A copper mine, located approximately 5.5 miles E.N.E. from the Yudnamutana Mine. The locality is relatively near to Mt Painter.
Mining commenced around early 1870s.
Named after Sir Dominick Daley - former governor of SA. (1862 - 1868) - he had also been governor of Prince Edward Island Canada (1854 - 1859).
His nephew Dominick Daley was a government surveyor.
The mine names in brackets would appear to be simply mispelled names and not official names for the mine.
Ref: Record of the Mines of South Australia, H.Y.L. Brown, Government Geologist, published by the South Australia Government Printer 1908, 4th edition p 126. (reprinted in 1985)
Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 11: 73-76.
It should be noted that the Catalogue of South Australian Minerals - 1983 refers to the mine as "Sir Dominic Mine".
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Map Reference: 30°9'18"S , 139°20'39"E
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