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The last chimney of it's kind on the old goldfields of Victoria.
Remains of the New Beehive Company gold mine, one of the largest plants in the district and one of Victoria's biggest gold producers. The mine yielded 210,000 ounces of gold from a shaft that reached a depth of 396 metres. The 30 metre high chimney designed by D R Drape, who also designed the Hospital, was built in 1863 and served three boilers. The capping and top two metres of the chimney was lost in 1923 after a lightning strike. Adjacent to the chimney can be seen the remains of the shaft, also the stone and brick substructures for the boilers, the winding engine, compressor, pumping engine, battery engine and a twenty head crushing battery.
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