Wa Historic Goldfields Photo's - Got Any ??

Here are a few old photo's from around the WA fields in the old days, feel free to add some.

Dry Shaking on the East Murchison field



Dry Blowing on Coolgardie field



13 yr old lad Dry Blowing on the Kalgoorlie field



Guarding Retorted gold at the Mertons Reward Mine nth/east of Leonora



Dry Shaking on Coolgardie Field



Testing a Dish (Unknown Area)

love the 4th picture down with the bloe holding a gun.
cheers
stoppsy

Still good gold to be had out Mertondale way to Stoppsy, bring ya 18" mate

dam i wish i was going over this year. i have the money to go but my mate hasn't raly worked out were and when, so it hasn't left me anytime to work out with the wife when to take her holidays. she has given me the okay to go for a month wich is good.
cheers
stoppsy

He`s holding a Broom Handle Mauser.....a semi automatic pistol. Not your usual prospector revolver.

awesome photos,

it is funny how people today whinge how their coils are to heavy for the few hours that they swing, yet back then they used to move mountains with a pick and shovel, how many 13 year olds today would shovel all day for a bit of gold.

Great photos there.
My 2 boys would shovel 24 hours if that is a game on X box.

A few more of life in Kalgoorlie.

The Golden Mile 1904


Mine Ponies (big ponies) Early 1900's


Rock Drill 1902


Sweeping. They say he was sweeping into his pan.


Hannan Street looking West 1950's. Two top pubs on the left at the intersection, the Exchange & and the Palace.

A few more of life in Coolgardie.

Nurses Quarters 1898

Afghans 1898

Afghan Funeral 1897

Bayleys Reward Mine 1897, now just a big hole

Burning McCann. Apparently he lied about a find at lake cowan and the men didn't find it funny when they found no gold there.

This is what ya looking for. Found near Coolgardie in 1901. On the left 50oz & and on the right is the Coolgardie Nugget 145oz.

Funny thing about McCanns story is, we now have the "Treasure Island" multi million dollar
find on lake Cowan and it was right under every bodies noses, maybe that was what he
found but got bushed and couldnt re locate it ?


Pete :.8:

Hannan Street looking West 1950's. Two top pubs on the left at the intersection, the Exchange & and the Palace.

Cliff, life must have been pretty good then judging by the amount of new or near-new cars in the shot

Robert