1923 news paper leads to lost town and it had some famous visitors

[tinpan]

hi everyone.did a bit of research on an old gold mine and i was reading an old news paper story about an 11 years old girl who fell down a shaft in 1923.the paper was given to me sometime a go.well when i was reading about is this sad event, the paper refers to houses, police station, court house and hall and other buildings.i known where this site is and where event took place but theres no sign of any buildings or roads just an empty block on the side of the hill..when i checked the info with the public records.my eyes fell out of my head.there where numours references to famous people who came here to see the mountain of gold.at this stage you can md and treasure hunt this area but if the locals find out.i think you all know what would happen and when theres the local gov as well.of the five famous people i can comfirm that 4 did come here but the 5th not sure.ALFRED,DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG[QUEEN VICTORIA'S SON] HENRY LAWSON[ OZZIE WRITER] BONJO PATERSON [OZZIE WRITER] OPERA SINGER DAME NELLIE MELBA AND THE BIG ONE SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS [MARK TWAIN] no sure but theres a couple of references to him

tinpan p.s will post pics of them

 

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[tinpan]

henry lawson 1867-1922

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Sounds like an excellent story and lead to follow through on. I wonder if you would be able to find an old map that could pinpoint the buildings for you! Best of luck and looking forward to see more of this story.!

 

[tinpan]

heres the pic of the newspaper

 

[tinpan]

banjo paterson

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Sounds awesome Tinpan! Wish I could help you. Good luck and I'm looking forward to the pics of the site and finds. I'm off to look for a Celtic forest in the area. HH, Mike

 

[jeff of pa]

Very Intresting tinpan.

Sounds like a Winner.

Jeff

 

[Dave N Japan]

way to go....Hope something good comes out of the area!

 

[MAINE HILLS HUNTER]

OK... so somedays I am not to smart. What would happen if the locals found out? And what could the local government do if MDing and THing are allowed at this site currently. Again somedays I am not to smart (today is one of those days) and might have missed something! Sorry if I did.

 

[diggemall]

Iowa, I'll answer that one for you:

Small towns = small government. The town chairman and other elected officials meet at the village recycling center, the post office, the local gas station, etc. Not just the town hall on the third tuesday of the month.

"Small talk" as often as not turns to "business" and next thing you know, somebody not only has an idea to bring up at the next town meeting, but they have already decided how they stand on it.

Technically, it's illegal (open forum requirements, etc.) but thats just the way it works in small towns.

Close enough Tinpan ?

Sign Me,
Population 325

 

[tinpan]

sort of right on diggimall.the country town i live in has a population of about 100,000 and is still set in old ways like you say.most of town covers 14 square miles and there are many old mine sites scattered all over the place.the local gov would declare the site historic and have its own agenda and band everyone from going near it.this has happened before and they allways find a way to stuff it up.there also few people that are ready to take the claim for someone elses hard work and theres the people who jump your claim.i donnot mind sharing but no with 200 people going crazy to get a bit of local history for themselves.i have got about half a dozen people to help and their finds are theirs.too many people always causes trouble which i don't need.

tinpan p.s nearly half the finds i have posted,where found only 5 minutes from the centre of town and the funny thing is most don't know what is under their feet and i like it like this.

 

[allen]

good luck to you in that hunt. keep on digging....

 

[trk5capt]

TINPAN, Sounds Like A Great Site, Now Get Busy And Keep Us Posted. trk5capt...

 

[diggummup]

Sounds like a great lead.Take the reigns and move quickly.Good luck and keep us posted,sounds interesting.- diggummup