Bamboo Creek Tin Mine
| Location | |
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Section 1892(A) Hundred of Hart, Litchfield National Park. |
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| Gazettal Date | |
| 10 September, 1997. Northern Territory Government Gazette No. G36. |
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| Description | |
| The mine workings at Bamboo Creek are located on the northern slope and on the western end of a ridge. A tin processing mill and the associated domestic and industrial remains are located at the base of the ridge and on the adjacent alluvial flat. | |
| Statement of Heritage Value | |
| Bamboo Creek Tin Mine has significance as an example of a small scale, labour intensive mine operated without the benefit of heavy earth machinery. It was typical of many of the mines in the Northern Territory which operated in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly those operated by the Chinese. Some elements of its operation, notably the use of a jaw crusher rather than a stamp battery and the use of compressed air for mining, represent a transitional phase of mining in the Territory to the large scale operations of the 1950s. Mining of tin at Bamboo Creek extended intermittently from its discovery in 1906 to the abandonment of the workings in 1955. The wide variety of remains which survive in good condition are notable in that they reflect the complete range of activities associated with underground mining. Artefacts relating to ore extraction, processing and transport are present as well as domestic remains and remnants of the explosives magazine. |
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| Further Reading | |
| to be provided | |
