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Pickle Lake was founded as a local transportation centre for mining activities after gold was discovered nearby in 1928. From that time until 1995, more than 2.5 million ounces of gold were produced in the area. Copper was also mined near Pickle Lake in the 1970s. Exploration for gold and copper in the Pickle Lake area continues to this day.
Kalgoorlie Super Pit Gold Mine: Northern Star Resources (50%) Saracen Mineral (50%) Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 690,000 (2009) Kanowna Belle Gold Mine: Barrick Gold: Kalgoorlie: Goldfields-Esperance: 284,000 (2009) Laverton Gold Mine: Crescent Gold Limited: Laverton: Goldfields-Esperance: 73,474 (2009–10) Lawlers Gold Mine: Gold Fields ...
During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered. Gold had been found several times before, but the colonial government of New South Wales (Victoria did not become a separate colony until 1 July 1851) had suppressed the news out of the fear that it would reduce the workforce and ...
Through 1946, 63.8 million tons of ore have produced 8.6 million tons of lead, 5.2 million tons of zinc, 538 million ounces of silver, and 165,000 ounces of gold. [1] Mining has gradually moved away from the initial small prospectors, in line with the experience in all other major mineral fields, toward gradual consolidation of claims and ...
Mining activity along Larni Barramal Yaluk (Jim Crow Creek) was photographed in 1857/8 on wetplate collodion by Richard Daintree and Antoine Fauchery for their Sun Pictures of Victoria, [15] a copy of which is preserved in the State Library of Victoria., [16] and traces in the landscape and relics of gold mining activity can still be seen there ...
Lasseter's Reef became a famous Australian folk tale. It inspired a sub-plot in the film, Strike Me Lucky (1934), and Lasseter's fate was recreated in the movie Phantom Gold (1936). In 1974, Bill Gill Productions and Australian Film School worked on a film version of Lasseter's Last Ride. [14]
A group of gold miners named Pickersgill, Cahill, Frost and Bennett, discovered gold in the area in 1893, which was the first discovery since gold was struck in Coolgardie. The town was known as 90 Mile and The Roaring Gimlet initially; [ 2 ] the latter name comes from the sound the south westerly wind makes as it roars through the gimlet trees ...
Nettle Creek Tin Dredge, Barrytown 2 Dredge, Barrytown Gold Dredge, Battle Creek Tin Dredge: Type: state heritage (built) Designated: 22 September 1995: Reference no. 601534: Significant period: c. 1937, 1954–1957 (fabric) 1957–1992 (historical) Significant components: pontoon, machinery/plant/equipment – mining/mineral processing, crane ...