Archives for December 2016

Black Flag – ghost towns

BLACK FLAG:- R H Henning and party pegged the Black Flag lease which in October 1894 was reported to be ‘doing very well.’ The property was sold the following year to Lord Sudley’s syndicate for $48,000. By this time men were opening up their claims, many with good results. In December, the following year, there […]

The Brown Hill Extended Catastrophe

Kalgoorlie Miner 28th August 1903 DOUBLE FUNERAL— The funeral of the two victims of the underground tragedy at the Brown Hill Extended mine, was largely attended yesterday. The body of Samuel Eva was removed from has brothers residence at Maritana Hill, Kalgoorlie, and the procession was joined, opposite the Boulder Post Office, by that following […]

Letter from the Goldfields – a verse

A LETTER FROM THE GOLDFIELDS.    –     by Pluck Marriot You needn’t expect me for some time yet To see me come home, Imogene; Nor need you frown and think I forget, Nor turn to your sister, Jane and say “How Pluck has changed since he went away From his ‘sweet little Imogene. […]

Merchants -v- Miners ‘when theres a gold rush, sell shovels!’

“When there is a gold rush, ‘Sell Shovel’s’ was a term coined in the California Gold Rushes but it can be said to be true of the Gold Rushes in Australia. Many merchants selling everything from mining equipment to ribbons made more money that most miners ever dreamed of. The following is a snapshot of […]

Late Beloved Son – grave tales

Kalgoorlie Miner 12th Feb 1925 BROWN — The friends of Mr and Mrs J. H. Brown and family are respectfully invited to follow the remains of their late beloved son and brother respectively, George Brown (formerly of the Midland workshops) to the Church of Christ portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The funereal will leave their […]