Eucalyptus gold area, Yundamindera Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
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Eucalyptus gold area | Area |
Yundamindera Goldfield | Ore Field |
Leonora Shire | Shire |
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29° 11' 25'' South , 122° 9' 51'' East
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Eucalyptus is half way between the old Yundamindera townsite (battery site) and Linden. It is approximately 25 kilometres south-east of Yundamindera, where the road takes a sharp bend, and there is a pull-out on the north side of the road. The Eucalyptus alluvial area is about 500 metres to the north. Faint tracks pick their way through the scrub to the site.
The area was discovered in 1895, and proved to be one of the strongest alluvial fields in Western Australia. It is sited on flats surrounded by low ridges. No large nuggets were found, being mainly many tiny nuggets. It has always remained an alluvial field, with some lodes and small patches, mostly in schist and mullocky leaders.
It led to a huge goldrush to the spot. Subsequently some shafts were sunk between 20 to 50 feet. There was some crushings but no large reefs were ever found to account for the gold. One prospector reported that he obtained 1119 ounces of gold by dollying 7 tonnes of ore. Most of the gold found remained unreported.
Prospectors were making a living from alluvial drying blowing at the site until the Great War years. Subsequent decades saw prospectors trying their luck until very recent times. While some shafts remain, someone has gone in with a bulldozer and cleared the site, the object being to get down to lower levels to metal detect. Being near the road, makes it susceptible to this, the clearing probably illegally done.
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ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Reference: Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1939), A Prospecting Trip to the Linden District, 18/12/1939 |
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Kalgoorlie Western Argus newspaper (1912) The Linden District, 27/08/1912.
Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper (1939) A Prospecting Trip to the Linden District, 18/12/1939.
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Eucalyptus gold area, Yundamindera Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australia