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Coolgardie goldfield mine

Coolgardie goldfield mine, Australia, alluvial, mining gold.

Why Coolgardie goldfield is famous

Bayley and Ford found gold at Fly Flat in September 1892. By 1897 the town had about 25,000 people and more than 700 companies. Hannan and Flanagan found gold at Mount Charlotte (Kalgoorlie) in June 1893 and the miner's right was introduced on 10 August 1893.1,2,3,4

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Timeline

  1. September 1892Bayley and Ford find gold at Coolgardie5

Coolgardie goldfield today

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People

Worked hereHerbert HooverAt 22 he was sent to inspect mines near Coolgardie in 1897.8Discovered byArthur BayleyA quartz vein at Fly Flat started the first big Western Australian rush.9Discovered byWilliam Ford (Coolgardie)Credited with finding the vein at Fly Flat with Arthur Bayley.9Discovered byJim and Jimmy Larcombe (Golden Eagle nugget)A nugget found in 1931 sent a thousand prospectors to Coolgardie.9

Mines

InspiredKlondike (Bonanza Creek)Coolgardie held about 25,000 people by 1897, the year the Klondike rush began.1

Events

Led toBayley and Ford find gold at CoolgardieRead what happened near Coolgardie goldfield: Bayley and Ford find gold at Coolgardie.1

Places

Located inCoolgardieCoolgardie goldfield sits at Coolgardie.1Located inKalgoorlie-BoulderCoolgardie goldfield is about 37 km from Kalgoorlie-Boulder.1

Sources

  1. Coolgardie history Shire of Coolgardie
  2. Gold rush history Western Australian Museum
  3. Western Australian gold history State Library of Western Australia
  4. Wikidata entity Q1129708
  5. The Rush for Gold (WA Goldfields) Western Australian Museum
  6. Gold is discovered and Coolgardie is born Shire of Coolgardie
  7. Wikidata item Q1129708 (Coolgardie)
  8. Herbert Hoover State Library of Western Australia
  9. Gold (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia

Pictures on this page: President Hoover portrait.jpg, Underwood & Underwood (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.