South Star Quartz Gold Mine
History
This company started to sink on 29 September 1886. [1]
On 13 May 1901 the Duke and Duchess of York visited the South Star Mine. The Duke (later King George V) changed his clothes in the Mine Managers House opposite. The house still stands at 122 Albert Street, Sebastopol.
The water from this mine reached the surface hot. [2]
The mine closed in 1901, and was the deepest mine on the Ballarat goldfields at 3,170 feet.
Site
The South Star Mine was a quartz mine in Albert Street, Sebastopol.
The People
Mr Hughes was manager of the South Star. [3]
George Fitches was manager of the South Star in 1899, and was appointed to the position of inspector of mines in that year.[4]
William Frederick Emery, Mining Manager[5]
See also
Further Notes
References
- ↑ Jenkins, E.D., Sebastopol Victoria: An Hisgtorical Survey of Early Sebastopol, 1864-1964, SP, 1964.
- ↑ Jenkins, E.D., Sebastopol Victoria: An Historical Survey of Early Sebastopol, 1864-1964, SP, 1991.
- ↑ Jenkins, E.D., Sebastopol Victoria: An Historical Survey of Early Sebastopol, 1864-1964, SP, 1991.
- ↑ Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1999.
- ↑ Smith, James (Ed) The Cyclopedia of Victoria, Vol.II : An Historical and Commercial Review. Victoria: F.W. Niven & Co., 1904.
Further Reading
Centenary of the Borough of Sebastopol, 1964
Spievogel Papers, Volume 3. Ballarat Historical Society, 1987.
External Links
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--Sallyanne Doyle 21:19, 24 January 2013 (EST)