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New Good Hope Mine - Steam Engine - VIC

New Good Hope Mine - Steam Engine

Mine

Position

DEG: -37.327057 147.098663

DMS: 37º 19' 37.4" S 147º 05' 55.19" E

UTM: 55 H 5868841mN 508741mE

Altitude: 537.48m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Mine

Location

196.21kms East of Melbourne - Driving 353 km (4 hours 54 mins)
291.92kms SouthWest of Canberra - Driving 570 km (7 hours 15 mins)
617.26kms North of Hobart - Driving 1085 km (1 day 4 hours)

Address & Contact

Wongungarra VIC 3862

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

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Information

This portable steam engine was lowered to the mine site from McMillans Track. The engine powered a small 5 head stamp mill to treat ore from the New Good Hope Mine. This adit from the Crooked River side of the spur attempted to intersect the rich reef being worked on the Good Hope Creek side of the spur however this was not achieved.
Removed from the site in the 1980's was a kerosene fuelled single cylinder engine which powered a small generator used to light the mine, believed to be one of the first to be lit by electricity.

PlaceID	13620

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Hotham Airport at 02/03:00am EST

Distance from New Good Hope Mine - Steam Engine 37.29km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
-1.5°C	-5.5°C	96%	-2.1°C	1031.6hPa	0.0mm	NNW	9km/hr 5knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Hotham

Distance from New Good Hope Mine - Steam Engine 39.06km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	16.3	15.8	12.9	8.3	4.6	1.3	-0.1	0.6	3.4	7.2	11.2	13.5
Mean Min. °C	7.8	8.0	5.7	2.5	-0.1	-2.4	-3.7	-3.4	-1.7	0.5	3.8	5.4
Mean Rain mm	97.0	110.3	114.1	94.4	119.9	131.9	131.3	141.4	135.3	122.7	148.2	110.0