People/prospector

Dan O'Shea

Dan O'Shea, prospector, from Ireland. Linked to gold.

The lucky break

Given an equal share in the prospecting claim by Hannan and Flanagan in June 1893.1

Legacy

Co-discoverer of the Kalgoorlie field.1

Story cards

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People

Partner ofPaddy HannanHannan and Flanagan gave him an equal share in the claim in June 1893.1

Mines

DiscoveredGolden Mile, Kalgoorlie-BoulderCo-discoverer of the Kalgoorlie field.1

Sources

  1. Patrick Hannan (Mining and Energy Western Australia exhibition) State Library of Western Australia

Pictures on this page: Paddy Hannan.jpg, Library Information Service of Western Australia (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.