Latitude: 35°37'21"S
Longitude: 138°9'17"E
A silver-lead mine located 4.75 km East of Cape Jervis and 25 km SW of Normanville.
The Talisker Mine opened in June, 1862, during the following few years (until 1890) several other interests were opened in the immediate vicinity, these are all now part of the Talisker Conservation Park and are included as one mine for most publications.
All were Silver lead mines except Cooalinga Creek Gold Diggings, which has no recorded figures for Gold returns. Campbell’s Creek also returned small amounts of Copper mineralisation along with the Silver-Lead content, which was the smallest amount of the four Silver-Lead mines. In 1899 Campbell’s creek became a part of the Talisker Mines. In 1890 both the Talisker Blocks and Talisker Extended were opened and worked for a short time. Work ceased on the mines in 1891. Several small companies attempted mining here up until 1935, when all mining ceased. Records show an estimated 4 ½ tons of Silver was produced between 1868 and 1935.
The area became a Conservation Park in 1976.
Today there are marked trails and signage to show visitors how they mined here during the late 1800’s.
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References
Record of Mines Summary Card No: 3, 5, 16, 17 & 18
Noble R.J, Just J, Johnson J. E. (1983), Catalogue of South Australian Minerals - 1983, Government Printer, South Australia.
Brown H.Y.L, (1908), Record of Mines of South Australia, Government Printer, South Australia, 4ed.
Drexel, JF, (1982), Mining in South Australia: a pictorial history , South Australian Dept. of Mines & Energy, Adelaide.
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