Old timers information

Here is a request.

So, close by i have a gold field which had its rush back in the day. Obvioulsy people had leases and with leases there would have to have been a map which identified each lease and who it belonged to.

Gold and Ghost lists certain gully's, creeks, and names that are no longer used in todays modern world.

So, Where can i obtain a map of the leases of the area, and where can i obtain a map of the area that was drawn up 100 years ago.

Surely they exist, but where do i find such things.

that is a very good request which i never thought off,shall be interesting.

Hi .i have used this place which has scanned coppies of old maps for some areas . heres the link http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Search/Home?lookfor=goldfield&type=all&limit%5B%5D=&submit=Find&limit%5B%5D=format%3AMap&page=6

QLD department of mines and energy have an interactive site for tenements both current and historic, also the site has maps etc, you will need to click on various links to work it out, as like most government sites they are not that user friendly for us general public.

Here is the link http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/mines/tenure_maps.cfm

cheers dave

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Hi
Some good old Queensland reports

http://www.dme.qld.gov.au/zone_files/geoscience_pdf/gsq_pubs.pdf

Regards Neale

Goldbait wrote:Here is a request.

So, close by i have a gold field which had its rush back in the day. Obvioulsy people had leases and with leases there would have to have been a map which identified each lease and who it belonged to.

Gold and Ghost lists certain gully's, creeks, and names that are no longer used in todays modern world.

So, Where can i obtain a map of the leases of the area, and where can i obtain a map of the area that was drawn up 100 years ago.

Surely they exist, but where do i find such things.

Do you have that google earth program that shows you all the old gold mine sites Queensland wide

MDP. yeah, i have that. but what i was chasing is a map showing me the origional leases from the origional prospectors that applied for those leases.

Reason behind this is i can then match up with G&G more exact locations and because G&G uses map names from 150 years ago, i will have a better indication of where these locations are when i overlay an old map with a current one.

Hey Goldbait I am not sure what MDP is, but do you the Historical Mines data base for your computer that you overlay with Google Earth, I use to read GG here in Bundy and it only listed one mine in the area I travel to, but since a friend of mine put me onto Historical Mines data I have since found 5 different diggings in the one area spreading out in a 1 km area.

Cheers Brian.

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Hi All
Hey Brian, can you put up a link to the historical data or provide some more info on this topic as I am sure there would be alot of interest thanks
Lee

Good one fencejumper Im a bit slow just picked it up, MDP

I have found the historical co-ordinates data base for historical mines to be, dont get me wrong Gold and Ghosts is a great read, but with the data base you can find old mines that arent even listed in Gold and Ghosts, and with a good GPS you can find any mine within a couple of meters.

Cheers Brian.

MDP = modern day prospector. just saved typing out your whole name.

Do you have that link to the Historical Mines data base

oh. yeah. if you mean the overlay data for google earth. i got that. but re. previous post.

i want mapping and topography of the origional leases for the Cawarral / Mt. Wheeler area.

The Modern Day Prospector wrote:I have found the historical co-ordinates data base for historical mines to be, dont get me wrong Gold and Ghosts is a great read, but with the data base you can find old mines that arent even listed in Gold and Ghosts, and with a good GPS you can find any mine within a couple of meters.

Cheers Brian.

The Modern Day Prospector your advice is spot on the money. Cheers and thanks mate

I would ring Mines Dept Mineral House they will have the maps and ask for the Mines Data sheets of the area that will have the info you are chasing 0732371434 will ring direct to the person you want D. Murchie I have forgotten his first name.

Cheers Brian

Sorry you are after the Explanatory notes that comes with the maps so hopefully they have them.

cool. so i guess you've already done this work for your local area?

Yeah mate I have spent many hours researching where to get the information. If you want to get real serious go to the southside of Brisbane and go to the Queensland State Archives and all the information you want is in there and I mean everything all records dating back to the beginning of Queensland and all Mines Data.

awesome. one day i'll get down there

thanks for the info.

do they allow you to take copies of the material?

Yes they do have full copying facilities there, some material is allowed and some isnt but they will let you know all the best.

Cheers Brian.

Good old Bonzle database can give you a bit of information as well.
http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=br&o=39739271
A bit of information can also be found using the Trove (old newspapers) as well.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/
You can sometimes narrow the search by using "your subject" talking marks.

rc62burke wrote:Hi All
Hey Brian, can you put up a link to the historical data or provide some more info on this topic as I am sure there would be alot of interest thanks
Lee

This will keep you busy for a while.

https://golddetecting.forumotion.net/t2273-historical-gold-mines-in-google-earth

That the link to Historical GoldMines it is under Information on Goldfields on this forum.

Hi goldbait, I was just going over a few old posts tonight & came across your post about the cawarral area. I went for a drive around that area aswell as mt chalmers this afternoon but being not sure of where to start I just went site-seeing. Did you find the info you were looking for? Do you have much luck when you head out around that area? (somewhere to detect & any yellow) thanks in advance, Bushy. (I detect by myself as I don't know anybody else with the bug.)