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Peak Hill is the name of a goldfield, [2] locality and the site of a gold mining [3] ghost town in the Murchison Region of Western Australia. The gold mine covers 2,162 hectares and consists of four open-cut mines, titled: Main, Jubilee, Fiveways and Harmony.
The Peak Hill Open Cut Experience is a self guided walk around the open cut mine. The walks follow signposted trails and the mine is fenced off for safety. Numerous information panels are located at the mines entry and long the paths at the various viewing platforms.
The Plutonic Gold Mine is a gold mine located 82 km east-northeast of Peak Hill, Western Australia.. It is owned and operated by Catalyst Metals Limited after a merger with the previous owner, Canadian miner Superior Gold, in June 2023.
This is a list of major active gold mines in Western Australia in 2022–23, according to the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety.To qualify for the department's official list of principal mining projects an operation has to either had mineral sales valued at more than $5 million (or more than 2,500 oz of gold), or, for operations where such figures are not reported, had a ...
Gold mining in Western Australia is the third largest commodity sector in Western Australia (WA), behind iron ore and LNG, with a value of A$17 billion in 2021–22.The 6.9 million troy ounces (214 tonnes) sold during this time period was the highest amount in 20 years and accounted for almost 70 percent of all gold sold in Australia.
[citation needed] The Peak Hill mining town was founded in 1892 approximately 100 km up the road during this initial gold rush. [citation needed] Success in the Meekatharra field was short-lived. It was only because a second gold discovery occurred in 1899 that the town survived.
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The Brilliant Deeps shaft was sunk on a 31-acre (13 ha) gold mining lease. It was taken up in 1891 as the Brilliant Extended Block when the company sunk a three compartment vertical shaft to over 2,000 feet (610 m) in depth. [1] Because of a lack of capital, the company was reconstituted in 1896 as the Brilliant Deep Levels Gold Mining Company.