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Prospectors continued fossicking around the old workings and during 1964–65 the recovery of two tons of handpicked specimen stone yielding 2,787 ounces of gold was reported. In 1986 claim holders used excavators to rework the Top Camp diggings and some coarse nugget gold was recovered before the field was abandoned.
Thanes Creek is a former gold mining area, and the site of a government approved gold fossicking area. ... 100 years of State School Education in Queensland, ...
According to a table on Ravenswood's gold production, [68] total production to 1917 inclusive was 865,054oz of gold (154,094oz to the end of 1877 and 254,213oz from 1878 to 1899 and 456,747oz from 1900 to 1917, making it the fifth largest gold producer in Queensland, after Charters Towers, Mount Morgan, Gympie and the Palmer goldfield ...
The Golden Gate Mining and Town Complex, which contains remnants of mine workings, battery, cyanide plant, township and cemetery, has the potential to provide information on important aspects of Queensland's history, especially early gold mining practices and treatment processes, and patterns of settlement in North Queensland.
Gold diggings on Towers Hill, circa 1878. Towers Hill was the site of the first discovery of gold in December 1871 which led to the development of the Charters Towers Goldfield. George E. Clarke, Hugh Mosman, John Fraser and an Aboriginal called Jupiter comprised the prospecting party. They camped near the quartz strewn outcrops of the North ...
Bouldercombe Gorge Resources Reserve is a scenic bushland reserve situated near the small town of Bouldercombe, near Rockhampton in Central Queensland, Australia. [1] The gorge cuts into the Razorback Range and Crocodile Creek runs along the gorge floor. Originally called Crocodile Creek the area saw a small gold rush during the late 19th century.
In Queensland, fossickers must obtain a licence, but no licence is required in New South Wales. In South Australia, fossicking is defined as "the gathering of minerals as (a) a recreation; and (b) without any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial purpose", and these activities are considered as not being affected by ...
Carosue Dam Gold Mine: Saracen Mineral Holdings: Laverton: Goldfields-Esperance: 111,163 (2010–11) Coolgardie Gold Mine: Focus Minerals Limited: Coolgardie: Goldfields-Esperance: 72,832 (2010–11) Coyote Gold Mine: Tanami Gold NL: Tanami Desert: Kimberley 47,960 (2009–10) Daisy Milano Gold Mine: Silverlake Resources: Kalgoorlie: Goldfields ...