Kinsella Gold Mine (Sailor Bill), Day Dawn Goldfield, Cue, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Kinsella Gold Mine (Sailor Bill)	Mine
Day Dawn Goldfield	Ore Field
Cue	- not defined -
Cue Shire	Shire
Western Australia	State
Australia	Country

The Kinsella Gold Mine is on a very large low grade reef. Its size attracted attention, but low ore grades saw three companies collapse. The mine is east of the Trenton gold mine, and about 200 metres west of the highway, and directly west of the southern access road into Day Dawn. Little remains other than at least 4 old shafts, tailing remnants and disturbed ground. Modern mining has not seen fit to develop the deposit.

The mine was developed around 1894 by Jackson, Lewis and party from Stawell Victoria. They initially named it Sailor Bill, but changed this to Kinsella, after Tom Kinsella, a miner from Stawall. It was the syndicate's opinion, he was the most successful miner at the time in Stawall. They obtained some rich stone from the surface and then sold the mine to a newly floated company from London in 1895.

This was called the Kinsella Gold Mines Ltd with 80 000 pounds capital. They consolidated several neighbouring leases including the Kinsella itself at 12 acres, Nil Desperandum 5 acres, Kinsella No1 4 acres, Hidden Treasure 12 acres, and 21 acres of new ground to the east applied for by the company. A ten head battery and much machinery was installed, before the company abandoned the lease, everything being sold by the bailiff.

After years of neglect another English company called the Cue Gold and Exploration Company took over the mine in 1905, and collapsed after the first crushing. The mine was sold through the bailiff again. Alfred Chesson, Heydon and Clarke purchased the mine for the bargain basement price of 1100 pounds. They worked it until 1906, before selling to a local syndicate. This was also wound up within 18 months after spending great sums of money.

W. Palmer sold the mine to the Great Fingall Company in 1907. In 1920 the plant was dismantled after being idle for many years. In 1925, Carrati (surname) left a mining syndicate at the Moyagee Mine elsewhere in the district, and operated the Kinsella mine for a couple of years.

In 1934, Western Mining Corporation took over the Kinsella, Great Fingall and Trenton Mine. They abandoned the Kinsella in 1936. It was immediately taken over by Jack Bedwell, who worked it for a bit before Big Bell Ltd took over. In 1939, Big Bell Limited took an 18 month option over the mine.

From 1897 to 1906 the mine produced 12 865 tonnes of ore for 4 984.06 oz of gold.

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