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Castlemaine. Population 11,400.
Alluvial gold was discovered here in September 1851 with many more finds in the wider district. It became known as the Mt Alexander goldfields and the alluvial gold here attracted many Chinese diggers and settlers from other colonies like South Australia because aspiring farmers could walk here, pan for gold for a few months, make a small find and then return to their home districts to buy land. The township of Castlemaine was surveyed and named in 1852 after Viscount Castlemaine of Ireland. As Victoria was still part of NSW until July 1851 it was probably named by the new Lieutenant Governor of Victoria Charles Latrobe. By the end of 1851 some 8,000 people were in the Castlemaine area. The Gold Commissioner set up his regional barracks or camp along Forest Creek at Castlemaine in early 1852 by which time Castlemaine had around 25,000 diggers and camp followers. The town was surveyed and land sold in 1852 and by the end of that year Castlemaine’s population was greater than that of Melbourne! The town was well established with fine buildings by the 1860s because of its ongoing wealth from the goldfields. As the alluvial gold petered out and shaft mining by small companies began the population of Castlemaine settled at around 7,000 people by the early 1870s and it is still near that today. Most gold mining also ceased around 1871.

Perhaps the most striking of all early buildings in Castlemaine is the produce Market designed by William Downe in 1861 and completed by 1862. Located at 44 Mostyn Street. His classical design is based on ideas of Sir Christopher Wren with twin cupola topped side or Palladian wings and a central market section with a triangular pediment. It has a rounded entrance doorway and Roman Doric columns supporting the portico. The building is dedicated to Ceres the Roman God of harvest and it is now the local Information Centre rather than a market of shops and stalls. It is one of the few colonial market buildings left in Australia. Beyond the Info Centre turn right into Midland Highway. The impressive Castlemaine Post Office was built in 1874 replacing an earlier Post Office erected in 1857. Located at 202 Midland Highway. The nearby Courthouse was completed in 1879 but the first courthouse was part of the Gold Commissioner’s Camp along Forest Creek. Also near the Post Office is the Mechanics Institute erected in 1857 as the first library and institute building in the Mt Alexander goldfields region. It has been added to over the years between 1862 and 1893. Next to the Institute is the old sandstone Telegraph station from 1857. Turn around and return to the Post office and turn left into Lyttleton Street. A little way along is the dominant Town Hall. This grand edifice in the Federation Queen Anne style was built in 1898. Next to the Town Hall is the School of Mines built in a complementary classical Italianate style. It was built in 1889 to the design of William Vahland the architect from Bendigo but additions in the 1920s destroyed the original symmetrical appearance. Opposite the Town Hall is a commercial building outstanding for its architecture and that is the former Imperial Hotel. It was built in French Renaissance style with attic windows, wrought iron lacework and a veranda. It was erected in 1861. Although it closed as a licensed hotel in 1968 it still operates as an accommodation centre. Its wrought iron work is an early example of this lacework. Everywhere in central Castlemaine and impressive and interesting commercial and public buildings from the gold era. High on a hill overlooking the town is the Burke and Wills Monument commemorating the ill-fated expedition across Australia of Captain Robert Burke and William Wills. Burke had resided at Castlemaine as Police Superintendent so the town wanted to commemorate this. The obelisk and surrounds was completed in 1863 just two years after the expedition left Melbourne with high hopes and much pageantry. It celebrates the first white crossing of Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. At the opposite end of Lyttleton Street across the Midland Highway and two delight churches at nos 6 and 11. The Congregational Church was built in 1861 in front of an earlier 1855 Congregational Church which is still used as the church hall. This magnificent Gothic structure has a façade with unique decoration and embellishments. It became the Presbyterian Church in 1984. Opposite it is the former Wesleyan Methodist Church on the highest point in central Castlemaine. It was built in 1894 and the foundation stone was laid by the Victorian Premier of the day.

Castlemaine. Population 11,400.
Alluvial gold was discovered here in September 1851 with many more finds in the wider district. It became known as the Mt Alexander goldfields and the alluvial gold here attracted many Chinese diggers and settlers from other colonies like South Australia because aspiring farmers could walk here, pan for gold for a few months, make a small find and then return to their home districts to buy land. The township of Castlemaine was surveyed and named in 1852 after Viscount Castlemaine of Ireland. As Victoria was still part of NSW until July 1851 it was probably named by the new Lieutenant Governor of Victoria Charles Latrobe. By the end of 1851 some 8,000 people were in the Castlemaine area. The Gold Commissioner set up his regional barracks or camp along Forest Creek at Castlemaine in early 1852 by which time Castlemaine had around 25,000 diggers and camp followers. The town was surveyed and land sold in 1852 and by the end of that year Castlemaine’s population was greater than that of Melbourne! The town was well established with fine buildings by the 1860s because of its ongoing wealth from the goldfields. As the alluvial gold petered out and shaft mining by small companies began the population of Castlemaine settled at around 7,000 people by the early 1870s and it is still near that today. Most gold mining also ceased around 1871.

Perhaps the most striking of all early buildings in Castlemaine is the produce Market designed by William Downe in 1861 and completed by 1862. Located at 44 Mostyn Street. His classical design is based on ideas of Sir Christopher Wren with twin cupola topped side or Palladian wings and a central market section with a triangular pediment. It has a rounded entrance doorway and Roman Doric columns supporting the portico. The building is dedicated to Ceres the Roman God of harvest and it is now the local Information Centre rather than a market of shops and stalls. It is one of the few colonial market buildings left in Australia. Beyond the Info Centre turn right into Midland Highway. The impressive Castlemaine Post Office was built in 1874 replacing an earlier Post Office erected in 1857. Located at 202 Midland Highway. The nearby Courthouse was completed in 1879 but the first courthouse was part of the Gold Commissioner’s Camp along Forest Creek. Also near the Post Office is the Mechanics Institute erected in 1857 as the first library and institute building in the Mt Alexander goldfields region. It has been added to over the years between 1862 and 1893. Next to the Institute is the old sandstone Telegraph station from 1857. Turn around and return to the Post office and turn left into Lyttleton Street. A little way along is the dominant Town Hall. This grand edifice in the Federation Queen Anne style was built in 1898. Next to the Town Hall is the School of Mines built in a complementary classical Italianate style. It was built in 1889 to the design of William Vahland the architect from Bendigo but additions in the 1920s destroyed the original symmetrical appearance. Opposite the Town Hall is a commercial building outstanding for its architecture and that is the former Imperial Hotel. It was built in French Renaissance style with attic windows, wrought iron lacework and a veranda. It was erected in 1861. Although it closed as a licensed hotel in 1968 it still operates as an accommodation centre. Its wrought iron work is an early example of this lacework. Everywhere in central Castlemaine and impressive and interesting commercial and public buildings from the gold era. High on a hill overlooking the town is the Burke and Wills Monument commemorating the ill-fated expedition across Australia of Captain Robert Burke and William Wills. Burke had resided at Castlemaine as Police Superintendent so the town wanted to commemorate this. The obelisk and surrounds was completed in 1863 just two years after the expedition left Melbourne with high hopes and much pageantry. It celebrates the first white crossing of Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. At the opposite end of Lyttleton Street across the Midland Highway and two delight churches at nos 6 and 11. The Congregational Church was built in 1861 in front of an earlier 1855 Congregational Church which is still used as the church hall. This magnificent Gothic structure has a façade with unique decoration and embellishments. It became the Presbyterian Church in 1984. Opposite it is the former Wesleyan Methodist Church on the highest point in central Castlemaine. It was built in 1894 and the foundation stone was laid by the Victorian Premier of the day.

Kerang. Population. 3,700.
This region of lakes and swamps was first sighted by Europeans when Major Thomas Mitchell explored here in 1836. The first white settlement in the Kerang area was the Loddon/Pine Hills pastoral run (1845). When it was acquired by Archibald Campbell in 1855 it is thought that Campbell named the rise on which Kerang is situated Mount Kerang. The word is derived from an Aboriginal word, variously recorded as meaning moon or an edible root vegetable. The current town was sited near the Loddon River which rises in the Great Dividing Range. The Loddon River has its confluence with the River Murray just north of Kerang and nearer Swan Hill. Settlement at Kerang began with the Loddon Inn (1848) and a nearby store the year after. The township was gazetted in 1861. (The district’s area was 10,490 sq. miles and it had 43 ratepayers). When the road district became Swan Hill shire in 1871 Kerang was made the administrative centre and continued in that role until new shires were created by severance. By the mid-1870s Kerang had a Post Office (1862), a police station and Courthouse, a Government Lands Office (1874), a shire hall (1873), Anglican and Methodist churches, a school (1873), hotels, stores and the Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (1876). There had also been an experimental farm irrigation project (1863), probably the first such project in Victoria. A Mechanics’ Institute opened in 1880 and the railway was extended to Kerang in 1884. A further extension to Swan Hill occurred in 1890 and a tramway was built from Kerang to Koondrook in 1889. By 1903 there was considerable private irrigation around Kerang and the town started to boom.

Between 1900 and 1920 Kerang’s population nearly doubled to over 2,000 people. A high school opened in 1919. Population growth continued steadily peaking in the 1960s at over 4,100. Today the town centre has several heritage buildings from the early 20th century of architectural note. They include the Courthouse built in 1912 in Edwardian style with terracotta tiled roof. It completes a beautiful streetscape with the Post Office and Municipal Chambers all in a row. The Post Office was built in 1886 in a simple Italianate style. The Municipal Chambers were built in 1926 in a classical style with Greek pillars as a War Memorial Hall. Nearby is St Andrews Presbyterian Church (1892) with its unusual wooden belfry and spire and chequerboard pattern above the Gothic window. The old state primary school opened around 1875 but burnt down in 1883. The Edwardian style school with half hipped roof lines replaced it after 1883. More rooms were added in 1907.

Castlemaine. Population 11,400.
Alluvial gold was discovered here in September 1851 with many more finds in the wider district. It became known as the Mt Alexander goldfields and the alluvial gold here attracted many Chinese diggers and settlers from other colonies like South Australia because aspiring farmers could walk here, pan for gold for a few months, make a small find and then return to their home districts to buy land. The township of Castlemaine was surveyed and named in 1852 after Viscount Castlemaine of Ireland. As Victoria was still part of NSW until July 1851 it was probably named by the new Lieutenant Governor of Victoria Charles Latrobe. By the end of 1851 some 8,000 people were in the Castlemaine area. The Gold Commissioner set up his regional barracks or camp along Forest Creek at Castlemaine in early 1852 by which time Castlemaine had around 25,000 diggers and camp followers. The town was surveyed and land sold in 1852 and by the end of that year Castlemaine’s population was greater than that of Melbourne! The town was well established with fine buildings by the 1860s because of its ongoing wealth from the goldfields. As the alluvial gold petered out and shaft mining by small companies began the population of Castlemaine settled at around 7,000 people by the early 1870s and it is still near that today. Most gold mining also ceased around 1871.

Perhaps the most striking of all early buildings in Castlemaine is the produce Market designed by William Downe in 1861 and completed by 1862. Located at 44 Mostyn Street. His classical design is based on ideas of Sir Christopher Wren with twin cupola topped side or Palladian wings and a central market section with a triangular pediment. It has a rounded entrance doorway and Roman Doric columns supporting the portico. The building is dedicated to Ceres the Roman God of harvest and it is now the local Information Centre rather than a market of shops and stalls. It is one of the few colonial market buildings left in Australia. Beyond the Info Centre turn right into Midland Highway. The impressive Castlemaine Post Office was built in 1874 replacing an earlier Post Office erected in 1857. Located at 202 Midland Highway. The nearby Courthouse was completed in 1879 but the first courthouse was part of the Gold Commissioner’s Camp along Forest Creek. Also near the Post Office is the Mechanics Institute erected in 1857 as the first library and institute building in the Mt Alexander goldfields region. It has been added to over the years between 1862 and 1893. Next to the Institute is the old sandstone Telegraph station from 1857. Turn around and return to the Post office and turn left into Lyttleton Street. A little way along is the dominant Town Hall. This grand edifice in the Federation Queen Anne style was built in 1898. Next to the Town Hall is the School of Mines built in a complementary classical Italianate style. It was built in 1889 to the design of William Vahland the architect from Bendigo but additions in the 1920s destroyed the original symmetrical appearance. Opposite the Town Hall is a commercial building outstanding for its architecture and that is the former Imperial Hotel. It was built in French Renaissance style with attic windows, wrought iron lacework and a veranda. It was erected in 1861. Although it closed as a licensed hotel in 1968 it still operates as an accommodation centre. Its wrought iron work is an early example of this lacework. Everywhere in central Castlemaine and impressive and interesting commercial and public buildings from the gold era. High on a hill overlooking the town is the Burke and Wills Monument commemorating the ill-fated expedition across Australia of Captain Robert Burke and William Wills. Burke had resided at Castlemaine as Police Superintendent so the town wanted to commemorate this. The obelisk and surrounds was completed in 1863 just two years after the expedition left Melbourne with high hopes and much pageantry. It celebrates the first white crossing of Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. At the opposite end of Lyttleton Street across the Midland Highway and two delight churches at nos 6 and 11. The Congregational Church was built in 1861 in front of an earlier 1855 Congregational Church which is still used as the church hall. This magnificent Gothic structure has a façade with unique decoration and embellishments. It became the Presbyterian Church in 1984. Opposite it is the former Wesleyan Methodist Church on the highest point in central Castlemaine. It was built in 1894 and the foundation stone was laid by the Victorian Premier of the day.

Tres especies símbolo de Chile están desapareciendo. La minería, lejos de ser neutra, transforma el paisaje y rompe el equilibrio que sostiene la vida en la región andina y costera.
#medioambiente #faunachilena #minería #fotodenuncia

Gold was discovered in Oldham, northeast of Halifax airport, in 1861 by Edward Horne and Samuel Isner. The pair had noticed a large quartz boulder in the woods on hunting trips. They saw gold in it and triggered a local gold rush that resulted in Oldham gold mines being some of the most productive in Nova Scotia. The area was mined from 1862-1946 and produced a total of 85,178 ounces of gold. LINK - notyourgrandfathersmining.ca/oldham-gold-district

H. N. Reeves
Typical NS Prospector
Apex of Anticline
Black Brook, Oldham, Nova Scotia

Port and Province, October 1944 also published this image of a real Nova Scotian prospector, handling actual Nova Scotia gold. The subject of the photograph is the late Henry N. Reeves, gold-miner, prospector and tributor, of Oldham, Nova Scotia. When this picture was taken, on 7 September 1912, Mr. Reeves was seated on the apex of Black Brook anticline, in the Oldham district, on which he had been prospecting. Mr. Reeves exemplified much of the romance of the history of Nova Scotia and of the province's gold-mining industry. Born and raised near Dartmouth, he was a great-grandson of one of Col. Edward Cornwallis's colonizing party that founded Halifax in 1749. At the age of sixteen he went to Boston to learn the trade of cabinet-making. Substituting for his drafted married brother, he fought in the Union Army in the last year of the Civil War, returned to Nova Scotia in 1866 when the gold fever was at its height, and spent the remainder of his life in pursuit of the elusive precious metal with varying success, chiefly in and around Renfrew, Enfield and Oldham. He died in 1927 at the age of 87." - LINK - archives.novascotia.ca/meninmines/archives/?ID=304

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline. A typical anticline is convex up in which the hinge or crest is the location where the curvature is greatest, and the limbs are the sides of the fold that dip away from the hinge. Anticlines can be recognized and differentiated from antiforms by a sequence of rock layers that become progressively older toward the center of the fold. Therefore, if age relationships between various rock strata are unknown, the term antiform should be used.

Henry N. Reeves
(b. 21 June 1834 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia – d. 16 February 1922 at age 87 in Oldham, Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

Spouse1: Harriet Newell Hanson (Wheeler), m. 17 Feb 1866, Renfrew, East Hants, Hants, Nova Scotia

Children of Henry N. Reeves:
John Reeves, b. c. 1862

Children of Henry N. Reeves and Harriett N Hanson:
Frank Henry Reeves, b. 29 Nov 1872

John Reeves, age 8 is listed with them in the 1870 census. It states his mother was of foreign birth. LINK - thereevesproject.org/data/tiki-index.php?page=Reeves_Henr...

Edward Whidden and Henry N. Reeves found gold in Oldham, but their children found love! Gold was discovered in Oldham, northeast of Halifax airport, in 1861 by Edward Horne and Samuel Isner. The pair had noticed a large quartz boulder in the woods on hunting trips. They saw gold in it and triggered a local gold rush that resulted in Oldham gold mines being some of the most productive in Nova Scotia (notyourgrandfathersmining.ca/oldham-gold-district). Whidden and Reeves were gold miners who worked in Oldham and other historical Nova Scotia gold districts in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They both often worked as tributers - miners who leased mines from their owners and worked them. A 1903 memo written for the Oldham Sterling Gold Company, which controlled the Oldham mine (aka Sterling property) at that time, included Whidden’s thoughts on the area’s potential. Whidden had been hired as the company’s underground foreman after being, according to the memo, “the only one who has been allowed to tribute on the Sterling property for many years past.” LINK to the complete article - notyourgrandfathersmining.ca/love-and-gold

Homestake Mining Company's hydroelectric plant on Spearfish Creek, deep within the steep confines of Spearfish Canyon south of Spearfish, South Dakota, was the second hydroelectric power generation plant built to supply growing demand for electricty after the turn of the 20th century. The Homestake Mine in Lead (leed), SD was the company's first, mining gold until 2002. Their first hydroelectric plant was built in 1910 and is now owned by the city of Spearfish, generating power to this day. This particular plant, #2, was built in 1917 but rockslides damaged the water supply conduit in 1947 and its operation was ceased. The property and building were ultimately sold to SD Game, Fish & Parks.

While it was relatively warm on this brief trip into Spearfish Canyon, there was still a lot of snow remaining from previous storms this winter. I always seem to end up in the canyon when there's snow on the ground but that may be a result of dodging the tourist season, as well. My last visit and first images of this building were back in April 2016, so I was glad to have caught the late light for a few compositions after so many years. (2-27-2025)

The Agnico Eagle Timmins Office located in Timmins in the Township of Tisdale in the City of Timmins in Northeastern Ontario Canada

Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company, producing precious metals from operations in Canada, Australia, Finland and Mexico. It has a pipeline of high-quality exploration and development projects in these countries as well as in the United States and Columbia. Agnico Eagle is a partner of choice within the mining industry, recognized globally for its leading environmental, social and governance practices. The Company was founded in 1957 and has consistency created value for its shareholders, declaring a cash dividend every year since 1983. Source: The Chamber

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Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Adelong. Population 850.
Leasehold pastoral runs were taken up in these region from around 1840. The Adelong station ran from Batlow to Adelong and was taken out by Thomas Bardwell in 1843. He named his station with an Aboriginal word meaning “along the way”. A relative of explorer Alexander Hamilton also had a run here of 50,000 acres in 1837. By 1847 there were eight major runs in the district. The peace of the pastoral industry changed in 1857 when a gold reef was found by William Williams in the Creek on Adelong. The gold rush started later in 1857. A tent town sprang up and diggers tried their luck. Gold was escorted by police up to Sydney once a week to protect it from bushrangers. Camp Street became a hive of activity. In 1858 two partners launched the Adelong Mining Journal newspaper and the bank of NSW opened a branch in the emerging town of Adelong. It was replaced with a grand Bank in 1882. A hotel and general store had already opened in the town by 1858. By 1859 Adelong’s population reached 20,000 people, mostly men, and a good proportion of them being Chinese miners (about 3,000). One businessman ran a general store, a butchery and a sawmill – all needed on a gold field but his store was just one of five operating then. Six hotels were also licensed for Adelong by 1859. The first private school also opened in 1859 followed by a government school in 1860. A later government school as erected in 1878. In 1860 William Ritchie erected the first crushing plant and ore crushing works at the Adelong gold fields. But growth slowed in 1860 as most miners moved to the new goldfield at Kiandra high up in the Snowy Mountains. The first church to open in Adelong was the Wesleyan Methodist built in 1866 but the church still standing on that site was built later in 1886 at 49 Lockhart St. St James Catholic Church was built in 1868 in Wyndham St. and the stone Anglican St Pauls opened shortly afterwards in 1872 in Neill St. St Andrews Presbyterian Church at 81 Lockhart St. opened in 1878. The third Post Office in red brick was built in Adelong in the 1890s. The Catholic Sisters of St Joseph built a convent 1886 and ran a Catholic School which had new buildings in 1906. The town’s Courthouse and Police Station were built in 1874.

The gold mine was the impetus for the establishment of Adelong but it did not last forever as an incredibly rich mine but it did last for decades. In the first two years the two main reefs reduced 60,000 ounces of gold worth a considerable sum of money. William Williams found new reef in 1871 called the Old Hill mine and from 1871 to 1873 he produced 5,849 ounces of gold. As the gold became harder to locate 14 crushing plants were established in the valley. Surface gold was finished but deep veins were still producing gold. Around 9 companies were operating in the goldfields in the early 1870s. By 1872 companies were wanting to buy mine sites. Williams, who had bought a mine for £46,000 soon sold it on for £75,000. The mines were still successful and in 1876 Adelong district mines produced 16,432 ounces of gold. Mining continued for some years but in 1899 one mine reported just 1,362 ounces of gold for 23,000 tons of ore crushed. In 1914 when it closed there were still 240 men employed in underground shafts and others above ground in the ore crushing plants at the Reef gold battery and crushing mill. Most mines in the district closed around 1910. Today the site is heritage sited.

In the Main street is the Apex Park, Beaufort House bed and breakfast built c1929, The Adelong Alive Museum in the old CWA rooms, the Art Deco style Adelonia Theatre built before 1890 modernised in the 1930s, the Post Office, The Middle Hotel, shops, the quaint Adelong Services Club next to the War Memorial, and directly opposite it the former Bank of NSW built in 1882 but the first branch opened in 1859, and the Royal Hotel. A short way up Campbell St is the weatherboard 1874 built Police station and Court room.

Late afternoon sun plays with the leaf color of the waning cottonwood trees, while in the foreground shadows, dried grasses cover gravel and cobble tailings that were mined over a century ago, all this in the nearby Sailor Bar County Park, part of the American River Parkway from Folsom Dam to the confluence of the Sacramento River..