PRINCE OF WALES CO.

NEWTOWN-BERRINGA ROAD NEWTOWN, GOLDEN PLAINS SHIRE

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    PRINCE OF WALES CO. - History

    Contextual History:History of Place:
    Heritage Inventory History of Site:
    PRINCE OF WALES LEASE; Monkey Gully, March 1861 report gives location as abutting the southern boundary of the Havelock Co.
    12.1859: doing well.
    01.1860: driving for the gutter with determination.
    06.1860: dividends of £10 to £20 per man per week.
    07.1860: doing well.
    08.1860: doing well.
    11.1860: have excellent returns.
    12.1860: dividends from £10 to £20 per week per man.
    01.1861: weekly dividends range from £10 to £20 per week.
    03.1861: dividends of £30 per man for some weeks.
    04.1861: dividend of £15 per man per week.
    05.1861:dividend of £10 to £15 per week per man.
    07.1861: excellent claim.
    09.1861: averaging £8 to £9 ; have found a new gutter.
    10.1861: making moderate wages.
    11.1861: averaging more than wages.
    12.1861: the only other claim with the United Miners that is working on Monkey Gully; giving moderate wages.
    12.1860 to 12.1861: recorded production of 5400 ozs (or 167.963 kg).

    Heritage Inventory Description

    PRINCE OF WALES CO. - Heritage Inventory Description

    Site 124.04 is a scatter of quartz and mullock covering an area 30m by 30m and up to 2.5m high in places. A very disturbed site.

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