Physical description

Information display card regarding the 'Big' Deborah Gold Mine, located near the junction of Abel and Adam Street, Golden Square. Earliest work recorded 1860. Shaft 2076 feet. Operations suspended in 1952. Gold yield 51,935 ounces. Battery shed still on site containing a 5 head stamper which was originally a 20 head stamper. The battery was manufactured by Horwood's Foundry, Bendigo.

Photos of mine site taken in 2012:
a.Engine room concrete footings, iron work visible. Pepper corn trees in background. Pampas grass in foreground. Steel mesh fence on RH side, enclosing the poppet head site.
b. Concrete footings, peppercorn tree in background.
c. Corrugated iron shed constructed over the stampers. Steel mesh front.
d. Steel poppet head, no winding wheel at top. Pampas grass in foreground.
e.. Stamper shed and steel poppet legs in background enclosing dilapidated wooden poppet head legs.
f. Close up image of weights in stamper room
g.Winding wheel on stampers
h.Looking upwards to top of stampers