[1] Mining began in the Palmer River area in 1876 and production commenced from the "Alexander PC" (one of the earliest prospecting claims) in 1878.

[1] Small scale production went on intermittently until 1895 when Edwin Field installed a steam pump and winding gear, taken from the Louisa and Queen mines in 1895 and erected a battery at the Alexandra.

The site of the managers house is evident alongside the road on top of the ridge and comprises a broken cement surface.

Another group of workings comprising a shaft and mullock dumps is located about 100 metres (330 ft) south-east on a spur of the ridge.

[1] The battery plant includes a Cornish boiler in a brick mount with a flue leading to an intact nine metre high metal chimney.

[1] The surviving plant includes:[1] Alexandra Mine and Battery was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.

The survival of the mine and battery site, complete with a Cornish boiler still in its brick bed and with an intact steel chimney, is rare, both in Queensland and in Australia.

The place demonstrates unusual technology in the use of a three outlet mortar box, usually associated with tin mining, and the site has the potential to yield more information about nineteenth century milling techniques.

The tightly grouped plant and machinery and nine metre high chimney form a compact and easily interpreted site.