Old Cloncurry Copper and Gold Mines Notes
The report describes copper lodes near Cloncurry including the Pumpkin Gully area with the Flying Dutchman and Homeward Bound workings. It details ore types such as green carbonate copper, red oxide, siliceous gangue, and gold in reefs like Uncle Tom with measured yields and water challenges. Observations cover nearby Duck Creek and Top Camp and outline lode orientations, quartzite belts, and potential pay zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloncurry
Mount Douglas
Pumplin Gully
Pumpkin
Queensland
Macphail
Townsville
Uncle Tom
Pumpkin Gully
Fisher's Creek
Duck Creek
Top Camp
General Feilding
Robinson
Ernest Henry
Mount Leviathan
Boulia
Burke River
China Man‘s Creek
Mount Sheaffe
Malbon
Chinaman's Creek
Mont Shaffe
Selection N. IX
Cone Creek
Police Court Opens as New McLean Assumes Bench in Cloncurry
In Cloncurry the Police Court welcomed Police Magistrate McLean with cheers from legal colleagues and police staff. He noted copper prices from £120 to £60, pledged fair conduct, and prepared to hear a cattle theft case involving Rex Massey Jones and Chatsworth Station. Depositions from Chatsworth were contested but deemed admissible before trial.
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Hope
Cloncurry
McLean
Rex Massy Jones
Agate Downs
Douglas
Quinn
Jones
Chatsworth Station
Mr. Hope
G. A. Clayton
Farley
C. Lane
Selwyn
E. Barry
Rex Massey Jones
Sproule
Chatsworth
Barry
Circuit Court
D. Kearney
Senator Cooper Applauds Western Militia Recruitment Efforts
In a letter to Mr. Barton of Lanark Senator Cooper praises Colonel Hoad and Captain Tansing for their Western Queensland tour. He notes enthusiasm for forming a militia unit in the central west and mentions recruitment plans, with Captain Tansin departing Townsville on the 21st for a four-person team. Cooper gifts thanks and offers further aid, regrets missing Cloncurry visit due to Melbourne obligations.
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R. Barton
Lanark
Cooper
Senator Cooper
Barton
Colonel Hoad
Captain Tansing
Queensland
Central West
Tansin
Townsville
Hoad
Tansing
Cloncurry
Melbourne
Mrs. Barton
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