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Early efforts were focussed on alluvial gold and the towns of Hill End and Tambaroora grew up around the creeks and dams worked for that purpose. In 1859, with the imposition of an urban plan for Hill End, the town grew in a more orderly fashion and by the height of the second, larger rush in 1872, it was the largest inland settlement in the ...
Forest Reefs was a gold mining area with alluvial gold being found in the 1860s and 1870s. [3] There was also very significant deep lead gold mining in the area, [4] [5] although the material mined from the deep leads needed to be crushed to obtain the gold it contained. Only a few of the reefs in the area were gold-bearing. [6] [7] [8]
Yalwal is the site of a former gold mining town of the same name situated 29 km (18 mi) west of Nowra at the confluence of the Danjera and Yarramunmun Creeks which then forms Yalwal Creek which flows into the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, Australia. [2] It is now the site of a City of Shoalhaven managed picnic area and Danjera Dam.
In 1852 during the Australian Gold Rush, gold was discovered at Upper Adelong. Records around the time indicated a yield of 198 kg of precious metals. In 1855 Adelong was declared a gold field. The Adelong township, which was first established in 1836, came alive when in 1857 William Willams discovered a gold bearing reef ore on Charcoal Hill.
There was gold mining in the area, [6] followed by the operation of the Cangai copper mine and its smelters, by Grafton Copper Mining Company Limited, from 1905 to 1917. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] In 1910, the Cangai copper mine ranked, behind the Great Cobar mine , as the second largest copper mine in New South Wales, by production, [ 8 ] even if at a time ...
Majors Creek is a small village in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. [3] [4] The nearest major town is Braidwood, 16 km (9.9 mi) to the north. At the 2021 census, the population of Majors Creek was 290. [1] A former gold mining town, the settlement is today associated with the operational Dargues Reef gold mine. [5]
Some of the land was set to be developed into 18 homes. Now it’s part of a 40-acre project to preserve local salmon habitat.
Adelong Creek, near Adelong Falls, was the source of water for two waterwheels that powered stamper batteries, at what is now the site known as the Adelong Falls Gold Workings. [3] The bed of Adelong Creek was extensively mined using hydraulic sluicing and gold dredges , during the first half of the 20th century.