The old Coolgardie Mine (ca.1899-1906)- in conjunction with Brunner mine . - ALBUM -

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DescriptionMoe Bowes.."I was a bit out of my area today but found this mine in the area of bush above the Brunner bricks. After making inquires it seems this is the old Coolgardie Mine. There is also a old drilling rig there. The Coolgardie started in 1894 and worked in conjunction with Brunner mine by the Greymouth Point Elizabeth Railway and coal co. It closed sometime between 1901 and 1906. In 1924 pillars were extracted by Allen and party until 1927. In 1931 and 32 the remaining pillars were worked by United Brunner coal mines."Date of Photoca.1894 - 1906.Map^[1]Contributor Moe Bowes

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CommentsDan Mckinley
There is two entrances up there ,all sorts laying about in the bush .

Lyn N Moe
Dan Mckinley I found one to the right of it and believe there is another further up now blocked

ary Moffitt
Lyn N Moe
Do you know anything about the Victory Mine across the Grey River from Stillwater? We heard about it as children. I asked Phil May about it but he said that the area he studied was out of the range of the area covered in his book.

Lyn N Moe
Mary Moffitt Sorry Mary I cant find it but will see what I can find out. Do you know where the Sillwater mine was. It was worked by Boustridge and party until 1934.

Mary Moffitt
Is that the one which was reached by the old, very skinny bridge in that area? It would only take mine trucks? I have something about that, somewhere. Maybe to do with the North Brunner Mine activities. Feel free to correct me, please.
The Victory may have been related to the Curtis brothers, but this is only a memory blip. It was an extremely rich vein of gold which came to an end because an early fracture of the terrain. Generations of miners tried to find the rest of the vein. When young, I imagined that the Japanese miners drilling down from the top of Mt Davey were ‘onto it’.

Mary Moffitt
Lyn N Moe Stillwater was riddled with deep, narrow trenches indicative of Chinese mining work, several being opposite our shop. We fell into them regularly. The triangular piece of land from the hall site to the junction was also on record as having been mined by the Chinese.
We found low, short tunnels into the hill on the south side of the Stillwater Creek, with Chinese pots still present. This was inland from where Tom Cressey and his aristocratic wife lived and used to mine. The tunnels as a playground upset our relatives and they were blown up.

Lyn N Moe
Mary Moffitt cheers Mary, you know a lot about your area. The only thing I can find on the Victory is a gold mine at Barrytown.

Mary Moffitt
Lyn N Moe Well, who knows? We called the hill there Baldy, and that was the area of the Victory Mine. I was disgusted to discover that this hill could be reached by vehicle in later years, after we had climbed up the steep side. I know that it’s real name is Mt Sewell, but nobody ever told us that. Perhaps the Victory mine could be approached from the coastal side as well?Glenn Johnston
Mary Moffitt I've heard of the Victory Claim opposite Stillwater. It was a hard rock goldmine and was pegged by the Curtis brothers in 1894. It was on the same ground where Langdon's Extended Claim had earlier operated seeking gold and antimony. The Victory operation erected a 5 stamp crusher battery on Langdon Creek. In 1898 there was an amalgamation of the Victory & Julian interests. Further work continued on the reefs in to the C20th.
Mary Moffitt
Thank you. Is it true that they lost the actual reef and never found the rest of it?

Brian Steele
The original Dobson mine was way up the hill above the Dobson water tanks

Brian Steele
Ted Hill who was about a retired mine under viewer well into his 80s when I knew him told me that.It was an out crop close to the surface which was mined to fuel the boilers while the main drives of the Dobson mine were driven. If anyone goes looking yourll find the old railway tracks in the bush above the Brunner WMC. . The railway ended some where near where the Dobson Mine office used to be. I've seen the old railway line but never found the old mine.

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