Bird-in-Hand mine

{{Short description|Former mine in South Australia}}

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| place = Woodside

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| state/province = South Australia

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| products = Gold

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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 {{convert|10,500|oz}} of gold at an average grade of {{convert|12.9|g/t}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.terramin.com.au/project/bird-hand-gold-project/ |work=Bird-in-Hand Gold Project |title=History |publisher=Terramin Australia Ltd |accessdate=25 June 2019}}

The mine was re-opened in 1934 with a Cornish pumping engine with a {{convert|4|ft}} diameter cylinder and {{convert|6|ft}} stroke able to pump {{convert|1000000|impgal}} of water per day.{{Citation | title=Bird in Hand Mine, Woodside | publication-date=1934 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/208453283 | accessdate=26 June 2019 |publisher=State Library of South Australia}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/terramin-submits-mining-application-for-adelaide-hills-bird-in-hand-gold-mine-plan-up-for-public-scrutiny/news-story/84c0a3281633399fb0f0789fb10b2d57 |title=Terramin submits mining application for Adelaide Hills Bird in Hand gold mine; plan up for public scrutiny |first=Valerina |last=Changarathil |newspaper=The Advertiser |date=27 June 2019 |accessdate=1 July 2019}} Terramin's proposal is transport the mined ore to its facility at its former Angas mine near Strathalbyn for further processing.{{cite web |url=http://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/minerals/mining/mineral_projects/bird-in-hand_gold_project |title=Bird-in-Hand Gold Project |work=Mineral projects |publisher=Government of South Australia |agency=Department for Energy and Mining |accessdate=3 July 2019 }}