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St Ives Cemetery – grave tales

Moya Sharp — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 08:10:22 +0000

St Ives AKA Ives Find Cemetery (no headstones)
Reserve 18492 (Cancelled in 1991) on the Gold Fields St Ives Mine Site
(not accessible without permission from mine)

DOUGLAS William – d about 12 Aug 1933, 69 yrs, a half a mile west of St Ives Hotel, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Natural Causes, Son of John and Agnes DOUGLAS in Richmond River NSW, Buried: 15 Aug 1933 by R Glasson, Witnesses: A E Foch and G D Williams, Reg: 163/1933 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie), Buried St Ives Cemetery.

In October. 1926, William Douglas unearthed a big nugget weighing 101 ounces. The biggest at that time found at St Ives. Describing his prospecting experiences, Douglas, who was a native of the Richmond River, NSW, said that he came to the Coolgardie Goldfields in March 1893 where he prospected for a good while. He found the Camperdown Mine at Siberia (Waverley), where he got the best gold he had ever obtained in his life. He did prospecting for years afterwards but had frequent spells at woodcutting for the WA Goldfields Firewood Supply Company at Kurrawang. When wood cutting in the bush, he always kept his eyes open for a find. He went to Hogan’s find on J Creedon’s property at Mount Monger before being attracted to Saint Ives where he prospected very hard ground with indifferent results.

SPENCE / SPENCER Edward James Ascott – d 8 Aug 1923, 59yrs, at St Ives, buried by Robert Newman Wills and C G McKenzie, Witnesses: A J and C Bond, Father: John SPENCE, Mother: Mary DEMPSEY, Cause: Bronchial Asthma and heart failure, First married to Florence Ida HANCOCK (17yrs, died 1904) in Zeehan Tasmania at the age of 24yrs, secondly he married Mable ‘May’ CHADWICK (30yrs) in 1907, Children: First Marriage – Amy Mabel born 1892, Charlotte Stella born 1897, Edward James born 1904, Reg: 47/1923 Boulder, Buried St Ives Cemetery. (First Burial)

St Ives Progress Association at the St Ives Government Battery – Far left front row CRUTCHETT – Photo from J L Toy

OBITUARY – THE LATE MR E. J. SPENCE.
Kalgoorlie Miner 16 August 1923

The death of an old resident of St. Ives in the person of Mr. Edward James Spence took place at his residence on August 8. The deceased, who was well-known in Westonia, having been employed on the staff of the Edna May Deep Levels mine for some years had been in ill health for the last two years with a chest complaint, which was accentuated by the effects of a bad mining accident.

Members of the progress committee having selected a site for a cemetery on the Widgiemooltha road, about a mile south of the St. Ives Reward mine, the funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, August 9. All the residents of St. Ives attended the funeral to pay their last respects to the deceased. The Church of England burial service was impressively read by Mr M. A. McKenzie, of the Ives Reward mine. The deceased leaves a widow and three children.

Selecting specimens from a costeen on the St Ives Reward Junction Mine – Western Mail 27 May 1920

Alfred Ives – prospector and staunch friend

Moya Sharp — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 09:40:29 +0000

Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1

New England ‘Mt Vernon”
A Promising Gold Belt
told by Alfred Ives

Prospector Alfred Ives tripped up the office stairs last Wednesday to offer voluminous details about the development of the New England district, a promising gold-belt located about 40 miles S.S.E. of Wiluna, having a total length of about 60 miles, and varying from two or three to seven and eight miles in width.

“The rocks are mostly diorite and ironstone in this country.” Mr. Ives stated, as he squatted on a candle case,” The gold occurs almost entirely in the quartz reefs, some of which are of great width, of considerable length, and strongly mineralised”.

When was the belt first examined? “It was discovered by the Barlow Bros and Jimmy Lennon long before the celebrated pilgrimage of diggers to Lake Darlot, late in 1894. lt was too remote, the difficulties were appalling, and the Barlow’s and Lennon left after napping some of the principal outcrops. The Kirkpatrick’s also ran over it later on and got good prospects in several places. I first crossed the belt 12 years ago. Seven years later Jim Phillips and I, after a long prospecting trip to Victoria, Springs, and Lake Wells, returned to New England and discovered payable gold in several reefs. But we could not do much then. We were driven out by drought.

“I returned there a couple of years ago. There is plenty of room for hustlers in the district, but the feather bed prospector is hereby warned off the grass. Cheaper crushing facilities are also wanted. A centrally located battery would assist the district to develop rapidly, and force it to the front as one of the finest belts outside the Golden Mile.”

Development, expenses – Crushing costs 20 shillings a ton at Howard and Berry’s battery, plus 1 shilling. a mile for cartage. To cart ore to the Wiluna mill means an outlay of from 45 shillings to 50 shillings per ton. The best show is Howard and Berry’s lease. The reef at 100ft is 17ft wide and worth an ounce per ton. But there are plenty of other shows in the district equally as promising. The more I see of the West – and I have been everywhere, the more strongly convinced am I that our best minerals areas have yet to be discovered!”

St Ives Progress Committee- (named after Alfred Ives) – Photo SLWA

Daily News – Perth – Monday 23 May 1921, page 4

THE LATE MR ALFRED IVES

The funeral of the late Mr. Alfred Ives, founder of the Ives’ Reward Gold Mine, near Red Hill (Kambalda) took place on May 20 and was well attended by representatives of the mining industry and friends. Born at Wimbledon, England, the deceased had spent 21 years in South Australia and 31 years in this State. A widow and grown-up family of two daughters and four sons survive him. He met with a tragically sudden death on the evening of the 17th May. About 7.45 o’clock he went into a tobacconist’s shop near the Majestic Theatre, in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, and purchased some cigars. He was standing at the counter when he fell to the floor apparently in a fit. Dr. S. Mathews, D.M.O., who was summoned to the scene, pronounced life extinct.

One of the old pioneers who blazed the trail in the early days, Mr. Ives was always an enterprising prospector and found many shows in his time. Following on the Hampton Plains boom of 18 months ago, he went south on the same auriferous belt, and crossing Lake Lefroy, located Ives’ Reward. Among the prospecting fraternity, he was much respected for his kindness of heart and was regarded as a staunch friend of all seekers of gold who came in contact with him. It was while starting from Kalgoorlie for Adelaide to discuss matters with the directors that his sudden death occurred. The news on being received in the city came as a great shock to his many friends in the business world. His remains were placed on the express at Kalgoorlie (enclosed in a polished casket) and removed to the city.

The cortege moved from his late residence, 33 Grosvenor Road, North Perth, and proceeded by road to the Anglican Cemetery, Karrakatta, where the remains were laid to rest, the rector of St. Alban’s, the Rev. Dr. Parish, officiating. The pall-bearers were Messrs. A. M. Howe (representing Mines Department), L. R. Butt, S. F. Jeffrey, F. C. Hill, J. G. Jeffrey, L. McKenzie. The chief mourners were Mrs. Florence E. Ives (widow), Mrs. H. Thomas, Miss Hope F. Ives (daughters), Aubrey L., Darcy P., Oliver C., Wilberforce L. Ives (sons).

Grave of Alfred and Florence Ives – Karrakatta Cemetery – Photo Find a Grave

Alfred Ives was the son of Henry IVES and Harriet BROWN and was born in 1865 in Wimbledon, Surry, England. He married Florence Eugenie CHURLEY in 1887 in Adelaide SA. The couple had 9 children, 4 girls, and 5 boys.

Alfred Ives – Prospector and Staunch Friend

Moya Sharp — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 07:57:46 +0000

Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1

New England ‘Mt Vernon”
A Promising Gold Belt
told by Alfred Ives

Daily News – Perth – Monday 23 May 1921, page 4

THE LATE MR. ALFRED IVES

One of the old pioneers who blazed the trail in the early days, Mr. Ives was always an enterprising prospector and found many shows in his time. Following on the Hampton Plains boom of 18 months ago, he went south on the same auriferous belt, and crossing Lake Lefroy, located Ives’ Reward. Among the prospecting fraternity, he was much respected for his kindness of heart and was regarded as a staunch friend of all seekers of gold who came in contact with him. It was while starting from Kalgoorlie for Adelaide to discuss matters with the directors that his sudden death came. The news on being received in the city came as a great shock to his many friends in the business world. His remains were placed on the express at Kalgoorlie (enclosed in a polished casket) and removed to the city.

Alfred Ives was the son of Henry IVES and Harriet BROWN and was born in 1864. In 1887 in North Adelaide SA he married Florence Eugene CHURLEY. The couple had 9 children, 4 girls, and 5 boys.