The Bird-in-Hand mine was an underground gold mine near Woodside in the Adelaide Hills east of

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

. It was the largest of 17 gold mines in the area, and operated between 1881 and 1889. It produced of gold at an average grade of in the 1880s. The mine closed when the inflow of water made it uneconomic to continue, and miners moved to

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where rich ore had been found. The mine was re-opened in 1934 with a Cornish pumping engine with a diameter cylinder and stroke able to pump of water per day. 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. Terramin's proposal is transport the mined ore to its facility at its former Angas mine near Strathalbyn for further processing.

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* – Historic photographs including of the Bird-in-Hand mine

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