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ALL THINGS MINING
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ADELAIDE GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
25th Apr 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (525) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Hong Kong Line later known as the Ajax Line |
6th Jun 1872 | A Mining News Report from a newspaper of the day mentions this company being worked by Roberts and party and its mining progress on the Ajax Line in 1872. |
Notes: | Red Hill On a crown range about ¼ mile west of the Red Hills A base line in the direction of its quartz veins of 7 chains 88 links, the bearing being north 35° east. Ballarat Gold Mining Company located on the south side of this lease. Veins are westerly in their dip. Lease lies within 300 yards of two crushing machines, and that carriage will be down a gentle incline. Bounded on the south by the Bank of England Gold Mining Company (525) |
ARIEL, SOPER and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2922 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1877 |
Area: | 3a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1877 |
Location: | Tambaroora (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1877 |
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AJAX AMALGAMATED GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
22nd Aug 1872 | Amalgamation of the Ajax Quartz Gold Mining Company and the Golden Stock Gold Mining Company |
3rd Jul 1873 | First General Meeting |
24th Sep 1873 | General Meeting to consider the winding up of the Company |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | 3a 0r 0p (526) |
Maps: (Note) |
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Line / Reef / Vein | Ajax Line formerly known as the Hong Kong Line |
Notes: | West of the Charles Dickens Quartz Mining
Company On a parallel line to the Hawkins Hill vein (526) |
AJAX QUARTZ GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
4th Mar 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
22nd Aug 1872 | Amalgamation of the Ajax Quartz Gold Mining Company and the Golden Stock Gold Mining Company |
Lease Number: | 4305 |
Area: | 3a 0r 0p (526) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Ajax Line formerly known as the Hong Kong Line |
Notes: | West of Charles Dickens Quartz Mining
Company On a parallel line to the Hawkins Hill vein (526) Bounded on the north by the Bank of England Gold Mining Company (527) 6 Mar 1872 - shaft was down 25 feet, there are two veins opened out on the surface, one - which quartz is being removed, the other has been recently struck and is located 20 yards from its present shaft. There is a crushing machine within a short distance (526) |
ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
24th Apr 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (528) |
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Notes: | Southern slope of Red Hill, Tambaroora Bounded on the east by Renateau and Co. lease of 3 acres On the west by the Tambaroora and Sydney Company On the north of Blomfield and Co.10 acre lease. On the south of alluvial sluicing. 24 Apr 1872 - One shaft down 23 feet, second shaft down 20 feet. (528) |
AUREOUS QUARTZ MINING COMPANY | |
9th Feb 1872 | Company to be formed to work 6 acres of Leased Land |
8th Mar 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Lease Number: | 803, 1687 |
Area: | 6a 0r 0p Consists of 2 x 3 acre leases (529) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Old Reef and the Robin Hood Reef and twenty other veins which are between the Old Reef and the Robin Hood Reef. (529) |
Notes: | Red Hill, Tambaroora The Red Hill Company Ground is located within 200 yards of this claim Tambaroora and Sydney Company is located 160 yards downhill. (529) |
BALLARAT GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
A Mining Company formed by Thompson and Stuart (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 | |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | 6a 0r 0p (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Ajax Line formerly the Hong Kong Line (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
6th Jun 1872 | Mining News - Report on the Ajax Line The report notes the progress of Companies on the Ajax Line |
Notes: | Bounded on the south by the Bank of England
GMC (2) dtd 18 May 1872 Situated on the south of the Adelaide GMC (1) dtd 26 Apr 1872 |
BANK of ENGLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
18th May 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Lease Number: | 4304 (03) |
Acres: | 12a 0r 0p (527) |
Maps: (Note) |
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Line / Reef / Vein | Ajax Line (527) |
18th May 1872 |
Mining Engineers and Surveyors Report |
6th Jun 1872 | A Mining News Report from a newspaper of the day mentions this company being worked by Cortis, Weir and party and its floating into a company and its mining progress on the Ajax Line in 1872. |
Provisional Directors: | Dr. W.B. Cortis and A.McEachern, both of Hill End were noted as being provisional directors of the company. (527) |
10th Jul 1872 |
Election of Trustees and Directors |
20th Nov 1872 |
Broker Sued |
6th Nov 1873 |
Breach of Contract on a Mining Agreement |
Notes: | Red Hill, Tambaroora The lease is bounded on its east and west boundaries by crown lands. Bounded on the south by the Ajax Company. On the north the adjoining claims are held by the English and French United, Ballarat, and Adelaide. Tambaroora Creek crosses the property about midway between north and southern boundaries. The Ajax reef forms the base line and its course is well defined by old workings, on which some parts are carried to considerable depth. Lease length is 864 feet along the line of reef. (527) |
CAMP GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
16th Nov 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (531) |
Maps: (Note) |
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Lines Reefs Veins: |
Two reefs are known to be within the lease, one of which is behind the Courthouse and is three feet wide,
(531) This Reef was first applied for and registered by Saul Samuel in 1852. |
Notes: | Partially covers the area occupied by the Police Reserve and close to the Courthouse on Camp Hill (531) |
CHARLES DICKENS GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 1013 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
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Line / Reef / Vein | Whites |
30th Nov 1871 | Meeting to Elect a Committee |
9th Feb 1872 | Contract given for erection of mining equipment |
Mar 1872 | Hon Legal Manager - Frank B. TREATT.
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28th Mar 1872 | Meeting to Adopt and Sign the Deed of Settlement |
20th Apr 1872 | Activity Report |
13thMay 1872 | Appointment of Legal Manager |
13th Dec 1872 | Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation |
23rd Dec 1872 | Amalgamation of the Charles Dickens GMC and the Tambaroora and Sydney Quartz Mining and Crushing Company, new company name - Tambaroora and Sydney Amalgamated Gold Mining and Crushing Company |
Notes: | Tambaroora Noted in the prospectus of the Bank of England Gold Mining Company was that it nearly adjoins Mrs Beards lease, now known as the Charles Dickens Company. (2) dtd 18 May 1872 Ajax Gold Mining Company is west of the Charles Dickens Quartz Mining Company. (2) dtd 6 Mar 1872 Nearly adjoins the Pickwick Gold Mining Company. (2) dtd 13 May 1872 Bounded on the north east by the Tambaroora and Sydney Quartz Mining and Crushing Company. (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
COLONIAL GOLD COMPANY | |
1855 | Map of Company Claim |
17th Feb 1855 | Colonial Gold Company Commences Operations |
12 Jan 1855 | Company located at Dirt Holes (007) Page 2, 17 Feb 1855 |
12 Jan 1855 | Crusher located at Fighting Ground (007) Page 2, 17 Feb 1855 |
10th Feb 1855 | Machinery Erected |
17th Feb 1855 | |
1858 | The Engine of the Company was sold to the Wentworth Gold Mines of Orange (2 ) Pg.5, dtd 2 Aug 1858 |
COOK, DEELEY and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2443 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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COSMOPOLITAN GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
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6 Jun 1872 | Situated at Golden Gully it had stone sent to Vickerys Q.C. Machine (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
COURT, JOHNSTON and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2658 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 9a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line () |
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FLOWER, UNSWORTH and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2691 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 9a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Whites Line (03) |
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FRENCH and ENGLISH UNITED GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
6th Jun 1872 | A Mining Company formed by Jean Renateau and Woods noting their
mining progress on the Ajax Line in 1872. (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
Lease Number: | 2691 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 6a 0r 0p (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Ajax Line formerly the Hong Kong Line (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
GATELY, BURTON and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2946 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 6a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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GATELY, YOUNG and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2442 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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GOLDEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING COMPANY | |
26th Dec 1871 | Prospectus Issued |
27th Jul 1872 | Mining Managers Report |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | 3a 0r 0p (530) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Johnsons Reef (530) |
Data was last added to this page on the GOLDEN GULLY and TAMBAROORA SLUICING COMPANY (Information to be added when found)
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Newspaper Reports of the Companies Operations THE END |
GOLDEN STOCK GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Notes: | A Mining News Report from a newspaper of the day mentions this Company being recently floated in Sydney and its mining progress on the Ajax Line in 1872. |
22nd Aug 1872 | Amalgamation of the Ajax Quartz Gold Mining Company and the Golden Stock Gold Mining Company |
Lease Number: | 4305 |
Area: | |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Ajax Line |
GREAT AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
2nd Apr 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Lease Number: | |
Area: | |
Lines Reefs Veins |
Big Bear |
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1st Jul 1872 | Mining Mangers Report |
22nd Jul 1872 | Mining Managers Report |
24nd Jul 1872 | Consideration given to Merge with Proposed Sluicing Company |
10th Aug 1872 | Mining Managers Report |
GREAT TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
14th Nov 1872 | Application to Register the Great Tambaroora Gold Mining Company |
GUSTAFSON, WIENE and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2661 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 4a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
Notes: | () |
HERRMANN P. and COMPANY | |
Location: | Dirt Holes Road (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Lease Number: | 2710 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 4a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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HOGG, MCKENZIE and COMPANY | |
Location: | Tambaroora (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Lease Number: | 2429 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 2r 28p (03) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | () |
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HUBBARD, BROWN and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2440 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
Area: 10a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Lease Number: | 2714 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
Area: 3a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Location: Bald Hill, Hill End (PoT) (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22 Jun 1873 Noted as being on Bald Hill, Hill End, but this would have been Little Bald Hill located north west of Tambaroora |
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JOHANSON, HOGARTH and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2928 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | () |
Notes: | () |
KING OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
Notes: | () |
LAMB, RENSHALL and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2912 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jul 1877 |
Area: | 4a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jul 1877 |
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LEE, PERRY and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2424 (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jul 1877 |
Area: | 4a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jul 1877 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Whites Line (03) |
Notes: | () |
MARGUERITA GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Location: | Dirt Holes Creek (2) Pg.2 dtd 9th Feb 1872 |
9th Feb 1872 | Marguerite Gold Mining Company Activity Report |
MORIARTY, INGALL and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2270 (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 8a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Location: | Foremans Gully, Hill End (sic) should be Tambaroora (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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NEW TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
14th Nov 1873 | Application to Register the New Tambaroora Gold Mining Company |
NEWCASTLE GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
16th Mar 1872 | Newcastle Gold Mining Company Prospectus |
Data was last added to this page on the ORIOMO EXPLORATIONS LTD and the CONCRETE DAM The publication "Gold and People - Recollections of Hill End, 1920s to 1960s" by Bruce Goodwin describes the operations initially undertaken by Mineral Explorations Ltd and continued by Oriomo Explorations Ltd and its subsidiary company Hill End Alluvials. Chapter 18 gives a full account of the undertakings short life from the mining operations inception to its sudden demise. Page 116 of Gold and People notes the exploratory drilling undertaken by Mineral Explorations Pty Ltd, the Application made by the Company to hydraulically sluice areas of Tambaroora as noted in the book included a Plan showing the extent of the areas applied for. An Overlay of the Applications shows the extent of the area applied for. At a later date operational control was passed to Oriomo Explorations Ltd 1st Jan 1937 - Mining Report for Operations at Tambaroora 6th Jan 1937 - Interim Report on Operations at Tambaroora 20th Jan 1937 - Engineers Computations of Values on Prospecting Operations at Tambaroora 25th Jan 1937 - The Companies Options 31st Jan 1937 - The Companies Prospects 17th Apr 1937 - Tenders for Rubble Concrete Dam on Tambaroora Creek 30th Apr 1937 - Registration of Hill End Alluvials Proprietary Ltd 27nd Oct 1937 - Hill End Alluvials Application for Dredging Lease 7th Nov 1937 - Mining Lease Application GL 438 Shows the layout of the Powerhouse, buildings and Dam on Tambaroora Creek 6th Nov 1937 - The path of the supply of water and electrical reticulation for the Monitors at the work face on Tambaroora Creek on the east side of Red Hill is shown on the Plan of Portion GL 440 1st Nov 1937 - Concrete Dam nears Completion Photo Album of the Dam Construction These Images are from the Bill and Betty Maris Collection, held by the Hill End and Tambaroora Gathering Group. ![]() 14th Feb 1938 - Sluicing Operations undertaken The sluicing operations undertaken in hydraulic sluicing entailed using water canons called monitors to blast away the soil in area's which allowed the now soil and water mix known as a slurry to gravity feed itself into a contained area where it could then be processed for the gold extraction. Plan of Portion MT39 dated 1941 for an unrelated mining operation shows the containment area, marked as an "Embankment" and the rejected material marked as "Tailings" that was used by the earlier Oriomo/HillEnd Alluvial's consortium to process the slurry. 30th Jul 1938 - The ORIOMO Debacle 26th Jan 1939 - Decision to Liquidate Hill End Alluvials Pty Ltd 30th Jan 1939 - Mining Companies not interested in taking over Operations 25th May 1939 - Hill End Alluvial Pty Ltd - No Funds 3rd Jun 1939 - Tenders Called for Purchase of Companies Holdings 1944-45 - An approach was made by the Chairman of the Hill End War Agricultural Committee, Mr. Harry Walpole to the NSW Government with the view of gaining control of the Dam and using it in conjunction with a re-forestation post war project of the Hill End district. Formal approval was given in Jun 1945 and five persons were appointed as Trustee's of the Dam:- Mr. Thomas John BAIRSTOW, Carpenter, Mr. Leslie James Hamilton, Labourer, Mr. Lindsay Patrick KIMM, Grazier, Mr. Kevin Clarence KEARNS, Constable and Warden Clerk, and Mr. Harry WALPOLE, Teacher. Control of the Dam was to be invested in the above persons subject to the Government still retaining control.(582) What the Dam looks like now - ![]() Oriomo Explorations Pty Ltd Concrete Dam (To be continued) |
PARKER, BARLOW and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2668 (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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Lease Number: | 2705 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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PATEN, FARRINGTON and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2930 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Location: Hill End, (actually located on Tambaroora Creek) (PoT) (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Line / Reef / Vein: Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
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Lease Number: | 2931 (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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Location: Hill End, (actually located on Tambaroora Creek) (PoT) (049) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873 |
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PERSEVERANCE GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
29th Apr 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Location: | Red Hill, Tambaroora Bounded on the east by Beard and Lamb On the west by Bloomfield?s lease On the north by Lamb and Co. On the south by Kissell and Co. (2) Pg.6, dtd 29 Apr 1872 |
Area: | 2a 2r 0p (2) Pg.6, dtd 29 Apr 1872 |
Notes: | Two shafts down, one 150 feet, the other 60 feet (2) Pg.6, dtd 29 Apr 1872 |
PETERS, BERRY and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2275 (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | Noted as being 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 Actual area is 2a 3r 27½p (03) |
Location: | Noted as being Turon River (049) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 Actual location is Newmans Gully Tambaroora (03) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
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PETERSON, HENCH and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2717 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Location: | Tambaroora Gully (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 Actually Newmans Gully (03) |
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Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
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PICKWICK GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
13th May 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (2) Pg.3, dtd 13 May 1872 |
Location: | Tambaroora (03) Adjoins the Charles Dickens Lease Adjoins the Tambaroora Crushing Company within a few hundred yards of this claim. Adjoins the Ajax claim. Whites Reef runs thru the centre of the Pickwick. (2) Pg.3, dtd 13 May 1872 |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Whites Line (03) |
Notes: | Two shafts sunk, one 35 feet, the other 40 feet.
To the east is another vein and one on the western side. (2) Pg.3, dtd 13 May 1872 |
QUEEN OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
12th Jun 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (2) dtd 15 Jun 1872 |
Location: | Tambaroora North east of Tambaroora Creek, 1 mile west of the Court House on the Rose of Denmark reef and north of the King of Denmark GMC. Mrs. Beards engine not more than 300 yards to the west. 3 claims north of the Rose of Denmark GMC. (2) dtd 15 Jun 1872 |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (2) dtd 15 Jun 1872 |
Notes: | Has been trenched (2) dtd 15 Jun 1872 |
RED HILL GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Location: | Tambaroora Distant 300 feet from the north east boundary of the Tambaroora and Sydney Quartz Mining and Crushing Company (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
9th Feb 1872 | Activity Report |
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RISING STAR QUARTZ MINING COMPANY | |
Location: | Dirt Holes Creek, Tambaroora (78) |
22nd Jun 1872 | Share Certificate |
ROSE OF AUSTRALIA GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
3rd Jun 1871 | Prospectus Issued |
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ROSE OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY | |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Rose of Denmark Line (03) |
ROYAL QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY | |
12th Nov 1853 | Notice of Co-Partnership This was a partnership between William Charles COLE, William Edward AUSTIN (Manager), and Henry PEARCE (Secretary and Treasurer) as Quartz Crushers and Miners |
Location: | Dirt Hole Creek, Tambaroora (2) Pg.2 dtd 12 Nov 1853 |
ROYAL VICTORIA AMALGAMATED | |
Location: | Golden Gully (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
Notes: | Six men started to work on this lease this week trenching preparatory to sinking shaft (117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872 |
SLADE, WOOD and COMPANY | |
Lease Number: | 2720 (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Area: | 5a 0r 0p (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
Location: | Golden Gully, Hill End (049) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22nd Jun 1873 |
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TAMBAROORA and SYDNEY AMALGAMATED GOLD MINING and CRUSHING COMPANY | |
Images: | Stone wall with mining spoil packed behind the walls Concrete Floor |
Location: | South West side of Red Hill, Tambaroora (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Whites Line (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
13th Dec 1872 | Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation |
23rd Dec 1872 | First General Meeting after Amalgamation |
Notes: | Whites reef traverses the entire length of the companies lease. (2) dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
TAMBAROORA and SYDNEY QUARTZ MINING and CRUSHING COMPANY | |
11th Jan 1872 | Prospectus Issued |
Area: | 10a 0r 0p (2) Pg.6, dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
Location: | South West side of Red Hill, Tambaroora (2) Pg.6, dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Whites Line (2) Pg.6, dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
9h Feb 1872 | Activity Report |
28th Mar 1872 | Application to Register a Mining Company and List of Share Holders |
20th Apr 1872 | Activity Report |
17th Sep 1872 | Companys Sydney Legal Office Moved |
13th Dec 1872 | Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation |
23rd Dec 1872 | First General Meeting after Amalgamation |
Notes: | Whites reef traverses the entire length of the companies lease. (2) Pg.6, dtd 11 Jan 1872 |
VICTORIA QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY | |
Maps:(Note) | Google Map (04) 1877 Map (03) |
Line / Reef / Vein: | Johnsons Reef |
2nd Jun 1860 | Meeting to Propose the Purchase of a Crushing Machine
For the Community of the District of Tambaroora. To be known as the Victoria Crushing Machine and to be located on Johnsons Reef |
10th Nov 1860 | Victoria Quartz Crushing Machine
Completion, Inaguration and Trial |
12th Jan 1861 | The Victoria Quartz Crushing Company
Statement of Business |
3rd Jun 1862 | The Letting or Sale of the Victoria Quartz Crushing Company |
25th Sep 1865 | Location of the Victoria Quartz Crushing Company |
16th Jul 1870 | Description of the Victoria Battery |
25th Jul 1870 | Crushings from the Batteries up until Jul 1870 |
Claims |
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Block | A Claim of fixed dimensions |
Frontage | A Claim which has a fixed width across a Line/Reef/Vein, but its length was determined by the length of the Line/Reef/Vein. |
Companies |
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Public Company | A company which trades on the stock market and which has its shares issued to the public. |
Private Company | A company that does not trade on the stock market and any shares which may be issued are held by either co-workers, family or those immediately associated with the operation of the company, in this case the functioning of the mining company. |
Where known, prospectus's are included with any companies that are known to have been public companies. |
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Mens Ground | As described in the 1861 Gold Fields Act & Regulations - Addendum to Section 41 (1862) |
Tributor | A miner who was paid a percentage of the value of whatever ore he mined. |