nacionales de Colombia [REDACTED]   Comoros : National Committee of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Comoros) [REDACTED]   Republic of

117-425: A layer of concrete. The centre head is from 6 ft. to 10 ft. in diameter, and may even be less. A revolving head is fixed to the shaft, and this carries four arms. The revolving head receives the slime waters from the trough, and distributes them on an even layer over the fixed head ; the liquid stream, which should be in a uniform thin film, falls over the edge of the fixed head, and distributes itself outwards over

156-413: A set of brushes often powered by a water wheel which rotated in the water in order to agitate the mixture. The result of which was that the heavier and denser material - i.e. the ore - tended to collect at the centre of the pit, from where it could be retrieved. The byproduct was then drained off and disposed of. Usually a set of buddle pits were used to further refine the ore, where the processed ore

195-407: A strong furnace draft via a smoke flue laid up the hillside like a covered drain. The major road linking Adelong to the reefs, crossed Adelong Creek at the head of the cascades, ensuring a constant stream of traffic past the battery. The battery opened on 17 July 1870. The thorough processing techniques and fortuitous position ensured it was an immediate success. In 1881, operations were expanded when

234-470: A weighbridge; a works office; a cottage with a terraced garden; a metalled entry road with stone revetments ; three paths and an unidentified terrace. Immediately downstream of the curtilage are the weir, sluice and race that powered Gibraltar's works. An unknown battery stood on the upstream margin of the curtilage at the mouth of Sawyer's Creek. Both banks of that creek have been mined for its entire length. Approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) upstream of

273-471: Is enhanced by its setting and contributes to its setting which has remained largely undisturbed since the site was in operation. It is an integral part of the Adelong goldfields landscape. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The ingenious application of raw materials and the use of topography to enhance

312-404: Is present, or of galena and gangue, if it is absent. Two qualities of the mixed ores are formed. Rings are formed around the deposit on the buddle to indicate the division lines. The rich heads are taken out and reworked once in another buddle, when they will be rich enough to be sent to the dolly tub. The middles are likewise re-treated, the ores of approximately the same percentage being treated in

351-513: Is the presence of a large number of Xanthorrhoea , especially in the southern corner. The Falls themselves are situated on Adelong Creek, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Adelong . At this point, the creek passes through a narrow gorge about 300 metres (980 ft) long and drops about 30 metres (98 ft) in height over that distance. It is here that the remains of the Wilson and Ritchie Battery are located, about 200 metres (660 ft) along

390-613: Is within the Adelong Creek goldfield, which was proclaimed on 15 February 1855. The existing reservation for Public Recreation was notified on 26 November 1971. Most of the reserve south of Adelong Creek has always been Crown land, with the remainder in private ownership until 1980, when it became part of the reserve. The portion of the current reserve that lies north of the Creek was originally granted to or squired by David Wilson and William Ritchie between 1860 and 1885. Here they set up

429-1158: The Bundesdenkmalamt [REDACTED]   Azerbaijan : State Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage Samples of Azerbaijan [REDACTED]   Bahamas : Bahamas National Trust [REDACTED]   Bahrain : Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities [REDACTED]   Bangladesh : Cultural Heritage of Bangladesh and National Heritage Foundation of Bangladesh [REDACTED]   Barbados : Barbados National Trust [REDACTED]   Belarus : Cultural Properties of Belarus [REDACTED]   Belgium : National Heritage Site (Belgium) ; (in Dutch) Lijsten van cultureel erfgoed [REDACTED]   Benin : (in French) Liste du patrimoine mondial au Bénin [REDACTED]   Bolivia : Bolivian cultural heritage [REDACTED]   Bosnia : List of National Monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina , as maintained by

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468-776: The KONS of Bosnia and Herzegovina; State level Local level (entities, district Brčko, cantonal, and regional) [REDACTED]   Botswana : Sites and monuments in Botswana [REDACTED]   Brazil : List of National Historic Heritage of Brazil , as maintained by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage ; (in Portuguese) Listas de patrimônio do Brasil [REDACTED]   Bulgaria : National Institute of Immovable Cultural Heritage [REDACTED]   Cambodia : Law on

507-662: The Congo : National Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [REDACTED]   Denmark : National Register of Sites and Monuments, as maintained by the Danish Agency for Culture [REDACTED]   Djibouti : List of monuments of Djibouti Buddle pit The pit, often constructed from stone, cement, or brick and mortar, contained water and used

546-911: The Congo : Protection of Cultural Heritage in the Republic of the Congo [REDACTED]   Costa Rica (in Spanish) Monumento Nacional de Costa Rica [REDACTED]   Croatia : Register of Protected Natural Values of the Republic of Croatia [REDACTED]   Cuba : Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural [REDACTED]   Cyprus : Heritage Gazetteer of Cyprus [REDACTED]   Czech : (in Czech) Seznam národních kulturních památek České republiky , (in German) Liste der Nationalen Kulturdenkmale Tschechiens , as featuring on MonumNet [REDACTED]   Democratic Republic of

585-815: The Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales [REDACTED]   China : Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (全国重点文物保护单位), designated by State Administration of Cultural Heritage Sites Protected at the City Level of Hangzhou are districts, artifacts or buildings legally declared to be "protected". According to the "Regularations of historic districts and historic buildings in Hangzhou" effectivated from 1 January 2005, historic buildings are those artifacts or districts that have lasted more than 50 years, and of significant values for history, science, and art study. In Hangzhou, declaring

624-1087: The Preservation of Afghan Cultural Heritage [REDACTED]   Albania : List of Religious Cultural Monuments of Albania [REDACTED]   Algeria : List of cultural assets of Algeria [REDACTED]   Andorra : Bé d'interès cultural , as maintained by Patrimoni Cultural = Cultural Heritage of Andorra ; (in Catalan) Llista de monuments d'Andorra [REDACTED]   Angola : Património Histórico-Cultural Nacional [REDACTED]   Argentina : National Historic Monuments of Argentina ; (in French) Monument historique national (Argentine) [REDACTED]   Armenia : State Heritage of National Register (Armenia) [REDACTED]   Australia : Heritage registers in Australia [REDACTED]   Austria : Denkmalgeschütztes Objekt , as maintained by

663-530: The Protection of Cultural Heritage [REDACTED]   Cameroon (in French) : Liste de monuments du Cameroun [REDACTED]   Canada : The Canadian Register of Historic Places , while it confers no historic designation or protection itself, endeavours to list all federal, provincial, territorial and local sites. [REDACTED]   Chile : National Monuments of Chile , as maintained by

702-504: The Reserve are remarkable. 1881: purchase of existing battery at Sawyer's Creek and construction of a dam, race, aqueduct and flume. The site displays considerable uniformity in materials, form and scale. It is enhanced by its setting and contributes to its setting which has remained largely undisturbed since the site was in operation. It is an integral part of the Adelong goldfields landscape. The ingenious application of raw materials and

741-645: The Wilson and Ritchie Battery, one of the two principal ore processing plants on the Adelong field. The ruins and curtilage of the Battery were added to the reserve in 1980. Reef mining was well underway on the Adelong goldfields by 1859. It was at this time that William Ritchie and Scottish born David Wilson established a "Reefer Battery" at Adelong. In the late 1860s they moved the battery to its present location at Adelong Falls. The Battery and associated processing works were designed to extract gold from its bearing ore by hydraulic separation and mercury attraction. The ore

780-481: The cascades. Archaeological investigations in 1985, showed that the Battery ruins are part of a larger, dynamically accrued complex of remains that extend past the boundary of the Adelong Falls Reserve. The battery site comprises: two water wheels with associated weirs, races and aqueducts; a 24-foot buddle ; a series of holding tanks; a small quarry; a reverbatory furnace with separate brick stack;

819-416: The cloths or brushes, the number of revolutions in either case being 3 or 4 per minute. The outflow of the waste waters takes place through the small sluice gate shown in the circumference of the huddle. In the door of this sluice is a vertical line of holes, and, as the layer of mineral thickens on the floor, a plug is placed in the lowest hole, and so successively up the series, until the full thickness of

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858-461: The curtilage are the stone abutments and iron pegs of a large dam. The spillway and sluice stand on the right bank, connected by a race to the water wheels of the Battery. The owner's house stood atop the ridge on the left bank opposite Sawyer's Creek, overlooking the site. The materials and techniques used in constructing the site (including the dam and owner's house outside the curtilage) are essentially uniform. Rough hewn granite , quarried on site,

897-423: The deposit equal to the height of the cone is reached. At this point the machine is stopped, a groove is cut from the cone to the circumference, and samples of the ore are taken and washed on a vanning shovel. By this means an idea is formed as to where the divisions should be made ; for at the head the concentrates are rich in galena, and then follow the mixed ores, either of galena, blende, and gangue, if blende

936-414: The first sluicing to be separated. This multi-tiered extraction process was designed to ensure maximum return. The location of the battery made clever use of the topography. Its position within the cascade zone of Adelong Creek provided an immediate head of water. The slope of the bank where the works stood enabled ore to pass through by gravity feed, reducing the need for mechanical feeders. It also allowed

975-559: The gold extraction process, stand out for their creative and technological excellence when compared with similar sites in New South Wales. The processes of gold exploration and extraction are some of the most romanticised in Australian history. The Battery complex provides an opportunity to demonstrate how reef gold was extracted as the site is both innovative and relatively intact. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article

1014-407: The most successful operations on the Australian goldfields during the last part of the nineteenth century. Since 1980 the works have been accessible to the public as part of the Adelong Falls Reserve. In the early 1990s significant conservation works were undertaken on the extant remains, including the stabilisation of standing walls and the clearing of vegetation to attempt to regain the integrity of

1053-632: The original relationship of the site with the surrounding landscape. A number of mining companies have commenced operations in the area since 1986. Since May 1991 the Republic Mineral Corporation has continued to explore the gold lode in the Adelong Falls area immediately surrounding the Adelong Falls Reserve. The 28-hectare (69-acre) Adelong Falls Reserve comprises steep rocky slopes, openly timbered and falling sharply to Adelong Creek and Sawyer's Creek. A distinctive feature

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1131-488: The partners bought an existing battery at the head of Sawyer's Creek. They built a dam at the original 1858 battery site and dug a race to a water wheel at the newly acquired battery. This was a substantial undertaking involving an aqueduct over Sawyer's Creek and a long flume across the hill. At various times there were experiments with silver traps and cyanide processing but the basic design was so good that it always prevailed. The works ran from 1870 to 1910 and remain as one of

1170-401: The same machine until all the mineral is abstracted, and the waste contains not more than ½ per cent. of lead, and 1 to 1½ per cent. of zinc. By successive re-treatment the minerals may thus be enriched up to 50 to 60 per cent. Pb., and when blende is present, to about 42 per cent. Zn. These concentrates may either be sold as they are, or further enriched in a dolly tub. The great drawbacks to

1209-439: The slimes the greater the diameter, and as the product from the buddle always requires re-treatment, it is usual to concentrate first in a machine of small diameter, and then to re-treat the concentrates thus produced in one of a larger diameter. The sides of the buddle pit are formed of stone or brick, set in mortar, and the floor, which has an inclination outwards of 1 in 30, is made either of smooth planed boards or cement run upon

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1248-461: The sloping floor of the buddle towards the circumference, depositing in its passage the rich ore it contains, according to its specific gravity, the richest first, close to the fixed head, and the poorest at the circumference. To each of the four arms a board is attached, carrying a cloth or a series of brushes, which sweep round and smooth out each successive layer of mineral as soon as it is formed. In some cases sprays of fresh water are used instead of

1287-457: The use of topography to enhance the gold extraction process, stand out for their creative and technological excellence when compared with similar sites in New South Wales. The quantity, quality and extent of the ruins and landscape features within the Reserve are remarkable. The processes of gold exploration and extraction are some of the most romanticised in Australian history. The Battery complex provides an opportunity to demonstrate how reef gold

1326-399: Was crushed in a stamper battery until it was fine enough to be washed over mercury treated plates which attracted the gold particles. Tailings from this process were then treated in a Chilean Mill and sluiced. These tailings were then ground and passed into a buddle , designed to further separate the heavy metal by agitation. A furnace was also present on the site to allow gold and mercury from

1365-439: Was extracted as the site is both innovative and relatively intact. Adelong Falls Gold Workings was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating aesthetic characteristics and/or a high degree of creative or technical achievement in New South Wales. The site displays considerable uniformity in materials, form and scale. It

1404-618: Was originally based on Adelong Falls Gold Workings/Reserve , entry number 00072 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2018 under CC-BY 4.0 licence , accessed on 1 June 2018. Heritage register This list is of heritage registers , inventories of cultural properties , natural and human-made, tangible and intangible , movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances

1443-451: Was perhaps due to the great simplicity of its construction, which permitted its being made out of the odds and ends of machinery usually to be found on a mine. The fixed and revolving cast-iron heads, shafting, bevel wheels, and driving pulleys, are usually procured from a firm of machinery makers. The buddle itself consists of a shallow circular pit formed in the ground from 14 ft. to 22 ft. diameter, and from 1 ft. to 1½ ft. deep. The poorer

1482-419: Was put in another buddle until the achieved concentration of the desired mineral was met. The following detailed extract comes from Machinery for Metalliferous Mines: A practical treatise for mining engineers, metallurgists and managers of mines , by E. Henry Davies, C. Lockwood and son, 1902 : The concentrating machine for slimes, which has hitherto been a great favourite, is the round buddle, and this

1521-428: Was used for all walls with the exception of the brick stack that terminates the furnace flue. Both concrete and lime mortar have been used. Timber was used sparingly, mainly for races, flooring and mountings. Roof cladding was corrugated iron . The site is in ruins, but these are stable and well maintained. The archaeological potential is high. The quantity, quality and extent of the ruins and landscape features within

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