OLD GOLD!
Finding, Prospecting, Panning & Detecting gold!
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GOLD and MAN'S LOVE OF GOLD is OLD!
In ancient Egypt gold was greatly prized by pharaohs & priests.
The first evidence of man’s use of gold is around 3,000 B.C.
The first evidence of man’s use of gold is around 3,000 B.C.
Believe what you will about the age of the earth; you can believe as I do in a young earth of a little over 6000 years (as written in ancient scripture and taught by an ever increasing number of 'young earth'scientists ) or an earth of millions or billions of years (as written in old out of date school books).....
.... I think we would all have to agree 'Gold is Old!'
.... I think we would all have to agree 'Gold is Old!'
I'M NOT THE FIRST TO REFER TO 'OLD GOLD'
NO TREASURE HUNTING SITE IS COMPLETE WITHOUT "OAK ISLAND"
THE OLD GOLD SALVAGE & WRECKING CO.
Located on the south shore of the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, Oak Island is one of the 300-plus islands that make up Mahone Bay.
Many believe a massive treasure of gold is buried in the 140-acre forest-covered area due to the legends and stories that have emerged about the island since the late 18th century. |
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The Old Gold Salvage and Wrecking Company was formed in April1909. The syndicate of treasure hunters and investors (hoping to find treasure on Canada’s, now famous, Oak Island) was led by adventurer and engineer Henry Bowdoin who claimed : “With modern methods and machinery, the recovery of that treasure is easy, ridiculously easy.”
The hopeful sydicate members included a 27 year old New York law clerk Franklin Roosevelt who went on to be the President of the United States.
Roosevelt’s interest in Oak Island went back to his boyhood years spent at his family’s holiday home on Campobello Island and four days spent on nearby Grand Mannan Island digging for a chest said to have been buried by Captain Kidd. No treasure was found, but they did find an old plank carved with the initials "W.K." (Captain.William Kid, perhaps?) In August of 1909 Franklin, made several visits to the island. Qite a few of his New York friends, shared in the excitement, and they too purchased shares in the venture, along with Oak Island men Frederick Blair and Captain John Welling, from an earlier Oak Island Treasure Company expedition.
In a 1967 Oak Island interview, Explorer Duncan G. Harris said:
"Franklin thought they were the lost jewels of Louis XVIII and Marie Antoinette, when they made their escape, had the jewels in a little bag in barouche. She handed the jewels to a lady-in-waiting, and that girl went to Canada, close to Campobello.
This girl always said the jewels were buried at Mahone Bay NS that's why Franklin who heard the story put some money in our expedition."
"Franklin thought they were the lost jewels of Louis XVIII and Marie Antoinette, when they made their escape, had the jewels in a little bag in barouche. She handed the jewels to a lady-in-waiting, and that girl went to Canada, close to Campobello.
This girl always said the jewels were buried at Mahone Bay NS that's why Franklin who heard the story put some money in our expedition."
https://www.oakislandtours.ca/the-old-gold-salvage-and-wrecking-company.html
SHIP OF GOLD
CBS NEWS! January 2018
Tons of Gold to be found!
Estimated at around $1 billion of gold: Famous shipwreck treasure found... |
A group of Florida treasure hunters recovered more than 60 pounds of gold, valued at more than $1 million, from a sunken ship 160 miles off the coast of South Carolina. Vicente Arenas reports. MAY 6, 2014
RUSSIAN'S BIG DREAM !
(No wonder the comments on this guys videos are disabled!)
Huge 'diamonds' & 'gold' nuggets in Russia.Watch it for a laugh!
Я в шоке! Супер богатый прииск, за такое у нас даже могут посадить, подумайте оно вам надо?
This Google translation is almost as funny as the video :-) : I'm shocked! Super rich mine, for this we can even plant, think you need it? Abandoned, richest Soviet placer gold mine. He never ceases to amaze with his riches, gold accumulates along the banks. Around the dumps of stone, remnants of past gold mining. And everything is even, there is still a lot of gold left, I rake hands - kilograms, shock. |
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A COUPLE OF CHUNKS OF QUARTZ WORTH $MILLIONS!
September 2018 3900 ounces of gold in two chunks of quartz blasted about 500m underground at a 45-year-old gold mine near Kambalda, 600km east of Perth in Western Australia.Instead of crushing the rock and extracting the gold, it is likely to be sold, at auction, as specimen pieces. |
The local driller credited with uncovering the amazing find is
a Kambalda resident says he has never seen anything like it in his 17 years as a driller.
“I’ve seen gold in veins before but nothing like this — gold was just everywhere,” and “As I was drilling I could see the gold shavings coming out of all the holes and I thought ‘there’s something here’.
After it was blasted they walked in and saw gold scattered everywhere.
The first quartz rock is 90 kg and is studded with about 2300 ounces of gold, at current price, worth about $3.8 million.
The second is about 60 kg, with about 1600 oz valued at about $2.7 million.
a Kambalda resident says he has never seen anything like it in his 17 years as a driller.
“I’ve seen gold in veins before but nothing like this — gold was just everywhere,” and “As I was drilling I could see the gold shavings coming out of all the holes and I thought ‘there’s something here’.
After it was blasted they walked in and saw gold scattered everywhere.
The first quartz rock is 90 kg and is studded with about 2300 ounces of gold, at current price, worth about $3.8 million.
The second is about 60 kg, with about 1600 oz valued at about $2.7 million.
The mine owner believes these are two of the biggest gold specimens ever found in Western Australia and says
“ There’s more where that came from” and his company estimates the total of coarse gold from the dig will be 9000oz, or more than $15 million Australian.
Before this find they mined just 13,320oz in the whole of the June quarter and the mine was up for sale.
“ There’s more where that came from” and his company estimates the total of coarse gold from the dig will be 9000oz, or more than $15 million Australian.
Before this find they mined just 13,320oz in the whole of the June quarter and the mine was up for sale.
But it seems that now the mine has huge potential and they will be able to raise the capital to do further exploration, to find areas they say that they know are there.
In 1931 the famous 1186oz Golden Eagle nugget was found 40km south-west of the mine, at Larkinvile.
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A 'GIANT' DISCOVERED IN SCOTLAND!
A giant nugget worth more than its weight in gold!
A guy in Scotland, prospecting in a river, picked up Britain’s largest ever gold nugget. The Douglas Nugget, as it has been named, weighs 85.7g.
The prospector in his 40s, was "sniping" lying face down in the freezing cold water while wearing a dry suit, face mask and snorkel.
The prospector in his 40s, was "sniping" lying face down in the freezing cold water while wearing a dry suit, face mask and snorkel.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELD DISTRICTS
Gold Nuggets found with Metal Detector
ABOVE: Gold from WA
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Ashburton, Coolgardie, Dundas, East Murchison, Gascoyne, Kimberley, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Peak Hill, Phillips River, Pilbara, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.
Since Gold Mining began over 205 million Kilos has been extracted. In recent years 32,000 Kilos per annum is mined in Western Australia |
GOLD CAPPED PYRAMID
Great Pyramid of Giza
MASSIVE GOLD NUGGET FOUND
Today it would be worth close to AU$5million
Sadly most nuggets in those days (pre 1900) were melted down, so like all the others it was melted down and shipped as ingots to the Bank of England.
GOLD FOUND IN THE PERTH HILLS!
A 1931 report of Gold found in the Darling Ranges of Western Australia.
GOLD IN THE RANGES - THE WEST AUSTRALIAN SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1931
Upwards of eighty men have been engaged in dry blowing operations, with varying success, and under difficulties not usually associated with the craft in Western Australia. The rocky formation and pipe-clay mass have made the dry blowers' task very tiresome. With the advent of winter, however, sluicing operations were expected to give the seekers easier conditions and possibly richer rewards. Just how much gold has actually been won from the district is not definitely known.
Scientific investigators in the reports which have been registered at the Mines
Department have not led the West Australian public to be optimistic about the possibilities of gold mining in the Darling Ranges and the practical experience of sporadic prospectors has not yet disputed the geological conclusions.
A more definite record is that of Mr.S. Lawrence, Perth's veteran boat builder, who told me again the other day of the large piece of stone, richly studded with metal and weighing about four pounds gross, which his father one day, in the year 1890, saw on the table of Mr. Habgood, the shipper and trader, whose office was located somewhere in the vicinity of where the A.M.P. Building stands to-day.
Mr. Lawrence's father, the founder of the boat-building business, noticed that Mr.Habgood was using this specimen as a paper weight. His inquiry elicited the in formation that the stone had been brought in from the Culham district, 12 miles from Toodyay, by a man named Edward Beer, a sheep owner, whose wool Habgood was in
the habit of shipping to England. Beer believed the mineral to be copper, and had suggested that Mr. Habgood should endeavour to raise a sum of £300 in England to exploit the deposit, the whereabouts of which Beer did not disclose.
Mr. Lawrence was permitted to take the specimen, and, after breaking it, whereupon it was found to be studded with metal in the breaks, he showed it to Mr. Dick Greaves, who definitely pronounced it to be gold.
Scientific investigators in the reports which have been registered at the Mines
Department have not led the West Australian public to be optimistic about the possibilities of gold mining in the Darling Ranges and the practical experience of sporadic prospectors has not yet disputed the geological conclusions.
A more definite record is that of Mr.S. Lawrence, Perth's veteran boat builder, who told me again the other day of the large piece of stone, richly studded with metal and weighing about four pounds gross, which his father one day, in the year 1890, saw on the table of Mr. Habgood, the shipper and trader, whose office was located somewhere in the vicinity of where the A.M.P. Building stands to-day.
Mr. Lawrence's father, the founder of the boat-building business, noticed that Mr.Habgood was using this specimen as a paper weight. His inquiry elicited the in formation that the stone had been brought in from the Culham district, 12 miles from Toodyay, by a man named Edward Beer, a sheep owner, whose wool Habgood was in
the habit of shipping to England. Beer believed the mineral to be copper, and had suggested that Mr. Habgood should endeavour to raise a sum of £300 in England to exploit the deposit, the whereabouts of which Beer did not disclose.
Mr. Lawrence was permitted to take the specimen, and, after breaking it, whereupon it was found to be studded with metal in the breaks, he showed it to Mr. Dick Greaves, who definitely pronounced it to be gold.
The first piece of melted metal yielded about half an ounce of gold, which was presented to Governor Robinson by Mr. Lawrence's father.
The remainder of the melt yielded quite a rich return. When Mr. Beer came to Perth again, an endeavour was made to locate the origin of the piece of stone, but, unhappily. Beer was accidentally drowned in
the Swan River at the foot of Barrack Street. Subsequently, young Lawrence and his father journeyed to Culham, with the object of endeavouring to find where the gold had come from, and interviewed a sister of the deceased Beer, but that lady was unable to assist them. A man named Sam Lane, however, an employee on the farm, set out to direct them to the spot, and he felt so sure of being able to do so that he remarked:
'Your fortune is made ere the sun sets in the west.'
The remainder of the melt yielded quite a rich return. When Mr. Beer came to Perth again, an endeavour was made to locate the origin of the piece of stone, but, unhappily. Beer was accidentally drowned in
the Swan River at the foot of Barrack Street. Subsequently, young Lawrence and his father journeyed to Culham, with the object of endeavouring to find where the gold had come from, and interviewed a sister of the deceased Beer, but that lady was unable to assist them. A man named Sam Lane, however, an employee on the farm, set out to direct them to the spot, and he felt so sure of being able to do so that he remarked:
'Your fortune is made ere the sun sets in the west.'
But many days of diligent search failed to yield the required result, and so they returned to Perth.
This moss-covered ironstone specimen seems to have had some connection with Blackboy Hill, where similar gold-bearing stone was found in 1897 by Mr. F .T. Daniel.('W.A. Year Book, 1902-4'). |
Blackboy Hill is close to where Bolgart is now established, and it is also probable that it was here that Mr. J. H. Duffield, of Fremantle, found what is claimed ('The West Australian,' 3/4/31) as the first gold found in the colony in 1849. After Daniel's discovery at Blackboy Hill in September, 1897, upwards of 60 claims were pegged out, and samples of quartz assaying up to seven ounces to the ton were said to have been taken out of the trial shaft. The field petered out, but in 1909 the late Mr.T. F. Quinlan and Mr. B. Connor became interested in the district, at the instance of a man named Timothy Dowd, or O'Dowd, and a five-head , battery was placed in commission. : The Quinlan-Connor effort resulted in an expenditure of £1,400 before they returned 14 ounces of gold; and this seems to have satisfied their longings.' Later Mr. E. J. Harrington, now farming at Miling, came on the scene from the fields elsewhere, and purchased
500 tons of tailings, from which, by means of primitive cyaniding methods, in which kerosene tins played an important part, he extracted 75 ounces of gold, leaving untreated the slimes, which Mr. Harrington estimated to be worth 16dwt. per ton.
Some miles away from this spot, it is in interesting to note, Mr. Harrington found silver-lead ore worth, it is estimated, seven ounces to the ton, at that time an unpayable proposition.
These are the only definite discoveries and results that have so far been collated in regard to the existence of gold in the Darling Ranges, although specimens have been found at Kelmscott, Pell Mell (near Culham), Serpentine, and Whitby Falls, as well as at a dozen or so other widely scattered range localities.
500 tons of tailings, from which, by means of primitive cyaniding methods, in which kerosene tins played an important part, he extracted 75 ounces of gold, leaving untreated the slimes, which Mr. Harrington estimated to be worth 16dwt. per ton.
Some miles away from this spot, it is in interesting to note, Mr. Harrington found silver-lead ore worth, it is estimated, seven ounces to the ton, at that time an unpayable proposition.
These are the only definite discoveries and results that have so far been collated in regard to the existence of gold in the Darling Ranges, although specimens have been found at Kelmscott, Pell Mell (near Culham), Serpentine, and Whitby Falls, as well as at a dozen or so other widely scattered range localities.
The Jumperdine alluvial find, apart from some Kimberley finds, is very different from the characteristics of that form of West Australian alluvial discoveries that we have hitherto known; and it may be that our geological conclusions in, respect of the hills near Perth will be challenged. For who knows what is beneath the pick?
To-day gold is being obtained more easily further afield: but what would a Darling Range Eldorado mean to Perth? |
BUSH RANGER MOONDYNE JOE’S GOLD
By the same author of GOLD IN THE RANGES
(The West Australian May 23 1931)
“As a boy, I traversed a good deal of the hill country on brumby catching, kangarooing, charcoal-getting and palm-wool gathering excursions for many miles round Toodyay, and also down the Avon Valley towards Chittering and Bindoon. There was in those days a tradition that Moondyne Joe, the harmless but glorified bushranger of our period, knew where there was gold in fabulous wealth. |
The Moondyne Cave, is where Joe took refuge during periods when that elusive gentleman was 'wanted ' by the officers of the law in regard to possible
explanations as to the whereabouts of certain livestock, goods and chattels. But the cave, when I saw it thirty years ago, was little of a hiding, place and from what I have since learned of auriferous country held nothing to suggest that gold could have been got anywhere near it or that it would have been buried there for safety.
The only things that were ever found in Moondyne's hiding places were two or three saddles and bridles and odds and ends of tucker and cooking utensils, and these were in another cave in the Chittering district. In any case, Moondyne Joe roved the Ranges from the Swan district, across Bailup, Chidlow and across The Lakes to York, Northam and back to Toodyay. If he knew anything about gold over this territory it would be found only by chance and not by any record existing these days”
explanations as to the whereabouts of certain livestock, goods and chattels. But the cave, when I saw it thirty years ago, was little of a hiding, place and from what I have since learned of auriferous country held nothing to suggest that gold could have been got anywhere near it or that it would have been buried there for safety.
The only things that were ever found in Moondyne's hiding places were two or three saddles and bridles and odds and ends of tucker and cooking utensils, and these were in another cave in the Chittering district. In any case, Moondyne Joe roved the Ranges from the Swan district, across Bailup, Chidlow and across The Lakes to York, Northam and back to Toodyay. If he knew anything about gold over this territory it would be found only by chance and not by any record existing these days”
THE GOLD HAS ALL GONE !!
Or so they thought!
5.5kg Gold Nugget
Others had given up on the area saying:
"The gold's all gone. It's all trash now!"
The nugget was 60cm underground and at first before he saw the unmistakable glint of gold through the red iron rich dirt of the outback, he thought he was digging a car bonnet. The nugget measures 220mm x 140mm and 45mm at its deepest point. In almost disbelief the man kept cleaning it as he dug and 'the gold kept expanding and expanding'. When he finally got it out, he rushed home to tell his wife she could pay off the house and all their bills. Weighing 5.5kg, the discovery is the most significant find of a gold nugget in the area so far.
The Metal detector he used is the best available, it goes deeper and further into the ground, than any others.
"The gold's all gone. It's all trash now!"
The nugget was 60cm underground and at first before he saw the unmistakable glint of gold through the red iron rich dirt of the outback, he thought he was digging a car bonnet. The nugget measures 220mm x 140mm and 45mm at its deepest point. In almost disbelief the man kept cleaning it as he dug and 'the gold kept expanding and expanding'. When he finally got it out, he rushed home to tell his wife she could pay off the house and all their bills. Weighing 5.5kg, the discovery is the most significant find of a gold nugget in the area so far.
The Metal detector he used is the best available, it goes deeper and further into the ground, than any others.
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When this huge nugget was found it was said to be an extremely rare mineral specimen and could fetch significantly more than its $300,000 in gold content. Perhaps even a million dollars or more at auction.
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EARLY DAYS of GOLD in AUSTRALIA
This Video takes an informed look at the Gold Rushes and early prospecting in Australia. The Video covers the first Gold Rushes of the 1850's and how other discoveries unfolded around the country. It tells the story through 'old film look' recreations, presentors and paintings from the era.
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HUGE GOLD NUGGETS from Australia
THE HAND SHAPED NUGGET CALLED
'The Hand of Faith'
'The Hand of Faith'
Before the Hand of Faith nugget was found, Kevin and Bep Hillier were living and travelling around Australia in a renovated bus they called ‘Gus’. Towing their 67 HR Holden on the back, they left Western Australia during the summer of 1978 with their four children, Kim, Natalie, Brendon and Lance.
On the 26 September 1980, Kevin Hillier discovered one of the world’s biggest gold nuggets, The Hand of Faith near Wedderburn in Victoria, Australia. Weighing 27-kilograms it is the largest gold nugget to be found with a metal detector and the largest gold nugget still in existence today. Kevin and his wife Bep named their find the Hand of Faith, due to the incredible set of circumstances leading to its discovery. The 'Hand of Faith' story
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The Hand of Faith is the largest gold nugget in existence today, found with a hand held metal detector. It currently resides in the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. Yet the story behind the hand of faith discovery is just as incredible as the nugget itself. In 1978, Kevin Hillier, his wife Bep and four young children left Western Australia to travel the country in an old renovated bus they called ‘Gus’.
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d by Bep’s unwavering belief in God and an amazing set of circumstances they found themselves on the Victorian Goldfields several years’ later.
Whilst living at the Bridgewater Caravan Park with little money, Kevin had a dream.
He did not know what it meant at the time, but it was so powerful he drew a picture on a piece of paper and asked a friend to sign it. What happened next is hard to believe.
On the 26 September 1980, Kevin Hillier and his wife Bep discovered one of the world’s largest gold nuggets behind an abandoned primary school in Kingower, Victoria. In the Hand of Faith story Bep Hillier gives an incredible account of her family’s real life adventure from having only the money in their pockets to making the discovery of a lifetime.
Whilst living at the Bridgewater Caravan Park with little money, Kevin had a dream.
He did not know what it meant at the time, but it was so powerful he drew a picture on a piece of paper and asked a friend to sign it. What happened next is hard to believe.
On the 26 September 1980, Kevin Hillier and his wife Bep discovered one of the world’s largest gold nuggets behind an abandoned primary school in Kingower, Victoria. In the Hand of Faith story Bep Hillier gives an incredible account of her family’s real life adventure from having only the money in their pockets to making the discovery of a lifetime.
"Many of our friends were concerned for us, leaving a good job, selling all of our possessions and taking our four children away from all they knew with just $1000 in our pockets. I wasn’t worried, I have faith in God and I pray about everything we do. I asked God to bless this adventure and if it wasn’t the right thing to do we would have known, but we were all at peace and things seemed to fall into place, so we set off on our journey".
PANNING FOR GOLD
Freddy offers the fundamentals on: collecting and classifying material for panning; how to work the lighter materials from the pan without losing any gold; and even how to properly collect fine gold in your vial. Freddy's brother Derek and his daughter Nikki offer additional demonstrations and tips on how you can become a better gold panner right away.
GOLD PANNING LIKE A PRO YouTube
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Tips and Techniques Demonstrated:
• Where to start sampling materials for gold content. • How to collect and classify materials for panning. • Driving gold and heavier materials down into the pan. • Washing lighter sands and rocks from your pan. |
• Collecting fine gold from the pan with a Guzzler bottle.
• Tips on breaking in a new gold pan.
• Getting younger people involving in gold panning.
• Tips on breaking in a new gold pan.
• Getting younger people involving in gold panning.
THE ROARING DAYS OF GOLD
A Sydney Morning Herald Special feature.
Monday March 22, 1971
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Read the original newspaper Special feature - The Roaring Days of Gold
Read the original newspaper Special feature - The Roaring Days of Gold
LASSETER'S GOLD
Before his death beside a remote Northern Territory creek bed, Harold Lasseter wrote in his diary:
‘What good a reef worth millions? I would give it all for a loaf of bread.
’Lasseter (1880–1931) had been trying to rediscover a 16-kilometre reef of gold that he claimed contained gold ‘as thick as plums in a pudding’, worth £60 million, somewhere between the Ehrenberg and Petermann ranges, west of Uluru, in Central Australia. In 1930, Lasseter set off on an expedition funded by the Australian Workers’ Union. His behaviour grew progressively more eccentric. A series of accidents, rough terrain and no sign of the reef eventually forced the men to abandon the search, but Lasseter carried on. Lasseter was never seen again by Europeans. His body was found several months later. His diary was in a cave—a poignant record of his lonely death and concern for his wife. It also revealed that he believed he had rediscovered his reef. Subsequent efforts to find the reef have resulted in further deaths. Was this Australia’s wildest goose chase? The answer still lies out there.
‘What good a reef worth millions? I would give it all for a loaf of bread.
’Lasseter (1880–1931) had been trying to rediscover a 16-kilometre reef of gold that he claimed contained gold ‘as thick as plums in a pudding’, worth £60 million, somewhere between the Ehrenberg and Petermann ranges, west of Uluru, in Central Australia. In 1930, Lasseter set off on an expedition funded by the Australian Workers’ Union. His behaviour grew progressively more eccentric. A series of accidents, rough terrain and no sign of the reef eventually forced the men to abandon the search, but Lasseter carried on. Lasseter was never seen again by Europeans. His body was found several months later. His diary was in a cave—a poignant record of his lonely death and concern for his wife. It also revealed that he believed he had rediscovered his reef. Subsequent efforts to find the reef have resulted in further deaths. Was this Australia’s wildest goose chase? The answer still lies out there.
LES HIDDINS BUSH TUCKER MAN
INVESTIGATING LASSETER'S GOLD
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD
Gold in Quartz
I haven't found a lot of gold but I can tell you, when you crack open a piece of quartz and see gold looking back at you, it is an amazing feeling to think ‘’I am the first to ever see this”. It is as if it has been sitting there for thousands of years just waiting for your special moment.
Approximately two-thirds of all Australian gold production comes from mines in Western Australia. Gold is one of Australia’s top 10 commodity exports and is worth about $14 billion per year.
Approximately two-thirds of all Australian gold production comes from mines in Western Australia. Gold is one of Australia’s top 10 commodity exports and is worth about $14 billion per year.
Gold has been produced in Australia since the first discovery near Orange in New South Wales in 1851. Australia exports about 360 tonne of gold in ores and concentrates and as refined metal. These exports include shipments of gold of non-Australian origin which has been refined in Australia.
Western Australia has just over 40 per cent of Australia’s gold EDR distributed across a large number of deposits. Gold attracts Australia’s second largest exploration expenditure with Western Australia accounting for more than half the annual gold exploration expenditure. Recent major gold discoveries in Western Australia include the Tropicana deposit, which was discovered in 2005.
Western Australia has just over 40 per cent of Australia’s gold EDR distributed across a large number of deposits. Gold attracts Australia’s second largest exploration expenditure with Western Australia accounting for more than half the annual gold exploration expenditure. Recent major gold discoveries in Western Australia include the Tropicana deposit, which was discovered in 2005.
THE FIND f 1893 - GOLD 1948 Documentary YouTube
OLD GOLD
ARCHIVED NEWSPAPER REPORTS
THE AGE
Friday July 13 , 1894 West Australian Mines the Coolgardie Record An Official Telegram Yield of £280,000 for the half year |
THE SYDNEY MAIL Saturday October 27, 1894 United Coolgardie Gold-Mining and Prospecting Syndicate. |
THE SYDNEY MAIL
Saturday December 29, 1894United Coolgardie Gold-Mining and Prospecting Syndicate. |
THE SUN,
St JOHN, N.B. Saturday December 8 1906 GOLD MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA (From Daily Trade and Consular Reports) |
A MINER'S RIGHT PROSPECT FOR GOLD IN WA
A Miner's Right is a necessary permit to prospect for minerals in Western Australia. The holder of Miner's Right is authorised under Section 20 of the Mining Act 1978 to carry out the following activities on Crown land not the subject of a mining tenement: • prospect for minerals (including gold); • conduct geological mapping; • conduct tests for minerals; • undertake limited sampling using hand held equipment and to remove samples up to 20 kilograms; • mark out mining tenements; • fossick for rocks, gemstones, etc; • take water and camp for the purposes of prospecting. Possession of a Miner's Right does not authorise these activities on private land or Reserve land (except where the purpose is a Common, Mining or Public Utility)
Prospecting can be carried out for all minerals including gold and a metal detector can be used. Prospecting cannot be carried out on a mining tenement unless the tenement holder's consent is obtained and if a pastoral lease is affected the pastoralist should be notified. Prospecting may be carried out on an exploration licence situated on Crown Land where a Section 20A Permit has first been obtained. Fossicking authorises the collection of mineral specimens (excluding gold and diamonds) for lapidary work or hobby interests. Use of a metal detector is not permitted. In addition the written consent of any mining tenement holder and the pastoralist is required.
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