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Edie Creek, Central New Guinea, 1936. Edie Creek has been a historic gold and silver mining area since its discovery in 1926. [2] Located about 5 km south-west of Wau, it was the centre of one of the first major gold rushes in PNG before World War II. [2] Large amounts of gold have been extracted by both alluvial and underground mining. [2]
Unloading WWII transport planes at an advance airfield near Wau in 1943. Park quit Wau in 1926 as a wealthy man. After this properly capitalised companies were formed. New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd (NGG) was the biggest operator, but there were many others: for example, Koranga Gold Sluicing, Sandy Creek Gold Sluicing, Edie Creek Gold Mining Company, The Golden Deeps N.L., Upper Watut Gold ...
After an education at the Christian Brothers' College in Toowoomba, Leahy initially worked as a railway clerk before leaving to become a freelance timber cutter. He abandoned this in 1926 upon hearing about the Edie Creek gold strike in New Guinea. He was soon followed to New Guinea by his brothers Paddy, Jim and Danny, while another brother ...
In 1924 Booth and her husband moved to Bulolo to prospect for gold. After securing a lease, Booth ran it whilst her husband started prospecting at Edie Creek. She set up a bush hospital in September 1926 following a dysentery epidemic, running it until January 1927; [1] this led to her being appointed an OBE in the 1929 Birthday Honours. [2]
Bulolo is a town in Wau-Bulolo Urban LLG, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.It was once an important gold dredging centre in the former Territory of New Guinea, [1] situated on the Bulolo River, a tributary of the Markham River, about 32 km (20 mi) north-west of Wau.
Kainantu Gold Mine is an underground mine and the concentrate is trucked to Lae and shipped to Japan for processing. In January 2009 production was halted. The mine has been designed to produce in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold per year. In 2007 a decision was made by Highlands Pacific Ltd. to sell Kainantu Gold mine and licences to Placer ...
When it comes to being a mom in her real life, Edie Falco feels much more salt of the earth than mob wife. “I think [my Sopranos character] Carmela's parenting, you know, is contingent upon ...
On the late afternoon of August 22, 1943, the road was finally completed and two jeeps crossed from Edie Creek to Bulldog. On September 23, the first three-ton trucks crossed the road successfully and the long supply line was finally open with 114 kilometres of road were now completed.