Bird-in-Hand mine
Location
Bird-in-Hand mine is located in South Australia
Bird-in-Hand mine
Bird-in-Hand mine
LocationWoodside
StateSouth Australia
CountryAustralia
Coordinates34°57′22″S 138°54′11″E / 34.956°S 138.903°E / -34.956; 138.903
Production
ProductsGold
TypeUnderground
History
Opened1881 (1881)
Closed1889 (1889)

The Bird-in-Hand mine was an underground gold mine near Woodside in the Adelaide Hills east of Adelaide in South Australia. It was the largest of 17 gold mines in the area, and operated between 1881 and 1889. It produced 10,500 ounces (300,000 g) of gold at an average grade of 12.9 grams per tonne (0.46 oz/long ton) in the 1880s. The mine closed when the inflow of water made it uneconomic to continue, and miners moved to Broken Hill where rich ore had been found.[1]

The mine was re-opened in 1934 with a Cornish pumping engine with a 4 feet (1.2 m) diameter cylinder and 6 feet (1.8 m) stroke able to pump 1,000,000 imperial gallons (4,500,000 L; 1,200,000 US gal) of water per day.[2]

The Bird in Hand Winery is adjacent to the former mine site, and is named for the mine. Several of the wines are also named after former mines in the area.

Terramin Australia Ltd bought the site in 2013 and proposes to reopen the mine. It submitted a mining application in June 2019.[3] Terramin's proposal is transport the mined ore to its facility at its former Angas mine near Strathalbyn for further processing.[4]

  • "Woodside Collection". State Library of South Australia. – Historic photographs including of the Bird-in-Hand mine

References

  1. ↑ "History". Bird-in-Hand Gold Project. Terramin Australia Ltd. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ↑ Bird in Hand Mine, Woodside, State Library of South Australia, 1934, retrieved 26 June 2019
  3. ↑ Changarathil, Valerina (27 June 2019). "Terramin submits mining application for Adelaide Hills Bird in Hand gold mine; plan up for public scrutiny". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Bird-in-Hand Gold Project". Mineral projects. Government of South Australia. Department for Energy and Mining. Retrieved 3 July 2019.


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