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Gibralter Hill
Gibralter Hill (also known as Gibraltar Hill) is a hill near Grahamstown, New South Wales, Australia. Gold mining In one week in April, 1864, almost 550 ounces of gold were mined from Gibralter Hill, a yield of more than 58 ounces per ton of ore. In 1893 the Gibraltar Gold Mining Company exhibited gold ore from the hill at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago yielding a net of 6 ounces of gold per ton. In 1894 the Gibraltar Hill Company took 656 tons of ore from the hill, which yielded 2090 Troy ounce, ounces of gold. In 1895 more than 1500 ounces of gold were mined from the hill by the Gibraltar Gold Mining Company; by this time the yield was still 5 ounces per ton of ore. The mine was bought by English interests, with capital of £300,000, in 1896, and greatly expanded. £500,000 worth of gold was won before the grades declined and the company ceased mining, in 1901. The mine then continued to be worked, on a small scale, by Tribute mining, tribute miners. The compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grahamstown, New South Wales
Grahamstown is a village community in the central east part of the Riverina and situated about 12 kilometres north of Adelong and 13 kilometres south of Tumblong. At the , Grahamstown had a population of 61 people. 200px, left, Grahamstown - Billy Goat Hall Grahamstown consists of a small number of private residences on the Adelong to Tumblong road and the somewhat dilapidated Billy Goat Hall. The area now known as Grahamstown lies on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri The Wiradjuri people (; ) are a group of Aboriginal Australian people from central New South Wales, united by common descent through kinship and shared traditions. They survived as skilled hunter-fisher-gatherers, in family groups or clans, a ... people. Gold was mined in the area at Gibraltar Hill and alluvial deposits were mined there by dredge. Grahamstown Post Office opened on 16 December 1881 and closed in 1981. See also * Gibralter Hill References External links {{auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar Mine, Near Grahamstown, NSW, C
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