GOLD IN SEA SAND

GOLD IN SEA SAND.

[By Telegraph.] Sydney, June 6.

Payable gold is being obtained by washing the sea sand found in the vicinity of Camden Haven, 264 miles north of Sydney, and quite along stretch of coastline has been pegged out.

14 June 1890
South Australian Chronicle

FURTHER GOLD FINDS AT HILL END.

HILL END, Tuesday.
James and party struck splendid gold yesterday adjoining Longton and party's claim.
Denman and party have struck payable gold in Washing Gully. The vein is 4in thick, and the average prospects taken are equal to half an ounce to tho dish.
Carver and party have banked 351b of very rich Specimens. Tho vein in their claim is looking even fatter in the face.

Saturday 4 August 1883
Australian Town and Country Journal

GOLD NEAR MELBOURNE.

THIS morning, as some workmen were digging the foundation of a building on Mr Bradley's ground, at Kew about three miles from Melbourne, they struck a vein of gold, or washing stuff, about eighteen inches from the surface. Several fine specimens were obtained, and brought to town, and today they were exhibited in a shop in Collins-street.

Saturday 4 July 1857
The Star

A PARTY RETURNED FROM THEDIGGINGS.

[By Telegraph,] Orroroo, October 21.

A party of visitors has just returned from Teetulpa, and brought back specimens of gold obtained from near the surface. Members of the party state that the workings are limited to a
small area where gold is being found. Diggers are arriving at the rate of 100 daily. Firewood is easily obtainable at Salt Creek, where gold washing mast take place, distant about live miles. Intending parties should without fail provide themselves with tanks, say about 200 gallons and a dray to cart stuff. Splendid feed for horses is at present available. The water in the dam should be strictly conserved for domestic purposes only. It has hitherto been used for washing stuff. Only about 50 of the claims being worked are returning gold. To ensure a permanent field farther search in the surrounding country is imperative, as it is no use depending only on the ground at present being worked. Parties of diggers are passing through Orroroo hourly from the surrounding district. A post-office on the field is urgently needed. Experienced diggers state that in all probability gold will be found in other gullies if they are properly prospected.

Friday 22 October 1886
The South Australian Advertiser

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There was a wash plant set up on the Beach at Woolgoolga here near Coffs too. Is there any rules about setting up a sluice on the beach?

Ben78 wrote:There was a wash plant set up on the Beach at Woolgoolga here near Coffs too. Is there any rules about setting up a sluice on the beach?

I would say so

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Thank's for that Ark. I have never worked a beach before and do not know the reg's for doing so. Thanks again mate.

Ark wrote:

Ben78 wrote:There was a wash plant set up on the Beach at Woolgoolga here near Coffs too. Is there any rules about setting up a sluice on the beach?

I would say so

Sorry, I should have said, is there anything beyond using a creek hidden away in a creek in the mountains to say I can't set up a sluice on a beach

Coastal waters, or those within the three nautical mile limit, fall within the jurisdiction of State and Northern Territory Governments. Exploration and mining activities in coastal waters are administered by relevant State and Northern Territory Mining Acts, or, if enacted, offshore minerals legislation. However, Local Governments play a significant role in the planning and management of coasts and coastal waters.

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Offshore Minerals Fact Sheet which is an interesting read. Cheers hope that helps it helped me. James 101

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Auriferous Sea Beaches.

(Manning River Times, May 31.)

We are reliably informed that gold has been discovered in payable quantities to the north of Camden Haven Heads, near Grant's Head, on the sea beach. The gold is procured by washing the black sand, which is found in abundance on the sea coast in many places. A party of three men, who were prospecting, washed out over an ounce of fine gold last week, and sent it to Taree. The appliances used at present are of only a crude character-but others more suitable are being sent for, when pay-able quantities of gold are fully expected to be obtained.
We understand that similar black sand is to be found all along the beach as far as Cape Hawke, and an important and profitable industry is likely to be shortly opened up.
In connection with the above the following account of what is being done on the beach near the Richmond River, taken from the Ballina Pilot, of the 23rd instant, will be read with interest :-
On Monday last Mr. Warden Jones and Sergeant Tippett paid an official visit to the diggings on the beaches between Ballina and Cape Byron. They found on Tallow Beach 32 men at work in 12 claims ;on the Seven Mile Beach, 17 men and 7 claims ; on the White Head Beach, four men in two claims ;on the Second Beach, 21 men in 6 claims ; and on the North Head Beach, 11 men in 4 claims. All of the men appear to be doing very well, some exceedingly well ; hardly any are reported to be making less than 15s per day, and one party of three is said to be making 41/2 ozs. per week. The gold is of the best quality, some of it realizing 4 pounds (?)1s per oz. The Warden is not treating the diggings as old and abandoned ground but as "Block Alluvial Claims". The quantity of land which each claim can contain is apportioned to the number of men working same ; one man can peg off 100 ft. x100 ft. ; two men, 144 ft. x 144 ft. ; three men, 185ft.x 185ft. ; four men, 220 ft. x 220 ft. ; five men, 260 ft. x 260 ft. ; and six men, 300 ft. x 300 ft. No ordinary block claim can be of larger dimensions than 300 ft. by 300 ft. The Warden measured off the claims. He has, as we have already stated, recommended to the Minister the desirability of establishing a Warden's Court in Ballina, as it would save a great amount of expense and time, if all disputes could
be settled here and not heard in Lismore.
Between Byron Bay and the Brunswick there are no parties at work, as the sand there singularly is not of an auriferous character; but we have been informed that several parties propose prospecting between the Brunswick and Tweed Rivers.

Gold Saving: Machine.

The follow mg is the complete copy of specification for gold saving machine patented by Mr. H. E . Kingsmill, of the Harbours and Rivers Department, to which reference was made last issue.
As was then stated, Mr ' Kingsmill places it at the disposal of any miner who wishes to use it for himself. This, of course, does not apply to any person who would make them for sale or profit. Mr. Kiugamill also
left with us the drawings of the machine, to show to anyone as above, so as to aid them in making a machine, and he further says he would be glad to furnish anyone desiring it further, directions or instructions to enable them to succeed in making and working his invention. This is a very generous of Mr. Kingsmill, und certainly deserves some recognition from those who avail themselves of his offer, and who may derive pecuniary benefit thereby. We have mentioned that the machine has been subjected to a successful, practical test. This was on the Camden Haven beach, where two men in 7 hours obtained 7 ½ dwts. of gold, and again in 10 hours saved 7 dwts. of gold. These yields were shown to us by Mr. Kingsmill, to whom they were presented by the parties using the machine. That machine is now in use somewhere south near Bateman's Bay
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COMPLETES SPECIFICATION.

The machine is described as a light, portable gold-saving machine for tho purpose of washing beach sand, battery tailings, and alluvial soil other than clay, and is further described by Mr. H. E. Kingsmill, the inventor: "My invention consists of a. machine constructed of wood and bolted together for the convenience of carriage it being readily taken asunder and refixed; and in the means and appliances used for separating the particles or various of wash, dirt, or sand, and evenly spreading them over the inclined amalgamating bed plates.
For separating particles of wash-dirt or grains of sand, that may be clots or lumps, jets or sprays of water from a service-pipe are allowed to play on the material treated as it falls from the hopper-box on to the amalgamating copper plate bed. Fore evenly spreading the material treated over the surface of the plates, one or more roller brushes revolve at right angles, and in an opposite direction the flow, and the wash dirt or sand falling against the brush fibres is evenly distributed on the surface of the plates.
The hopper for receiving the material to be treated is constructed in sections, the top receiving section having a perforated plate bottom, and each one of the lower sections an inclined amalgamating copper plate. The machine rests and is fixed upon an inclined wood stand. Tho roller brushes for distributing and spreading the wash dirt or sand evenly over the amalgamating plates are fitted inside bearings and are revolved by a handle, the two roller brushes being connected by a pulley belt.
The ; material to be treated is delivered with water into the top section of the hopper-box and falls through the perforated bottom into and flows over the copper amalgamating plates in the lower sections. Each section is movable, and their relative positions can be changed, and any number can be used.' A. perforated pipe is provided for discharging water in jets against the falling material from the hopper, to loosen and separate any particles that may: be clotted together or in lumps This perforated pipe is connected with a fixed, or a movable, water supply tank, as may be available, at a suitable elevation to give the water force. This tank may also be used when required for containing a solution for cleansing the mercury on the bed plates, the solution being delivered through the perforated pipes on to the plates. At the discharge end of the machine a box launder is fixed for saving any free mercury, or for retaining the concentrates for farther treatment. The inventor claims :-

1. An improved amalgamating machine, the essential features of which" are revolving roller brushes, to spread and distribute the wash dirt or sand over the amalgamating copper bed-plate.

2. The combination and arrangement of a perforated pipe as set forth and illustrated.

3. The particular combination on and arrangement of the; sections of the hopper as described.

4. The combination and arrangement of mechanical parts, together forming a complete amalgamating machine

The whole machine would only weight about 120lbs., and being easily made so as to fix in sections, can be readily, taken to pieces and again put together, while it would be very convenient for transport. A sight of the drawing makes the completed machine easily understood, and it is one which could be made by a person possessed of average mechanical skill, at a small cost. . .Such a machine would be admirably adapted for working our beaches, and we think we are safe in saying that it would add very materially to the profits of those who are engaged in the work of beach mining.

Northern Star 
Saturday 17 April 1897
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