Current Information on Hill End

G'day patera1289 & welcome to the forum

Also as time goes by company leases may change a bit, some EL areas get dropped others get taken up, I don't know for sure. Hill End Gold company were very active a number of year back and one of there EL's covered the Tambaroora designated fosicking area, but you don't need permission to go on a designated area, other areas of EL you need the companys permission and if it's private land you also need the landholders permission.

cheers dave

Thanks to the work of NAPFA, since 31 August last year Hill End is now part of the Bathurst Regional Council's Fossicking District.

http://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2016_2016-70.pdf


This means you can fossick there without EL holder permission. So it is a moot point whether Hill End Gold has ELs there or not....you do not need their permission, or that of any other EL holder Search elsewhere on this forum there are additional posts about it.

If you are in the Bathurst Regional Council LGA, which as I said covers Hill End gold, EL holders have no right to have you ask them permission to be where you are. Be polite but know your facts.

I have heard that some fossickers have recently been improperly challenged around Hill End by EL holders within the Bathurst Fossicking District.

Remember you cannot go onto production leases or mining leases (ML) without specific company permissions.

You also still need permission on private land. Note that at this stage the Mudgee Local Government Area has yet to decide if it wants to be a Fossicking District also, but it is under active consideration. It is hoped they will so that the areas around Hargraves, and elsewhere in the Mudgee LGA, will also be exempt from this pointless regulation.

You can check EL areas, and fossicking districts, by looking at Minview or NSW Globe mapping services.

gext of Gazettal:
MINING ACT 1992
Order under section 369A
Constitution of Fossicking Districts 58 and 59
Pursuant to section 369A of the Mining Act 1992, I, Christopher Yeats, Executive Director Geological Survey of NSW in
the Department for Industry, Skills and Regional Development, as delegate of the Minister for Industry, Resources and
Energy, do, by this Order, constitute the following fossicking district:
a) all land within the Local Government Area of Walcha Council and identified by bold black outline in the map in
Schedule 1, to be named Fossicking District 58.
b) all land within the Local Government Area of Bathurst Regional Council and identified by bold black outline in
the map in Schedule 2, to be named Fossicking District 59.
This Order commences on the date on which it is published in the NSW Government Gazette.
Dated this 31st day of August 2016.
CHRISTOPHER YEATS
Executive Director Geological Survey of NSW
As delegate of the Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy

That's excellent Stephen, and it's great to see some of the hard work put in by NAPFA paying off, lets hope more council areas come through as designated fossicking districts.

cheers dave

Im glad things are looking up for the area since Im planning on visiting in March-April and its great to know about the rule changes

my reason for posting though was only to highlight some older BS. Ive been seeing variations of it a lot in my reading over the last few months, most of it quite discouraging until I made any attempt at fact checking

Narrawa wrote:Now thats telling it like it really is! Tributer knows more about the place then all of us put together        

Stuff that! im off to Hargraves! & they dont even have a pub!

But they do sell grog at the corner shop

early march i was at Tambaroora where two nice young (under 30) lads from around sutherland helped me out and kept me company. yesterday I managed to return to tambaroora and met another nice lad from the toukley area who gave me some more tips and was great company again. met a few less friendly guys as well both trips but thats to be expected

both trips i found a little bit of gold by panning but definitely not enough to brag about .... of course being a total amateur i didnt put much dirt thru my pan. hopefully the guy from toukley lets me post the pic of his haul once he protests the buckets of dirt he collected for "at home"

I'd love to know a bit about the Bridle Track if some kind sole can tell me a bit about that area. I would like to know if there are areas along the track (it's a mighty long track) that I may be a bit lucky and find some colour in some places - where are those "some" places as I'd love to detect some place new in the Hill End area?

Any other areas that may be good to sluice in are also in need as both my wife and I would love to do some sluicing if allowed in the area, where is what I'd love to know, please?

Cheers
Stuart

I'll be heading out that way Check-in Date: 05-JAN-2020 - Check-out Date: 12-JAN-2020.

Will be in my camper staying at the Village Campground and out each day with my Minelab 4500 trying to find that elusive gold, more elusive than it's ever been but, there has to be some that has been missed out that way over the years.

If any of you are out this way on those dates (Summer heat doesn't effect me) please make yourself welcome, I don't bite and would love a bit of company, especially those who know how to use these damn detectors. Heck, last time out there was shown by someone who knows what they are talking about, then mucked up the settings and now can't get it back in tune again.

Cheers
Stu