Maninga Marley Gold Mine, Sandstone, Sandstone Shire, Western Australia, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Maninga Marley Gold Mine	Mine
Sandstone	- not defined -
Sandstone Shire	Shire
Western Australia	State
Australia	Country

Maninga Marley is 20 kilometres south-east of Sandstone near the Sandstone-Menzies Road. The parent mine was called Maringa Marley, but it was also the name for the area, with a couple of named mines, and several prospector shows. Over a wider area, it is called Black Range.

Gold was discovered in the area by E. Arundel and Mat Dwyer, in 1903. The most active period of mining was from 1904 to 1910. The Maringa Marley Gold Mine was extracting gold from its Daphne lease, on a reef 6 foot wide.

In 1906, it was reported there were seven shafts as part of the gold mine, 45 to 70 feet deep, with the main shaft at 120 feet, cutting the reef at the 50 foot level. There was 4 foot of good stone near the Hanging Wall, separated by a divisional wall, with 4 to 6 feet of poorer grade stone, and 2 feet of gold bearing stone on the Footwall.

By 1906 a 10 head battery had been erected. H.E. Wright was mine manager until 1906, then it was Arundel. A heavy water inflow saw operations stop in 1909, however the battery crushed for other leases until 1912.

In 1925 the mine was being worked alone by Frederick Sonnenschein (59). There were two areas, the part worked by the prospector, and the abandoned workings. An explosive charge broke through to the abandoned part which was full of water. This rushed into the other workings and Sonnenschein drowned.

Minor gold production occurred during the 1930's. By 1937 the mine had produced 7128 tonnes of ore for 8779 ounces of gold.

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