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25.01.2022 Iron ore quarry at Koolyanobbing showing crushers and loaders with new town in the distance, ca. 1969.
23.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 11th Oct 2020 we remember: 5 people CALE Percy Reginald Age 33 Battery Amalgamator 11/10/1918 Leonora GM Leonora https://www.wavmm.com/listing/percy-reginald/ see article... LAFFIN William Andrew Georger Age 32 Tribute Miner 11/10/1926 Lake View & Star GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/william-andrew-g/ see photo and article PETRUSKEVICUS Jonas Age 35 Miner 11/10/1957 Central Norseman GM Norseman https://www.wavmm.com/listing/jonas/ PRITCHARD Morgan Roderick Age 47 Miner 11/10/1909 Sons of Gwalia GM Leonora https://www.wavmm.com/listing/morgan-roderick/ see article WILSON Laurence William Age 32 Electrical Foreman 11/10/1972 Alcoa Kwinana https://www.wavmm.com/listing/l-w-wilson/
23.01.2022 Take a scenic flight over the Super Pit and get a birds eye view of our wonderful City with Goldfields Air Services Flying School Tripadvisor
21.01.2022 Thornetts AWA GM Williamstown
21.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 27th Nov 2020 we remember: 5 people BATH Albert Troustham Age 19 Shoveller 27/11/1906 Oroya Brown Hill GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/albert-trustman/... BRYANT John Luke Age 39 Miner 27/11/1902 Kanowna Consolidated GM Kanowna https://www.wavmm.com/listing/john-luke/ see article MEDLYN Thomas Age 59 Miner 27/11/1907 Westralia GM Mt Morgans - Buried Mt Morgans Cemetery. https://www.wavmm.com/listing/thomas-medlyn/ see headstone and article RADUNCICH Jovan Age 31 Miner 27/11/1900 Paddington Consols GM Paddington https://www.wavmm.com/listing/jovan/ see article WILLIAMS Edward Alled Age 40 Miner 27/11/1902 Kanowna Consolidated GM Kanowna https://www.wavmm.com/listing/edward-allen/ see article
19.01.2022 Sluicing Plant at Work Black Range, near Sandstone WA - 1905
19.01.2022 West Australian - Perth Friday 9 January 1953, page 3 MINER'S BROTHERS DISCUSS RECOVERY OPERATIONS Two brothers of one of the two miners entombed in the Baddera leadmine, Mr. Frank Coles (second from right). and Mr. Charles Coles (right), discuss recovery plans with the mine foreman, Mr. Fred Leonard (left) and a part-owner of the mine. Mr. Keith Sindal. Mr. F. Coles, a retired miner and now an Esperance farmer, Is wearing mining clothes as he is about to go below with Mr. Si...ndal. Mrs. V. Lette, of Murrabit, Victoria, a sister of Mr. H. A. Coles, one of the entombed men, who arrived in Perth by air last night. She intends to travel to Northampton today. Mrs. Lette last saw her brother 4 years ago at another tragic meeting of the family when another brother, Alf Coles, was killed in a mining accident at Cue. Baddera mine is 8km north of the township of Northampton WA
19.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 12th Oct 2020 we remember:- 7 people BLAKENEY Frederick Gordon Age 28 Miner 12/10/1902 Lake View and Boulder Junction Lease Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/frederick-gordon-blakeney/ see article... CALVEY Patrick Age 41 Machine Miner 12/10/1960 Elverdton Shaft Ravensthorpe Copper Ravensthorpe https://www.wavmm.com/listing/calvey/ CASSERLY Paul Patrick Age 35 Miner 12/10/1938 Edwards Find GM Marvel Loch https://www.wavmm.com/listing/paul-patrick/ see headstone and poem HADDOW Archibald D Age 47 Mullocker 12/10/1907 Sons of Gwalia GM Gwalia https://www.wavmm.com/listing/archibald-d/ see article LAWRENCE Steven 'Steve' David Age 39 Geologist 12/10/1997 Exploration Site Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/steve-2/ MOLONEY Francis William Age 55 Miner 12/10/1949 Reedy Prospecting area Cue https://www.wavmm.com/listing/francis-william-moloney/ see article YOUNG Ronald Henry Age 33 Machine Miner 12/10/1960 Elverdton Shaft Ravensthorpe Copper Ravensthorpe https://www.wavmm.com/listing/young-5/ see headstone
19.01.2022 Group of miners at the Golden Spinifex GM, Erliston: Kalgoorlie Western Argus Tuesday 13 December 1904, page 20
18.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 13th Oct 2020 we remember: 6 people EPIS Antonio N Age 30 Miner 13/10/1917 Sand Queen GM Comet Vale https://www.wavmm.com/listing/antonio-n/ see article... GUANELLA Emilio Age 44 Miner 13/10/1955 Callion GM New Coolgardie Coolgardie https://www.wavmm.com/listing/emilio/ NICHOLAS G Plant Operator 13/10/1974 Goldsworthy Mining Ltd Goldsworthy https://www.wavmm.com/listing/g-nicholas/ WALKER Adam Age 35 Miner 13/10/1902 Waroonga GM Lawlers https://www.wavmm.com/listing/walker/ see article WARD Leonard Age 42 Shoveller 13/10/1937 Lancefield GM Laverton https://www.wavmm.com/listing/ward/ see article WESTERN Frank A Age 45 Miner 13/10/1937 King Solomon GM Yalgoo https://www.wavmm.com/listing/western/ see article
17.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 28th Nov 2020 we remember: 4 people BARLOW Stanley Ager 51 Sampler 28/11/1966 Chaffers GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/stanley/... COUTTS Noel McGregor Age 24 Tractor Operator 28/11/1968 Mt Newman Mining Mt Newman https://www.wavmm.com/listing/noel-coutts/ LYNCH James Age 33 Miner 28/11/1947 Golden Horseshoe GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/james-25/ see heastone and article MARTIN Michael Age 56 Miner 28/11/1900 Bayley's GM Coolgardie https://www.wavmm.com/listing/michael-martin/ see article
17.01.2022 Miner operating double drum hauler at Big Bell Gold Mine - 1954
15.01.2022 A group of Miners ready to go underground at the Wiluna Mine. Sunday Times - Perth Sunday 23 July 1933, page 5
15.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 2nd Nov 2020 we remember: 9 people DAVEY George Alfred Age 30 Locomotive Driver 2/11/1946 GMs of Kalgoorlie, Iron Duke Shaft, 900ft level Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/george-alfred/ see photo... DAWSON John Stanley Age 32 Maintenance Foreman 2/11/1973 Cliffts Robe River Cape Lambert https://www.wavmm.com/listing/j-s-dawson/ FALLON William Patrick Age 27 Tribute Miner 2/11/1906 Eclipse GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/william-patrick/ see article FRAWLEY James Age 29 Miner 2/11/1905 Green Harp GM Bulong https://www.wavmm.com/listing/james-12/ see headstone LUNDQUIST Antony Age 42 Miner 2/11/1904 Westralia CM Collie https://www.wavmm.com/listing/antony-lundquist/ MIGRO Augustus Cornelius "Con" Age 49 Miner 2/11/1925 Ives Reward GM, St Ives Bonnivale https://www.wavmm.com/listing/augustine-cornelius-con-migro/ SMITH Ronald Age 34 Miner 2/11/1967 Lake View GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/ronald/ SONNENSCHEIN Frederick Age 59 Miner 2/11/1925 Maninga Marley GM Sandstone https://www.wavmm.com/listing/sonnenschein/ see article TSAKISIRIS Panagoitis Age 31 Labourer 2/11/1981 Mt Newman Mining Nelson point https://www.wavmm.com/listing/p-tsakisiris/
15.01.2022 Never Can Tell Claim Broad Arrow 1899
14.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 4th November 2020 we remember: 5 people EVANS Thomas Francis Age 30 Miner 4/11/1914 Mararoa GM Norseman https://www.wavmm.com/listing/thomas-francis/ see article... MOORE Thomas Barry Age 18 Sampler 4/11/1955 Horseshoe No 2 GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/thomas-barry/ MORRISON Ronald Godfrey Age 23 Miner 4/11/1951 Co-operative Mine Collie https://www.wavmm.com/listing/ronald-godfrey-morrison/ see article OGORMAN Thomas Age 30 Miner 4/11/1893 Coolgardie GM Coolgardie https://www.wavmm.com/listing/ogorman/ TURNBULL Matthew Thomas Age 21 Crackerman 4/11/1910 Boulder Perseverance GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/matthew-thomas/ see article
14.01.2022 Bob Steinhauser on left and the Lancefield GM near Laverton where he worked.- Photo Eric Chamberlain
13.01.2022 ON THIS DAY: When the Marvel Loch Mine Fell In:
11.01.2022 Ivanhoe Gold Mine, Kalgoorlie, 1957 - Former headframe at the Big Bell Mine - now the headframe at the WA Museum Kalgoorlie Boulder in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie.
10.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 10th Oct 2020 we remember: 4 people BOWNAN Walton Ernest Age 24 Miner 10/10/1903 Dumbarton GM Malcolm https://www.wavmm.com/listing/walton-ernest/ see article... MURPHY Peter Age 57 Miner 10/10/1905 Leviathan GM Southern Cross https://www.wavmm.com/listing/peter-murphy/ see article SAUNDERS Charles Henry Age 60 Timberman 10/10/1945 Boulder Perseverance GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/charles-henry-saunders/ see article SLOANE Robert Age 59 Mine Owner 10/10/1905 North Cardigan GM Gum Creek Murchison https://www.wavmm.com/listing/robert-sloane/ see article
09.01.2022 Three Quarters of a mile Underground, Two Machine Miners operating rock drills 3400ft from the surface of the Golden Mile Sunday Times Sunday 16 June 1935, page 20
09.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 3rd Nov 2020 we remember: 5 people BIZZACA James Age 49 Miner 3/11/1925 Ivanhoe GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/james-4/... GIACOTTO Carlo Age 53 Miner 3/11/1919 Hannans Star GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/carlo/ GRIGG Gordon David Age 28 Trucker 3/11/1938 Great Boulder GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/gordon-david/ see article HANLEY Edward John Age 71 Watchman 3/11/1942 Central Norseman GM Norseman https://www.wavmm.com/listing/edward-john/ see grave WHITE Frank William Samuel Age 35 Miner 3/11/1942 Boulder Perseverance GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/frank-william-samuel/ see article
04.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 5th Nov 2020 we remember: 4 people CHAMBERLAIN Harold Age 56 Fitter 5/11/1962 Paringa South GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/harold/ see article... CLARKE John James Age 39 Miner 5/11/1941 Big Bell GM Cue https://www.wavmm.com/listing/george-m/ see article SOMERVILLE John George Age 38 Loco Driver 5/11/1976 Mt Newman Mining Mt Newman https://www.wavmm.com/listing/j-g-somerville/ SWAINSTON Robert Thomas Age 42 Timberman 5/11/1917 Golden Horseshoe GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/robert-thomas/ see headstone
02.01.2022 Workers (and two dogs) at a five head Stamp Battery at Sir Samuel. My guess for the date, would be pre 1900. Sir Samuel is an abandoned town located between Leinster and Wiluna. WA.
01.01.2022 Sunday Times 9 Jun 1940 The Men Who Go Underground Eight thousand miners go underground daily in Western Australia's gold mines.... Some go down small shafts, many journey far from the surface. For most of these men there is" little Of that glamor often associated with the gold bunt; it is a livelihood that brings its daily round of rock drilling, firing out, trucking, timbering, etc. It is a game that calls fur strong bodies and plenty of grit, and the underground men are playing an excellent part in providing the gold Australia and the Empire needs so badly. It cannot be denied that underground conditions have materially improved in the score of years past. Supervision has been directed to safety measures, ventilation, temperature; here are restrictions on firing out to minimise the dost and fumes danger; in the larger mines the men are provided with electric cap lamps, and electric trains and mechanical shovels ease the laborious work; while safety helmets are in regular use whereas they were a novelty a decade ago. The Western Australian miner is a man who knows his job. and does it well. Above is a former member of the Legislative Assembly who is now a mine owner near Broad Arrow. He is Mr. George Foley, whose first association with the W.A. goldfields goes back about 40 years.
01.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 13th Nov 2020 we remember: 4 people DICKSON George Age 47 Shoveller 13/11/1917 Great Boulder GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/george-dickson/ see article... GORE Wilfred Reginald Age 30 Miner 13/11/1904 State Battery Quinns Murchison https://www.wavmm.com/listing/wilfred-reginald/ see article GOREY James Edward Age 32 Miner 13/11/1914 Marvel Loch GM Marvel Loch https://www.wavmm.com/listing/james-edward/ see article and story MORRIS Harry Herbert Age 47 Miner 13/11/1898 North Star GM Malcolm https://www.wavmm.com/listing/harry-herbert/ see article
01.01.2022 Men of the Lake View and Star - 1940
01.01.2022 ON THIS DAY 1st Nov 2020 we remember: 6 people BONANDRINI Luigi Age 51 Underground Supervisor 1/11/1984 Long Shaft GM Kambalda https://www.wavmm.com/listing/luigi-2/... MORGAN George Robert Age 52 Tribute Miner 1/11/1904 Eclipse GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/george-robert-morgan/ see article PINCH Harold Thomas Age 21 Trucker 1/11/1916 Ivanhoe GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/harold-thomas/ THOMPSON Charles Age 49 Leading Mill Hand 1/11/1943 Tantalite Mine Strelly https://www.wavmm.com/listing/charles-thompson/ see article TURNER Joseph Age 35 Miner 1/11/1933 Lake View & Star GM Kalgoorlie-Boulder https://www.wavmm.com/listing/joseph-turner/ see article WHITE Benjamin Age 33 Scaffolder 1/11/2015 Alcoa Refinery Kwinana https://www.wavmm.com/listing/benjamin-white/ see photo
