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Mining prospects and pits in Australian tin districts rise in 1930
The article reviews multiple Queensland and northern mine ventures. It notes Warden Office suspensions over holidays, the Vulcan and Return Creek operations, and new capital inflows. Oak Creek Tin Mines, Una Group at Watsonville, and Norman and Wyatt leases show renewed activity with batteries, dams, and dredging planned. Copper and silver lead opportunities grow at Chillagoe smelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vulcan
St Irvinebank
Return Creek
Malay Straits
Whitworth Finance and Mining Corporation
Wyatt
Howe
Oak Creek
Cairns
H. K. MacDonnell
Oakey Creek
Mt. Garnet
Una
Watsonville
F. G. Gipps
Beim Ie
Gurrambab
Jeid
A. Positon
Molloy
Smith's Creek
Herberton
Abril
Greatheart
Chillakoe
Chillagoe