Feysville Gold Mine (Feysville gold area), South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ), Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield), Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Feysville Gold Mine (Feysville gold area)	Mine
South Kal Mines (South Kalgoorlie Gold Mine; HBJ)	Group of Mines
Woolibar Station (Hampton Plains Goldfield)	- not defined -
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire	Shire
Western Australia	State
Australia	Country

The Feysville Gold Mine is an open pit, one of several mines that has been used to feed ore to the Jubilee processing plant, about 5 kilometres south. A site nearby contained the Feysville Hotel from the late 1890's to 1928. Historically the area has seen many short lived prospecting leases, some also in the Mt Shea area a short distance to the north, and others around what is now called the Triumph Prospect a short distance west. Geology information for both will be listed separately.

Most of the gold locations on the Hampton Goldfield started development in 1919. Feysville however was earlier, when in 1895 a group of eleven prospectors headed by Henry Fey left Coolgardie, and found gold in what was later called Feysville.

An early report in 1896 lists the active leases as Countesy's, Rosina, and Paris Exhibition. Jack Shea and Mertin held the Mount Shea prospect to the north at this time. Adjacent to this was the Kingston lease, Mount Shea East and Nolan's Great Find. R. Melville found a 70 ounce nugget on the Miss Ruby lease, 150 yards north of the Nolan's Great Find main shaft, and about 10 yards from a costean Melville and A. Tuck had been working on. The owners of the lease were Tuck and Jack Shea.

The following year, leases listed were the Minerva, Kalgoorlie Prince, Chatsworth, Mount Shea, Kingston's United and the Block 50 North Extended. John and J. Connarty (surnames) held an alluvial reward lease at the south end of Mount Shea, which after a few months had achieved 30 ounces of gold, the largest piece 22 dwt. They later uncovered a 20 ounce nugget. There was also an alluvial rush at Block 50. One hundred men are working various alluvial leases at this time.

By 1898, a small deep lead had been found at Feysville, by Barry and Marsden (surnames), of ironstone pug wash showing coarse gold.

Subsequent years showed intermittent prospector activity. Its reported in 1902, only nine diggers remained, living from week to week, on the little alluvial gold left. The following year those nine went on a beer strike over the beer prices at the Feysville Hotel. Beer strikes on the goldfields never usually lasted long.

Belle View and Block 50 are noted as active in 1913.

Feysville was briefly caught up in the rush for leases, brought on by the area immediately south around the Celebration mine in 1919. The Champion Syndicate held a lease half a mile south of the hotel, on a quartz and ironstone reef showing fine and coarse gold, and possibly silver. The Malvina Hampton, Malvina West, Hampton View, Hampton Proprietary, Malvina Extended and Merrick are listed leases. The Hit or Miss Gold Mine is noted in the Mount Shea area.

Tom Kennedy is on the Champion lease at this time finding some specimen stone, while the Paris Exhibition is still in existence, and one called Paris Gift, all adjacent to each other.

By 1928, thirty prospectors existed within a radius of 7 miles from Feysville.

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