old mine is now mapped and recorded :)

[dean65]

Found this abandoned mine in Blackwood today. Because I was on my own I was not able to explore the drive beyond the entrance area.

 

[Marked]

That one doesn't look too long abandoned - you could imagine the boys could have just gone to church for the Sunday and be back tomorrow ...

 

[dean65]

Ajax Mine workings, consisting of shafts, open cuts, tunnels and large mullock heaps. Near one of the heaps is a levelled platform with worked stone and brick. Also one large loading ramp and well defined carting track. Sadly, rubbish has been dumped amongst the workings.

 

[G0lddigg@]

Ajax hepburn/daylesford region? Doesnt look like the right geology to me.

 

[dean65]

Ajax mine Castlemaine - Spring Gully Junction Mine is the entry point for one of Victorias most intact collections of historic quartz mines. The area contains five mines, with well-preserved foundations and mullock heaps.

 

[G0lddigg@]

Ok makes sense ajax reef runs through hepburn yandoit and castlemaine. Thanks for the share mate

 

[Swinging & digging]

The Blackwood Mine is the " Struck Oil"

Last worked recently 1990s? By Mark Jackson, ( Jacko ) The football player and eveready battery salesman.

 

[dean65]

The legacy of the gold rush that shaped Victoria lives on in Ballarat.

 

[jakar]

Found this abandoned mine in Blackwood today. Because I was on my own I was not able to explore the drive beyond the entrance area.

There's a video on youtube that someone has taken walking back out of the mine. Unfortunately it doesn't extend too far in anymore as it appears the roof has collapsed.

I haven't made enough posts yet to be allowed to post a link, but a simple google search of 'struck oil mine youtube' will take you straight to it.

 

[dean65]

Found this abandoned mine in Blackwood today. Because I was on my own I was not able to explore the drive beyond the entrance area.

There's a video on youtube that someone has taken walking back out of the mine. Unfortunately it doesn't extend too far in anymore as it appears the roof has collapsed.

I haven't made enough posts yet to be allowed to post a link, but a simple google search of 'struck oil mine youtube' will take you straight to it.

Thanks. Here is the link:

https://youtu.be/XGduhBv1PbI

 

[dean65]

Hard rock mine Blackwood.

 

[dean65]

Due to the isolation and the regenerating forest, as well as the remains of mines and habitation sites, Blackwood gives visitors the feeling of a past place and time.

 

[MJB]

fantastic pics...that looks very well preserved that old mine

 

[dean65]

Blackwood - Timber support of mine openings as a primary method to support loose rock has been replaced to a large extent by rockbolting and by filling systems.

 

[magneticsand]

Out and about today.
Oh what have we here.

Original wooden 1800s wooden rails through the whole place.

Side tunnels, yeah, a few.

 

[stoyve]

Gday magneticsand,
Love the post mate,
Is that somewhere in the GT?
Looks like a nice adit.
Cheers Steve

 

[magneticsand]

Is that somewhere in the GT?

Yep. I have family that have been visiting this one for 30 years.
It has already been bulldozed in once. Its a shame, as a kid I remember the tracks came all the way out and some of the partial outbuildings were still there.

Here are a couple more.

Back towards the entrance.

Highly suspect rise above a side tunnel.

Quartz covered in pyrite.

Not much timber. Some of the remainder looks charred.

The end of the main drive. I was surprised to get to it, usually flooded.

 

[dean65]

Thanks for these pics. Will have to visit this mine at some stage.

 

[dean65]

A few more photos this week from two different Blackwood mines.

 

[stoyve]

Gday Dean,
Thanks again for your great picsmate, there always awesome.
I love the old infastructure from the Golden Duke Mine particularly.
Sorry we haven't caught up for so long but I've been just to busy.
When I know I'm free I will give you a call, probably in October.
Keep the posts coming.
Cheers Steve