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RUINS POSSIBLE MINE SHAFT

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Overview

Black & white photograph of possible mine shaft timber around - three poles in ground over hole which is in a gully - timber in background.

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Registration number
cwa-org-37-2001.1623
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
90 mm
Height or length
140 mm
Contextual Information

In 1852 gold was first noted in the Toodyay area and in around 1895 there was talk again of gold in the Jumperding area. However, it was in 1931, early in the first Great Depression, that a second discovery of alluvial gold was found in the same area at Yinnidining Creek, eight miles south-west of Toodyay. This started a gold rush and by 1932 there were over a 100 prospectors camped in the valley. In 1934, load bearing rock was discovered. There was a connection with Western mining Company during the 1930's. The mine closed in 1950. The largest shaft was Brown's Reward Mine. Mica shist is till extracted from the area by the Midland Brick Company to blend with clays in the production of bricks for the residential market in Perth.
Ref: 'Toodyay Gold', Peter J bridge 2008; 'Toodyay, the good old days', Wally Chitty 2004, State Heritage Office, InHerit entry for site of Jimperding Gold Mine Place No. 12441

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