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Greenough Museum and Gardens > Records

Order for corn & bran for the Geraldine Mine

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James Mitchell

1876

Subcollections

Maley Mill and Store Archives

Overview

Hand-written letter on paper, one punched hole in centre.

Historical information

James Mitchell was a mine manager, pastoralist and hotelier in the Northampton district.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB2063

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

124 mm

Height or length

200 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Geraldine Mine
February 19th 76
Mr John Maley
Greenough
Please send by my waggon mitchieson teamster corn & bran to the amount of 20 cwt say 10 bags of corn & the remainder in bran a/c H.A.& Co Perth some of the last corn sent was very inferior
Yours etc
Jas Mitchell

Contextual information

Maley's Mill at Greenough was the closest flour mill to the Geraldine Mine. The Mill provided wheat, bran and flour in 1865 (2 orders) and then in 1876 (this order).

Keywords

Geraldine Mining Company

Place made

Northampton, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Last modified

Sunday, 20 July, 2025

Completeness

100

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Order for corn & bran for the Geraldine Mine

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