British King West Gold Mine, Darlot Goldfield, Leonora Shire, Western Australia, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| British King West Gold Mine | Mine |
| Darlot Goldfield | Ore Field |
| Leonora Shire | Shire |
| Western Australia | State |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
27° 56' 19'' South , 121° 14' 26'' East
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The British King, British King East and British King West gold mines are historic leases which adjoined each other, two kilometres west south-west of the Melrose station homestead, and 200 metres north of the Darlot-Weebo Road
The lease was originally worked by a party of four, being George Taylor, George Gilmore, J. Benson and J. Sims. Taylor later entered state parliament, Gilmore established Weebo Station, Benson was a mate of Taylor from Queensland.
They realised after a short time, working the mine would be useless without a battery at Darlot. Sims sold his share to Gilmore. They left the lease until 1898 when the first battery was established on the goldfield. They obtained several crushing for fair returns.
Mining ceased at the end of 1899. The mine was connected by a drive to the neighbouring British King mine. When this closed down the workings flooded, the water entering the British King West mine through the drive.
The syndicate of miners sold the mine in 1900 to the Fingall Reef Extended Company from Day Dawn, who had also purchased the British King mine. The company continued mining, but abandoned both leases in 1903, it is said due to high managerial costs.
The lease sprang to life again in the late 1940's. Arnold Batger and the Arlidge brothers had realised there was still probably much gold in the mine, which had not been tackled by prospectors due to the heavy water inflow, and need for expensive pumping equipment. From 1946 to 1949 the party produced several rich crushings.
They abandoned the lease in 1949 citing high costs. A new group of prospectors took over consisting of P. Kennedy, J. Clinger, W. Walker, J. Willis and B. Balaam, but no information was found subsequent.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
1 valid mineral.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Native Gold Formula: Au |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| Au | Gold | |
|---|---|---|
| Au | ⓘ Native Gold | Au |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Yilgarn CratonCraton
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