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Warwick Qld. information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Hairyman" data-source="post: 669842" data-attributes="member: 3729"><p>My great grand father invested in and worked a goldmine at BIGHILL at Warwick until the 1910's but it's now a private small rural property. If you search TROVE newspapers there are lots of references to the mine which had shareholders. The surface discovery seems to have been very rich gold in limonite, like in ounces per shovel full but it only seems to have been a small producer as they sank the shafts. An epithermal vein deposit if I read it correctly. The mine consumed all his money which is a salient lesson for those who catch gold fever. </p><p>I am sure there will be some sort of elluvial or alluvial placer deposits that eroded from the Bighill reefs over eons.</p><p></p><p>I have an article I wrote on the mine(s):</p><p></p><p>Hope it helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hairyman, post: 669842, member: 3729"] My great grand father invested in and worked a goldmine at BIGHILL at Warwick until the 1910's but it's now a private small rural property. If you search TROVE newspapers there are lots of references to the mine which had shareholders. The surface discovery seems to have been very rich gold in limonite, like in ounces per shovel full but it only seems to have been a small producer as they sank the shafts. An epithermal vein deposit if I read it correctly. The mine consumed all his money which is a salient lesson for those who catch gold fever. I am sure there will be some sort of elluvial or alluvial placer deposits that eroded from the Bighill reefs over eons. I have an article I wrote on the mine(s): Hope it helps. [/QUOTE]
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