Pole Gold Mine (Siberia Pole; Pamela), Siberia Goldfield (Waverley), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Pole Gold Mine (Siberia Pole; Pamela)	Mine
Siberia Goldfield (Waverley)	Ore Field
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire	Shire
Western Australia	State
Australia	Country

The mine was originally developed by a private syndicate, consisting of Dr Freidman JP, J. Freidman, Nat Freidman Jnr and H. Bennett, from 1897. H. Bennett, and Nat Freidman were both mentioned as mine managers at different points.

The original syndicate sank a shaft to 180 feet, but found much water inflowing at the bottom. It was a mixed blessing. It made mining more difficult, and expensive pumping equipment needed to be installed. On the other hand, it provided water for a battery, and a five head battery was installed in 1898, and cyanide vats in 1901. Three crushings had been produced up to 1898, and activity is found across 1899 to 1901, then all goes quiet.

The sands were cyanided in 1912, probably by James Correll, who is noted at the mine the year before. He conducted mining at the site intermittently for the next 25 years. The lease was forfeited to the Crown in 1920 for non payments of rent. The battery and cyanide plant remained, but was rarely used. Correll was fined 100 pounds in 1928, for using the cyanide plant which at the time was unregistered.

Regan (surname) was at Siberia during the early days. Later he left but returned to prospect in 1938. At this point he contacted James Correll, who knew both him and Regan's father, and Correll gave him a lot of information about the Pole mine. Regan produced a trial crushing from the mine, but then the war years intervened. On April 25 1947, he left Sydney, with his mining mate Rash (surname),and Regan's two sons who had just been discharged from the army. One month later, towing a one tonne trailer they arrived at the Pole mine, they re-named the Pamela.

In quick time they sank a 165 foot shaft 7 x 4 feet, and cross cut to the shoot. In the process they cut into the old workings, and their efforts were flooded with water which had accumulated since the mine had been abandoned decades before. There was an intention of producing crushings for the Ora Banda state battery but no information was found.

The mine is about 3 kilometres west south-west of the Siberia Consols mine. This is found on the Theil Well mine road where it turns sharply from south-west to south. The track to the Pole continues straight on in a west south-westerly direction. Half way there is a fork in the track, take the left track. There is a square battery sands remnant, and bulldozed area probably from a modern metal detecting exercise.

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