Tambaroora - History

With the discovery of gold, the Colonial Government had to hasten regulations to curtail and control the influx of miners to the ever expanding goldfields in the Colony, the 22^nd May 1851 saw the introduction of the Goldfield Proclamation effectively stating that all gold found in its natural place was the property of the Crown and anyone who continues to mine for gold on crown lands or lands not yet alienated will be prosecuted.

The following day, the 23^rd May 1851 a regulation for Licences to Dig for Gold and Search for Gold was issued, this stated that from the 1^st of June 1851 no person could procure gold from public or private lands by any means without first being in the possession of a Gold License. In the case of private lands only the proprietor or a representative of that person could be authorised to obtain a license. The Fee was fixed at £1/10/0 per month in advance and subject to future change.

Restrictions were placed on the persons who could obtain a license, proof of previous service or absence from hired service were a requirement. These may have included a convict who had restrictions placed upon their movements, or a person who was under a labour contract.

Further Regulations were issued on the 5^th Aug 1851, the Additional Gold Regulations included what gold could be procured from its natural state, it removed the procurement of gold from matrix within quartz or other rock in its primordial state, forthcoming Regulations would be published which would provide an arrangement for the procurement of the gold in matrix but in the interim a royalty would be paid on what had been obtained.

7^th Oct 1851
Additional Gold Regulations

21^st Oct 1851
Gold Regulations
Drainage of Ponds and Watecourses

21^st Oct 1851
Gold Values
Value of Gold set when used to pay for Licence Fees

18^th Nov 1851
Gold Regulations
Licenses granted to dig for Gold on Private Lands

25^th Nov 1851
Additional Gold Regulations
1. Termination of General Lease arrangements on Crown lands in favour of granting Licenses to Miners
2. Working of Quartz Veins

16^th Jan 1852
Additional Gold Regulations
Areas conceded for Quartz vein mining not to include areas allocated for alluvial gold mining

5^th Mar 1852
Reservoirs for Washing Gold

5^th Mar 1852
Further Gold Regulations

2^nd Apr 1852
Gold Regulations, Amended Code of Regulations

13^th Jul 1852
Gold Regulations

27^th Jul 1852
Additional Gold Regulations
Combining operations on four or less Quartz claims

1861 Gold Fields Act & Regulations

1861 Gold Fields Act & Regulations - Additions made 9 Feb 1862

1861 Gold Fields Act & Regulations - Addendum to Section 41 (1862)

1874 Mining Act

21^st Aug 1852
Formation of the Tambaroura Miners Association

Mining Companies

Tambaroora - History ADELAIDE GOLD MINING COMPANY - Hong Kong/Ajax Line, Tambaroora

	ADELAIDE GOLD MINING COMPANY
25^th Apr 1872	Prospectus Issued
Lease Number:
Area:	5a 0r 0p ⁽⁵²⁵⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Hong Kong Line later known as the Ajax Line
6^th 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

	ARIEL, SOPER and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2922 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1877}
Area:	3a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1877}
Location:	Tambaroora ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1877}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾

AJAX AMALGAMATED GOLD MINING COMPANY - Hong Kong/Ajax Line, Tambaroora

	AJAX AMALGAMATED GOLD MINING COMPANY
22^nd Aug 1872	Amalgamation of the Ajax Quartz Gold Mining Company and the Golden Stock Gold Mining Company
3^rd Jul 1873	First General Meeting
24^th Sep 1873	General Meeting to consider the winding up of the Company
Lease Number:
Area:	3a 0r 0p ⁽⁵²⁶⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
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 - Hong Kong/Ajax Line, Tambaroora

	AJAX QUARTZ GOLD MINING COMPANY
4^th Mar 1872	Prospectus Issued
22^nd 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⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
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 - Red Hill, Tambaroora

	ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY
24^th Apr 1872	Prospectus Issued
Lease Number:
Area:	5a 0r 0p ⁽⁵²⁸⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:
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 - Red Hill, Tambaroora

	AUREOUS QUARTZ MINING COMPANY
9^th Feb 1872	Company to be formed to work 6 acres of Leased Land
8^th Mar 1872	Prospectus Issued
Lease Number:	803, 1687
Area:	6a 0r 0p Consists of 2 x 3 acre leases ⁽⁵²⁹⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
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⁾

Tambaroora - History BALLARAT GOLD MINING COMPANY

	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}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Ajax Line formerly the Hong Kong Line ^{(117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872}
6^th 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

	BANK of ENGLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY
18^th May 1872	Prospectus Issued
Lease Number:	4304 ⁽³⁾
Acres:	12a 0r 0p ⁽⁵²⁷⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein	Ajax Line ⁽⁵²⁷⁾
18^th May 1872	Mining Engineers and Surveyors Report
6^th 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⁾
10^th Jul 1872	Election of Trustees and Directors
20^th Nov 1872	Broker Sued
6^th 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⁾

Tambaroora - History CAMP GOLD MINING COMPANY

	CAMP GOLD MINING COMPANY
16^th Nov 1872	Prospectus Issued
Area:	5a 0r 0p ⁽⁵³¹⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
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

	CHARLES DICKENS GOLD MINING COMPANY
Lease Number:	1013
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(2) dtd 11 Jan 1872}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein	Whites
30^th Nov 1871	Meeting to Elect a Committee
9^th Feb 1872	Contract given for erection of mining equipment
Mar 1872	Hon Legal Manager - Frank B. TREATT.
28^th Mar 1872	Meeting to Adopt and Sign the Deed of Settlement
20^th Apr 1872	Activity Report
13^thMay 1872	Appointment of Legal Manager
13^th Dec 1872	Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation
23^rd 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

	COLONIAL GOLD COMPANY
1855	Map of Company Claim
17^th 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}
10^th Feb 1855	Machinery Erected
17^th 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

	COOK, DEELEY and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2443 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:
Notes:

COSMOPOLITAN GOLD MINING COMPANY

	COSMOPOLITAN GOLD MINING COMPANY
Lease Number:
Area:
Maps: ^(Note)
Line / Reef / Vein:
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

	COURT, JOHNSTON and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2658 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	9a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽⁾
Notes:

Tambaroora - History FLOWER, UNSWORTH and COMPANY

	FLOWER, UNSWORTH and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2691 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	9a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Whites Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:

FRENCH and ENGLISH UNITED GOLD MINING COMPANY

	FRENCH and ENGLISH UNITED GOLD MINING COMPANY

6^th 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 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	6a 0r 0p ^{(117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Ajax Line formerly the Hong Kong Line ^{(117) Pg.3, dtd 6 Jun 1872}

Tambaroora - History GATELY, BURTON and COMPANY

	GATELY, BURTON and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2946 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	6a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:
Notes:

GATELY, YOUNG and COMPANY

	GATELY, YOUNG and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2442 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:
Notes:

GOLDEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING COMPANY

	GOLDEN GULLY QUARTZ MINING COMPANY
26^th Dec 1871	Prospectus Issued
27^th Jul 1872	Mining Managers Report
Lease Number:
Area:	3a 0r 0p ⁽⁵³⁰⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Johnsons Reef ⁽⁵³⁰⁾

GOLDEN GULLY and TAMBAROORA SLUICING COMPANY

Data was last added to this page on the
09 September 2019

GOLDEN GULLY and TAMBAROORA SLUICING COMPANY

(Information to be added when found)

Maps: ^(Note)
Google Map ⁽⁴⁾
1922 Map ⁽⁵³³⁾

Summary of the Companies Operation
This Companies operations may arguably have been the first hydraulic sluicing operation undertaken on the Goldfield.

An Enquiry was to be held on the 25^th May 1911 to hear from interested parties objections or otherwise an application for a dredging lease made by Mr. Wells and Mr. Wallis. The area comprised approximately 100 acres along the Golden Gully Enquiry to Determine an Application for Hydraulic Sluicing

Organisation of the Company commenced in 1911 with the acquisition of Gold Lease 264 of 97 acres of land upon Golden Gully, again in 1912 the Company acquired another Gold Lease No.290 of 2 acres, many current mining lease holders gave up their leases readily and found work with the company. An earthen wall dam approximately 500 feet long with an average depth of eight feet and to hold between 10 and 12,000,000 gallons (54,553,080 Lts) of water was constructed near the junction of Golden Gully and Deadmans Gully (later known as Foremans Gully). The latest in sluicing equipment was installed along with power generation to enable the anticipated 24 hour operation.

Operation was expected to start in February 1912. By August 1912 the Plant had undergone trials in readiness for start of production. November 1912 saw the Plant move upstream in the Gully due to the difficulty in breaking down the hard banks of the Gully.

In late Dec 1912 or early January 1913 the Company increased its share capital. This may have been in response to the damage done to the Companies assets, in early January the worse rains ever recorded breached both of the Companies Dams and swept them away. Again in the same month further set backs were to take its toll on the Company, the future of the Company became uncertain, sluicing operations had not revealed expected returns. Experienced miners contend that the operation has been undertaken in the wrong area. With the realisation that the returns being made were not enough to continue operation an extraordinary meeting of shareholders was held on the 2^nd August 1913 to wind up the affairs of the Company. 1914 saw the Company surrender its Leases and its machinery was removed to the Tingha area.

All that remains today is the scaring of the banks where the sluicing operations took place, the 500 foot dam which is now silted up and some suspect machinery which although not confirmed lays in the vicinity of the Companies area of operation.

Not all was lost, the large Dam eventually became a waterhole, was called the "Canton waterhole" and was fence off, some of the fencing still exists around the Dam.

2018: Relics of the Company

Location of Dam: Google Maps ⁽⁴⁾ ^(Note)

2018: Relics of the Company
Dam wall, view looking West, upstream is on the left

2018: Relics of the Company
Dam wall, view looking East, upstream is on the right, Mudgee Road can be seen in the background

Click on the Images to enlarge

Newspaper Reports of the Companies Operations
15^th Apr 1912: Commencement of Operations - The company acquired 97 acres of Golden Gully for Sluicing operations

2^th May 1912: Details of the Operation and Equipment - This article gives a description of the size of the dam, the various types of machinery employed and the expected production output.

5^th Aug 1912: Construction of the Companies Plant Equipment - A delay in the arrival of piping to Tambaroora, the dam is holding water and machinery has been test run.

10^th Aug 1912
Golden Gully and Tambaroora Sluicing Company - Equipment Ready to Start Work

13^th Aug 1912: Purchased Lot 2 Section 13 from John Hurley⁽⁴³⁴⁾ located at Google Map ⁽⁰⁰⁵⁾ or 1892 Map ⁽⁶⁾

15^th Aug 1912: Trial Run of Plant Equipment and Operations to Commence - By August 1912 the Plant had undergone a trial run and all was ready to start production.

9^th Nov 1912: Plant Equipment Moved 200 Yards up the Gully - The Plant was moved upstream in the Gully due to the difficulty in breaking down the hard banks of the Gully.

27^th Nov 1912: The Company is Operational

4^th Jan 1913: The Company Increased its Share Capital - The Company raised more capital through the sale of an additional 20,000 shares at two shillings each.

8^th Jan 1913: Heavy Rain Sweeps the Companies Dams Away - The worse rains ever recorded breached both of the Companies Dams.
24^th Jan 1913: Operations of the Company at a Standstill - The future of the Company is uncertain, sluicing operations have not revealed expected returns. Experienced miners contend that the operation has been undertaken in the wrong area.

1^st May 1913: Operations Hampered by the Weather - Weather played a major part in delaying the operation of the company with repairs being needed to the dams, capital being needed to enable repairs to be made. This capitial raising could have been that which was made in January the same year. The newspaper reports being late in reporting.

24^th Jul 1913: Meeting held to Wind Up the Company - An Extraordinary Meeting was held on the 2nd August 1913 to wind up the affairs of the Company.

18^th May 1914: Surrendering of their Leases and Removal of Machinery - The Company surrendered its Leases and its machinery was removed to the Tingha area.

THE END

GOLDEN STOCK GOLD MINING COMPANY

	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.
22^nd Aug 1872	Amalgamation of the Ajax Quartz Gold Mining Company and the Golden Stock Gold Mining Company
Lease Number:	4305
Area:
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Ajax Line

GREAT AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY

	GREAT AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY
2^nd Apr 1872	Prospectus Issued
Lease Number:
Area:
Lines Reefs Veins	Big Bear
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
1^st Jul 1872	Mining Mangers Report
22^nd Jul 1872	Mining Managers Report
24^nd Jul 1872	Consideration given to Merge with Proposed Sluicing Company
10^th Aug 1872	Mining Managers Report

GREAT TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY

	GREAT TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY
14^th Nov 1872	Application to Register the Great Tambaroora Gold Mining Company

GUSTAFSON, WIENE and COMPANY

	GUSTAFSON, WIENE and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2661 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	4a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History HERRMANN P. and COMPANY

	HERRMANN P. and COMPANY
Location:	Dirt Holes Road ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Lease Number:	2710 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	4a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	⁽⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

HOGG, MCKENZIE and COMPANY

	HOGG, MCKENZIE and COMPANY
Location:	Tambaroora ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Lease Number:	2429 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 2r 28p ⁽³⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	⁽⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

HUBBARD, BROWN and COMPANY

	HUBBARD, BROWN and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2440 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Area: 10a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: ⁽⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾
Lease Number:	2714 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Area: 3a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Location: Bald Hill, Hill End ^(PoT) ^{(49) 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
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: ⁽⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History JOHANSON, HOGARTH and COMPANY

	JOHANSON, HOGARTH and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2928 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	⁽⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History KING OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY

	KING OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History LAMB, RENSHALL and COMPANY

	LAMB, RENSHALL and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2912 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jul 1877}
Area:	4a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jul 1877}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	⁽⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

LEE, PERRY and COMPANY

	LEE, PERRY and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2424 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jul 1877}
Area:	4a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jul 1877}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Whites Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History MARGUERITA GOLD MINING COMPANY

	MARGUERITA GOLD MINING COMPANY
Location:	Dirt Holes Creek ^{(2) Pg.2 dtd 9^th Feb 1872}
9^th Feb 1872	Marguerite Gold Mining Company Activity Report

MORIARTY, INGALL and COMPANY

	MORIARTY, INGALL and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2270 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	8a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Location:	Foremans Gully, Hill End (sic) should be Tambaroora ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	⁽⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

Tambaroora - History NEW TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY

	NEW TAMBAROORA GOLD MINING COMPANY
14^th Nov 1873	Application to Register the New Tambaroora Gold Mining Company

NEWCASTLE GOLD MINING COMPANY

	NEWCASTLE GOLD MINING COMPANY
16^th Mar 1872	Newcastle Gold Mining Company Prospectus

Tambaroora - History ORIOMO EXPLORATIONS PTY LTD

Data was last added to this page on the 09 September 2019 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 1^st Jan 1937 - Mining Report for Operations at Tambaroora 6^th Jan 1937 - Interim Report on Operations at Tambaroora 20^th Jan 1937 - Engineers Computations of Values on Prospecting Operations at Tambaroora 25^th Jan 1937 - The Companies Options 31^st Jan 1937 - The Companies Prospects 17^th Apr 1937 - Tenders for Rubble Concrete Dam on Tambaroora Creek 30^th Apr 1937 - Registration of Hill End Alluvials Proprietary Ltd 27^nd Oct 1937 - Hill End Alluvials Application for Dredging Lease 7^th Nov 1937 - Mining Lease Application GL 438 Shows the layout of the Powerhouse, buildings and Dam on Tambaroora Creek 6^th 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 1^st 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. Click on the Image below to view the Album 14^th 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. 30^th Jul 1938 - The ORIOMO Debacle 26^th Jan 1939 - Decision to Liquidate Hill End Alluvials Pty Ltd 30^th Jan 1939 - Mining Companies not interested in taking over Operations 25^th May 1939 - Hill End Alluvial Pty Ltd - No Funds 3^rd 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 (Click on the Image to Enlarge) (To be continued)

Data was last added to this page on the
09 September 2019

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

1^st Jan 1937 - Mining Report for Operations at Tambaroora

6^th Jan 1937 - Interim Report on Operations at Tambaroora

20^th Jan 1937 - Engineers Computations of Values on Prospecting Operations at Tambaroora

25^th Jan 1937 - The Companies Options

31^st Jan 1937 - The Companies Prospects

17^th Apr 1937 - Tenders for Rubble Concrete Dam on Tambaroora Creek

30^th Apr 1937 - Registration of Hill End Alluvials Proprietary Ltd

27^nd Oct 1937 - Hill End Alluvials Application for Dredging Lease

7^th Nov 1937 - Mining Lease Application GL 438 Shows the layout of the Powerhouse, buildings and Dam
on Tambaroora Creek

6^th 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

1^st 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.
Click on the Image below to view the Album

14^th 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.

30^th Jul 1938 - The ORIOMO Debacle

26^th Jan 1939 - Decision to Liquidate Hill End Alluvials Pty Ltd

30^th Jan 1939 - Mining Companies not interested in taking over Operations

25^th May 1939 - Hill End Alluvial Pty Ltd - No Funds

3^rd 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
(Click on the Image to Enlarge)

(To be continued)

Tambaroora - History PARKER, BARLOW and COMPANY

	PARKER, BARLOW and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2668 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Area: 5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1746 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: ⁽⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾
Lease Number:	2705 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Area: 5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: ⁽⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾

PATEN, FARRINGTON and COMPANY

	PATEN, FARRINGTON and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2930 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Area: 5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Location: Hill End, (actually located on Tambaroora Creek) ^(PoT) ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾
Lease Number:	2931 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
	Area: 5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Location: Hill End, (actually located on Tambaroora Creek) ^(PoT) ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1748 dtd 22 Jun 1873}
	Maps: ^(Note) Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
	Line / Reef / Vein: ⁽³⁾
	Notes: ⁽⁾

PERSEVERANCE GOLD MINING COMPANY

	PERSEVERANCE GOLD MINING COMPANY
29^th 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

	PETERS, BERRY and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2275 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	Noted as being 5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873} Actual area is 2a 3r 27½p ⁽³⁾
Location:	Noted as being Turon River ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1745 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873} Actual location is Newmans Gully Tambaroora ⁽³⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

PETERSON, HENCH and COMPANY

	PETERSON, HENCH and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2717 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Location:	Tambaroora Gully ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873} Actually Newmans Gully ⁽³⁾
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾
Notes:	⁽⁾

PICKWICK GOLD MINING COMPANY

	PICKWICK GOLD MINING COMPANY
13^th May 1872	Prospectus Issued
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(2) Pg.3, dtd 13 May 1872}
Location:	Tambaroora ⁽³⁾ 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 ⁽³⁾
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}

Tambaroora - History QUEEN OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY

	QUEEN OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY
12^th 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}

Tambaroora - History RED HILL GOLD MINING COMPANY

	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}
9^th Feb 1872	Activity Report
Notes:	⁽⁾

RISING STAR QUARTZ MINING COMPANY

	RISING STAR QUARTZ MINING COMPANY
Location:	Dirt Holes Creek, Tambaroora ⁽⁷⁸⁾
22^nd Jun 1872	Share Certificate

ROSE OF AUSTRALIA GOLD MINING COMPANY

	ROSE OF AUSTRALIA GOLD MINING COMPANY
3^rd Jun 1871	Prospectus Issued
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾

ROSE OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY

	ROSE OF DENMARK GOLD MINING COMPANY
Line / Reef / Vein:	Rose of Denmark Line ⁽³⁾

ROYAL QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY

	ROYAL QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY
12^th 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

	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}

Tambaroora - History SLADE, WOOD and COMPANY

	SLADE, WOOD and COMPANY
Lease Number:	2720 ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Area:	5a 0r 0p ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Location:	Golden Gully, Hill End ^{(49) No.159, Pg.1747 dtd 22^nd Jun 1873}
Maps: ^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾

Tambaroora - History TAMBAROORA and SYDNEY AMALGAMATED GOLD MINING and CRUSHING COMPANY

	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}
13^th Dec 1872	Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation
23^rd 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

	TAMBAROORA and SYDNEY QUARTZ MINING and CRUSHING COMPANY
11^th 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}
9^h Feb 1872	Activity Report
28^th Mar 1872	Application to Register a Mining Company and List of Share Holders
20^th Apr 1872	Activity Report
17^th Sep 1872	Companys Sydney Legal Office Moved
13^th Dec 1872	Meeting to Propose an Amalgamation
23^rd 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}

Tambaroora - History VICTORIA QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY

	VICTORIA QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY
Maps:^(Note)	Google Map ⁽⁴⁾ 1877 Map ⁽³⁾
Line / Reef / Vein:	Johnsons Reef
2^nd 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
10^th Nov 1860	Victoria Quartz Crushing Machine Completion, Inaguration and Trial
12^th Jan 1861	The Victoria Quartz Crushing Company Statement of Business
3^rd Jun 1862	The Letting or Sale of the Victoria Quartz Crushing Company
25^th Sep 1865	Location of the Victoria Quartz Crushing Company
16^th Jul 1870	Description of the Victoria Battery
25^th Jul 1870	Crushings from the Batteries up until Jul 1870

Definitions

Claims
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
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.
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.

Documents - Examples of Period Documents

Certificate of Title for A Storm Water Right - Issued to Maria Anderson - 26^th Sep 1916

Miners Right - Issued to Maria Anderson - 13^th Jun 1910

Notice of Intention to Apply for a Gold-mining Lease - Robert Anderson - 12^th Mar 1892

Share Certificate - Rising Star Quartz Mining Company - 22^nd Jun 1872

Grievances

28^th Apr 1852 - Mining Grievances raised by Mr. James McEachern