The following is a list of mines and their locations in 1872.
The list is taken from 2 maps which have been combined to produce a composite map of the area.(Geological Survey of New South Wales and Harper, L. F. (Leslie Frank), Plan of original claims at Hawkins Hill. Geological Survey of New South Wales, Dept. of Mineral Resources and Development, [Sydney]. & Coates, J. J and Worth, Charles Continuation map shewing [sic] the positions of the principal claims on and south of Hawkins Hill. 1872. )
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Plan of claims on Hawkins Hill 1872 (grid lines yet to be inserted – in the meantime imagine the map to be divided into 5 equal columns A – E and 21 equal rows 1 – 21)
LIST OF ORIGINAL CLAIMS ON HAWKINS HILL |
|
Name of Claim (list includes some Battery & Hotel names) |
Grid Reference
|
| Aboriginal | D20 |
| Achilles | C11 |
| Ackermann | D23 |
| Adams | D19 |
| Advance Australia | E14 |
| Age of Progress | F14 |
| Albion | C21 |
| Albion | C11 |
| All Nations | C 5 |
| Alma | D20 |
| Araluen Star | B14 |
| Armstrong | C 8 |
| Ashburn | D14 |
| Australian Wonder | C13 |
| Ballarat & Sydney | B 9 |
| Balmain | E 8 |
| Bang Bang | D 8 |
| Bang Bang New Lease | D 8 |
| Battery ( Vickery) | E 4 |
| Battery (Cahill) | C18 |
| Battery (Louis) | D18 |
| Battery (Price) | B 8 |
| Battery (Pullen) | C 1 |
| Battleaxe | B16 |
| Beard | C 7 |
| Beard & Tallentyre | C 8 |
| Boston | B 1 |
| Braco | D13 |
| Brand and Fletcher | C 9 |
| Brilliant | D 3 |
| British Empire | D13 |
| Byers & Holtermann | C 7 |
| Campbell | D14 |
| Chammon Extended | C17 |
| Champion | D16 |
| Clan Campbell | B16 |
| Cock Attwood & Dwyer | C 6 |
| Colleen Bank | C12 |
| Columbia | C 6 |
| Comet | G13 |
| Concord | C10 |
| Confidence | C16 |
| Confidence Amalgamated | C17 |
| Confidence Amalgamated | B13 |
| Core | B16 |
| Cornucopia | E12 |
| Cosserone | C15 |
| Could and Curry | E16 |
| Croesus | C 4 |
| Crown Prince | D 6 |
| Darleys Main | D19 |
| David Buchanan | E12 |
| Daydawn | F14 |
| De Boos | A17 |
| Diadem | D 4 |
| Double Crown | D19 |
| Duke of Edinburgh | D 4 |
| East Scandinavian | C 2 |
| Edith | D17 |
| Emmett | B 6 |
| Englands Glory | F12 |
| Erin Go Bragh | D21 |
| Esperanza | D13 |
| Eureka | B14 |
| Evening Star | D10 |
| Exhibition | C 3 |
| Farnham | F15 |
| Fischer | C 6 |
| Forrest | C20 |
| Frenchman’s | C 5 |
| Galatea | B16 |
| Gillard | C 8 |
| Gladstone | D 6 |
| Glanmire | B 9 |
| Glencoe | C11 |
| Golconda | C 9 |
| Golden Age | F15 |
| Golden Chain | A16 |
| Golden Crown | D 7 |
| Golden Eagle | C11 |
| Golden Prize | D23 |
| Golden Sceptre | C15 |
| Golden Twins | C20 |
| Gordon | C11 |
| Grandolite | D12 |
| Great Britain | C12 |
| Great Cumberland | B 5 |
| Great Eastern | B10 |
| Great Extended | D 6 |
| Great Northern Amalgamated | C 4 |
| Great Republic | D16 |
| Great Western | C 5 |
| Great Western Undaunted | D 7 |
| Great Wonder | D10 |
| Grecian Bend | C11 |
| Gustafson | D14 |
| Happy Go Lucky | C19 |
| Havilah | C 5 |
| Hawkins Hill South Extension | B14 |
| Helsby | C14 |
| Herman & Stephen | C 6 |
| Hick’s | E 4 |
| Hickson Creighton & Beard | C 6 |
| Holman | B18 |
| Holman | D14 |
| Holman’s Paddock | D 4 |
| Homeward Bound | C19 |
| Honest Lawyer | C17 |
| Hotel (Braggs) | D17 |
| Hotson | C 8 |
| Imperial | D15 |
| Intercolonial | A18 |
| Jeffrey | C 8 |
| Johnson | C 8 |
| Johnson | E12 |
| Joint Stock | B 7 |
| Kaieski | E18 |
| Khromann | C 7 |
| King | C 7 |
| King of the Ranges | D19 |
| Kohinoor | D 5 |
| Lady Belmore | C10 |
| Lady Robinson | D20 |
| Lady Robinson | C10 |
| Lamp Post | D18 |
| Last Chance | D 9 |
| Lily of the South | C 8 |
| Little Dorritt | C 8 |
| Little Wonder | C 9 |
| Liverpool and London | D19 |
| Locomotive | D 3 |
| Lombard Street | B 2 |
| London | D15 |
| Londonderry | D 5 |
| Long Drive | D 7 |
| Lord and Lady Belmore | C10 |
| Lord Ashley | B17 |
| Lord Belmore | D 9 |
| Lord Nelson | D17 |
| Low Level | B 6 |
| Lucknow | C13 |
| Lucky Hit | A15 |
| Magellan Cloud | C14 |
| Main Lead | D 4 |
| Mann | C20 |
| Mann | E12 |
| Mathieson | C 5 |
| May | E18 |
| McCann | C12 |
| McLaughlin | C 2 |
| Mechanics | E15 |
| Merry Monarch | D10 |
| Meyers | C 6 |
| Monarch | A19 |
| Monitor | D 6 |
| Monte Christo | C 7 |
| Morning Star | C10 |
| Morning Star | C 5 |
| Mountain Bee | B11 |
| Napoleon | C 2 |
| Naylor | D12 |
| Neck or Nothing | D17 |
| Neptune | D18 |
| Never Despair | C10 |
| Never Fail | C 4 |
| New Mares Nest | C23 |
| New Zealand No.2 | D 8 |
| Niagara | C 4 |
| Nichols | C19 |
| Nichols | F12 |
| Nil Desperandum | C22 |
| Nil Desperandum | C11 |
| No Mistake | E14 |
| No Mistake Extended | E14 |
| Northumberland | C 6 |
| Old England | C13 |
| Old Rose of England No.1 | C 9 |
| Old Rose of England No.2 | C 9 |
| Orion | E16 |
| Oxon | C 6 |
| Pandora | E19 |
| Patten | B 7 |
| Paxton | C 6 |
| Phoenix | C 6 |
| Piper | C 6 |
| Plutus | D18 |
| Poor Man’s Friend | D17 |
| Porter & Rawsthorne | C 6 |
| Pretty Jane | G13 |
| Pride of the Ocean | C12 |
| Pride of the Turon | C19 |
| Prince Alfred | C17 |
| Prince Alfred Hill | C 5 |
| Prince of Denmark | C23 |
| Prince of Wales | D 3 |
| Princess of Wales | D14 |
| Queen Bee | B12 |
| Queen of England | D12 |
| Rampant Lion | C 6 |
| Rapp | C 7 |
| Red White and Blue | C14 |
| Research (Pullen) | C 3 |
| Rip Van Winkle | B15 |
| Rise and Shine | D17 |
| Robinson Crusoe | A15 |
| Rose and Shine | C 9 |
| Rose of Australia | C21 |
| Rose of Australia | A17 |
| Rose of Australia | D 6 |
| Rose of England | C 8 |
| Rose of Victoria | C10 |
| Royal Alered | C 1 |
| Royal Blue | E18 |
| Royal Exchange | C14 |
| Royal Mail | D 4 |
| Royal Saxon | C 3 |
| Royal Standard Eisenstadter | C 9 |
| Royal Victoria | E17 |
| Rubie | G11 |
| Ruby | C16 |
| Sailor Prince | C19 |
| Sargeant’s Reef (Noake) | B 2 |
| Scandinavian | C 2 |
| Sink to Rise | E17 |
| Sir Hercules | B18 |
| Sons of Freedom | C 3 |
| South Hawkins Hill | C13 |
| South Star | B15 |
| South Star | B15 |
| Southern Cross | D12 |
| Sovereign | D16 |
| Speculation | C 5 |
| Spence | F16 |
| Spot | C 3 |
| St Helena | E15 |
| St Marys | G12 |
| Star of Hope | C13 |
| Star of Hope | C 7 |
| Star of Oakey | B10 |
| Star of Peace (Bromley) | C 6 |
| Stepping Stone | C14 |
| Stevenson | D19 |
| Success | C15 |
| Success | C 9 |
| Sullivan Body | C18 |
| Sydney Clunes | D 9 |
| Thornton | C15 |
| Tippet’s | C 5 |
| Trenchard’s | B 4 |
| True Briton | D21 |
| Trust and Try | C 5 |
| Unicorn | C 6 |
| Vickery | D 7 |
| Waratah | C21 |
| Warrior Aure | D11 |
| Waterwitch | E17 |
| West Khromann | C 7 |
| Western Beauty | B12 |
| Western Star | E13 |
| Wheel of Fortune | E13 |
| White Star | D17 |
| Windsor Castle | B18 |
| Wonder of the World | C15 |
| Working Miners | B13 |
| Young Australia |
E12 |
(source: The top part of the map is taken from Harper, L. F. (Leslie Frank) and Geological Survey of New South Wales The Hill End Tambaroora gold-field. Government Printer, Sydney, 1918.The bottom half is taken from Coates, J. J and Worth, Charles Continuation map shewing the positions of the principal claims on and south of Hawkins Hill. , 1872. )
