Name of | Also Known As | Period Worked | OreProduced | Gold Produced | Value of Gold: | Method of | Comments | Section No. in |
Anderson’s Reward | 1933 | 6 t 7 cwt | 2 oz 5 dwt 3 gr | N/A | Open cut 15’ x 10’ | Worked by | 4E | |
Baldina | Baldina Mongolata | 1932-45 | 578 t 16 cwt | 1,369 oz | £5,512-0-11 N£6,022- 15-0 P | 3 main shafts, 30’ 90’, 100’, 2 undelie shafts, main adit 226’ | Many tributers also worked shallow shafts | 23M |
Better ’Ole | 1932 | 1 t 12 cwt | 1 oz 13 dwt | £5-10-11 N£3-12-1 P | N/A | Absorbed into other leases | N/A | |
Black Hills Claims | P. Oates ClaimA. Morrison Claim | 1932-34 | 11 t 5 cwt | 1 oz 3 dwt 11 gr | £4-8-6 N | Open cuts & drives | Yields very poor | 70 |
Burra Mongolata Syndicate | J. Kellaway & Riggs Claim | 1931-33 | 6 t | 1 oz 15 dwt | £6-18-6 N | Adit & several shafts | 18N | |
Byles Mongolata GM Co. | Mongolata GM Syndicate | Main effort 1930-35Minor effort 1945-52 | 3,549 t 17 cwt | 3,938 13 dwt 13 gr | N/A | Extensive, main shaft 341’, main adit at 92’ over 1,000’.Many shafts, drives, adits, crosscuts & stopes | Discovered Henry Byles, worked by Mpngolata GM Syndicate, reformed in 1932 as Byles Mongolata GM Co. | 36W |
Caller Brae | Terry’s Mongolata No. 4 | 1940 | As Terry’s or Mongolata No. 4 1 t 10 cwtCaller Brae 64 t 3 cwt | 6 dwt 13 gr63 oz 0 dwt 21 gr | £241-3-7 N£1-11-1 P | 10’ shaft & adit | Worked by R. Anderson | 36W |
Chalk Cliff Gold Prospecting | 1934 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Cunningham & Baillie | 1933 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Results unsatisfactory | 82 | |
Curlew | 1930-45 & 1950 | 738 t 2 cwt | 1,817 oz 7 dwt 20 gr | £7,424-13-3 N | 2 long adits, 30’ shaft & many drives | H. Morgan made the claim in 1931, worked by Curlew GM Syndicate.1950 results poor | 36W& 23N | |
D. Dillon | 1934 | 1 t 13 cwt | 3 oz 3dwt 10 gr | N/A | N/A | Worked by D. Dillon | N/A | |
Donovan, Wills & McConnell | 1931-32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shallow shafts & adits | 55 | ||
The Dope | 1936-37 | 57 t 1 cwt | 4 oz 4 dwt 22 gr | N/A | N/A | Worked by G. Evans | 98 | |
Duffer | 1938 | 25 t 16 cwt | 11 dwt 10 gr | N/A | N/A | Worked by G. Evans | 105 | |
East View | Rampton’s ClaimPart as Wally’s ClaimPart as Lucky Chance(N of Wally’s Hope) | 1930-4219461955 | 552 t 1 cwt15 t 9 cwtN/A | 573 oz 12 dwt 6 gr29 oz 17 dwt 8 grN/A | ┐£2,240-17-1 N┘£2,057-7-5 PN/A | Open cut, adits of 310’ & 67’ & 90’ shaft with drives & underlie shaft | 1946: Worked by W. Edwards1955: worked by F. Gerlan | 36W |
Feltus’ Claim | 1933-34 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shallow pits & open cut | Assayed up to 6 dwt/ton | 55 | |
Fuss’ Claim | 1931 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Open cut & trenches | Worked by A. Fuss | 91 | |
Gaghen’s Show | 1935 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Several shafts: deepest 30’, & drives | Worked by C. Gaghen & three others | 185 | |
R. Garrard | 1932 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shallow trenches | Worked by R. Garrard for alluvial, but poor results. | 25 | |
Golden Eagle | 1933 | 15 t | 3 oz 9 dwt | N/A | Shaft to 25’ then on underlie | Worked by Trenwith & Lunnay: unpayable | 55 | |
Golden Guinea | 1934 | 50 t | 12 oz 18 dwt 13 gr | N/A | 50’ shaft | Worked by L. & F. Fayers | 55 | |
Golden Harp | As part of Byles Mongolata GM Co. | 1930-33From 1933 for several years | 1 t 3 cwt | 7 oz 11 dwt 2 gr | £29-0-7 N£45-17-0 P | 308’ adit & drive at 130’ | John Baker took the claim Dec. 1930: to Golden Harp GM Co. in 1931: unpayable.1933 to Byles Mongolata GM Co. who found payable gold. | 36W |
Golden Speck | Northern Hope | 19341936 | 3 t 14 cwt5 t 12 cwt | 3 oz 7 dwt2 oz 5 dwt 9 gr | N/AN/A | ShaftsShafts | Dept. map shows these as the same. | 55 |
Good Hope | 1934 | 28 t | 3 oz 3 dwt 15 gr | N/A | N/A | 59 & 60 | ||
Hansel & Mundy | Terry’s ClaimPart reworked as Caller Brae | 1930-361940 | 62 t | 51 oz 7dwt 9 gr | N/A | 58’ shaft with crosscuts & drives | Taken Dec. 1930 by W. Terry.1931 Hansel Mundy worked an option.1932-36 worked on tribute.1940 see under Caller Brae. | 36W |
King Francis | 1936-38 | 7 t | 2 oz 5 dwt 5 gr | N/A | Shaft | Worked by F. Riley for very poor results. | 36W | |
Kooringa | N/A | 5 t 5 cwt | 7 dwt 9 gr | £1-5-6 N | N/A | N/A | ||
F. Lewis | 1931 | No gold found | N/A | 42½’ shaft with E & W drives | Worked by F. Lewis | 36W | ||
Lewis | 1931 | 3 t | 1 oz 5 dwt 12 gr | N/A | Open cut & adit | Worked by Lewis & party. | 23S | |
Mongolata Alluvial | Mongolata No. 1 Alluvial, see alsoMongolata Central | 1932-33 | 15 t 18 cwt5 t | 13 dwt 17 gr2 oz 17 dwt 8 gr | £2-0-9 N£11-1-11 N | Shafts: deepest 187’ with 2 drives & winze | Worked by Mongolata Alluvial GM Co. | 23N |
Mongolata Block 8 | Flaherty, Bevan & Morgan’s Claim | 1930-34 | 72 t 12 cwt | 145 oz 6 dwt 12 gr | £572-3-10 N | Adits & open cuts | Dec. 1930 claim of Flaherty, Bevan & Morgan.1931 to Mongolata Block 8 GM Co.1934 let on tribute.Liquidated & acquired by Byles Mongolata. | 36W |
Mongolata Central | Mongolata No. 1 Alluvial | 1933-37 | 40 t 16 cwt | 7 oz 12 dwt 1 gr | £27-17-9 N£6-12-5 P | 100’ shaft, adit, winze & drives etc. | Mongolata Central GM Syndicate did much unsuccessful exploration. Relationship with Mongolata No. 1 Alluvial unclear from notes. | 23N |
Mongolata No. 3 | 1931 for several years | 29 t 5 cwt | 56 oz 18 dwt 1 gr | N/A | 70’ shaft with stopes | Worked by K. & N. James | 36W | |
Mongolata No. 6 | Johnston’s Claim | 1931, abandoned by 1932 | 1 t 9 cwt | 1 oz 1 dwt 12 gr | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Mongolata North | Reynold’s Claim | 1933 | 62 t | 15 oz 18 dwt 13 gr | N/A | Adit | Worked by Reynolds: unpayable. | 36W |
Mongolata South | D. Dunning’s Claim | 1934-351942 | 3 t | 1 oz 5 dwt 12 gr | N/A | 40’ shaft with drives & crosscuts: short adits | A group of 6 claims by W. Pexton.South-east corner reworked by G. Dunning | 23S |
A. Moore | 1931 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Underlie shaft | Values low & erratic | 82 | |
Mt Blanche | 1936 | 27 t 18 cwt | 12 oz 14 dwt 17 gr | N/A | Shaft | Worked by Mt Blanche GM Syndicate | 76 | |
Mt Edith | 1931-32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shaft | 1931 worked by A. McCallum1932 worked by J.H. HiddleAlso by Mt Edith GM Syndicate for poor results | 76 | |
NewEnterprise | 1933-34 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Adit with winze, shaft & shallow pits | 1933 worked by J. Broadbent1934 worked by New Enterprise GM SyndicateResults uneconomic. | 83 | |
Newicke Ck | 1936 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Name applied to a group of unsuccessful claims: e.g. see The Duffer & Par Lap | 137, 105, 100 | |
North Star | 1936 | 67 t 7 cwt | 10 oz 10 dwt 8 gr | N/A | N/A | 53W | ||
Orinda | J.H. Schwier’s Claim | 1931 | N/A | Section 55 option assayed at 3 dwt/ton & 1.4% copper | N/A | 16’ adit & costeen pits | Orinda Gm held an option over J.H. Schwier’s claim west of Byles’ on 36W and over part Section 55.Byles Mongolata took over the former. | 36W55 |
Par Lap | 1938-391946 | 5t | 10 dwt 9 gr | N/A | N/A | 1938-39 worked by G. Evans | 137 | |
Pinaroo Syndicate | 1933-34 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2 shafts: 2 adits | Traces of gold in thin veins only | 18N | |
Poverty Point | 1941-42 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | On site of previous operations | N/A | |
Price’s Claim | 1933 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15’ adit | Worked by J.R. Price with poor results | 42 | |
G. Reid | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shallow pits | Worked by G.A. Reid with poor results | 41, 42 | |
Retriever | 1935 | 48 t | 6 oz 14 dwt 15 gr | N/A | Many short adits & shafts | Considerable work for poor yields | 55 | |
Rising Sun | 1932 | N/A | A small amount | N/A | Adit & shaft | 1932 taken up by E.J. Harris & soon acquired by Byles Mongolata who developed it | 36W | |
Rosewall’s Claim | 1934-35 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40’ Adit | Worked by J.A. Rosewall for very low gold values | 55 | |
Salter & Hogan’s | Iron Battler | 1931-32 | 2 t 15 cwt | 6 oz 7 dwt 10 gr | N/A | Shallow shafts & trenches | Some good specimens, but no regular vein found | 36W |
Salter’s Claim | 1933 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Open cut | Worked by H. Slater for no results | 42 | |
Scammell’s Alluvial | 1934-35 | 25 t | 7 dwt 3 gr | N/A | 187’ shaft | Worked by Scammell’s Alluvial GM Co. | 36E & 35 | |
Seaton & Gregory | 1932-33 | 75 t | 6 oz 16 dwt 12 gr | N/A | 128’ shaft | Seaton & Gregory worked for alluvial, but results were poor | 63 | |
Section 30 | 1934 | 3 t 1 cwt | 2 oz 7 dwt 3 gr | N/A | Shallow workings | Several prospectors worked claims on section 30 in 1934 | 30 | |
Section 55 | N/A | 5t 4 cwt | 2 oz 12 dwt 12 gr | £9-13-7 N | N/A | 55 | ||
Shipway & Evans | 1931-36 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20’ shaft, open cut with drive | Small low grade veins | 82 | |
Takati | From 1932, but irregular after 1936 | 1,017 t 2 cwt | 2,714 oz 4 dwt 19 gr | £10,834-9-0 N£1,147-11-8 P | 80’ shaft, winze 50’ at bottom, other shafts crosscuts, drives etc. | Pexton Bros took up the claim.Pexton’s Takati GM Co. was floated in 1933.Results good till 1936 then poor | 23N & 23S | |
Threadgold’s Claim | Takati South | 1930-35 | 25 t | 1 0z 9 dwt 19 gr | N/A | Short adit, shallow pits, 30’ underlie shaft | Threadgold’s was a 1 acre claim on part of a closed road worked by Alfred Threadgold: unpayable.When called Takati South the map places it at a different location! | 18N23M |
Wildildie | 1933-37 | 291 t 15 cwt | 162 oz 3 dwt 2 gr | N/A | Many shafts adits & drives | Values poor after an early rich patch | 23NM & 23N | |
G. Williams | 1934 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Small shaft | Unpayable | 83 | |
Wiltshire’s Claim | 1936 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Shallow workings | Area north of Mongolata North Mine: worked by Wiltshire & a mate: values low | 36 |
Note:
N/A in
the above table means that in our initial search the information was not found:
it may or may not be available elsewhere.
Other Mongolata Claims.
It will be noted that in the tables above it suggests that not all the claims are identified by name.The Section 30 claims, the Black Hills Claims and the Newicke Creek Claims are examples where groups of prospectors are not differentiated.A Department of Mines & Energy map of Mongolata Goldfield dated 28 November 1978identifies and locates the above mines and claims and in addition shows the following claims.
Name of Claim |
Section Number inHundred of Mongolata |
Comment |
E. Bywaters | 74 | |
D. Evans | 108 | |
G. Evans | 137 | See also, The Dope, The Duffer & Par Lap |
P. Flaherty | 36W | Same Flaherty as Block 8? |
Gordon & Fuss | Boundary 90 & 91 | |
G. Hambour | 26W | |
H. James | 36W | |
T. Lunnay | 36W | Same Lunnay as Golden Eagle? |
A. Marshall | 36W | |
P. Oates | 55 | See Black Hills Claims |
Reid’s Claim | 23N | |
Riley & Reynold’s Claim | 36W | Immediately west of King Francis worked by F. Riley & see Mongolata North for Reynold. |
H. Shipway | 83 | See also Shipway & Evans |
J. Smith | 36W | |
Winkley & Evans | 82 or perhaps 157 | Map unclear & which Evans is not stated. |