IA 8. 2.1861 Quartz mining promises to be a lasting source of wealth for Tarnagulla. Some of the first class reefs continue to be worked to advantage, and discoveries are being made all the time on other reefs. TC 12. 5.1866 Complaints about inaccuracy of Govt, reports, there is far more machinery etc. at Tarnagulla than credit is given for. TC 10.10.1866 For a long time there has been little to report, partially because of the depression in the money markets. A great many puddlers on the old leads are getting gold, but we look to the Quartz for permanence. There is permanent alluvial mining at the Hard Hills... TC 6. 7.1867 Editorial about potential wealth of district, requires imagination and capital. TC 1. 1.1870 Editorial about locking up land by leases over preceeding twelve months by speculators, and floating of companies. Despite this, the old mines are doing well. TC 12. 2.1870 Editorial criticism re unwise use of capital in several of the mines - South Poverty Consols and Cambrian both almost ruined by Melbourne meddling, overexpenditure and mismanagement. TC 31.12.1870 Editorial, depression in business, decrease in population, failure of mining companies which twelve months ago promised so much. However, UPRCo making up some ground etc etc. TC 15. 4.1871 Editorial about commencement of tributing on Poverty and New Chum reefs as a result of successes at Sandhurst. TC 15. 7.1871 Editorial about languishing condition of mining. TC 30. 9.1871 Editorial about wastage of expenditure and great resources of district. A good report. TC 7.10.1871 Editorial about prospects of Llanelly, Cay's etc. Quite good. TC 14.10.1871 Editorial about improved mining prospects around the district. Recovered from rush of Ballarat promoters of 1869. Little pegs with "Applied for Lease" were to be found in every direction. TC 11.11.1871 Several leases have been applied for but little is doing until they are granted. TC 2.12.1871 Editorial about mining, potential for capitalists, etc. TC 30. 3.1872 Editorial following rich discovery on Poverty Reef, great hopes entertained for a brilliant future for the district. TC 13. 4.1872 Excellent historical report on the Poverty Reef, recent discoveries in the district etc. TC 23.11.1872 Editorial on locking up of lands by leaseholders without working the ground. TC 25. 1.1873 London and Lancashire Co strikes it rich on Poverty. TC 9. 8.1873 London and Lancashire and Prince of Wales Co's amalgamate resources, hope for good thinks to overcome the extreme dullness which exist in Tarnagulla at the present time. TC 16. 8.1873 Golden Hope Tribute Co, Sandstone Reef, strikes gold at 540', the deepest for miles around, gives confidence to many local companies. TC 20. 9.1873 Editorial on the depression of mining affairs, deep sinking required to restore Tarnagulla and Llanelly to what they were a few years ago. TC 22.11.1873 The town has been dull and the mining interests particularly so for a long time now. TC 2. 5.1874 Mining news is still dull, although Poverty, Cambrian Victoria and Gladstone Co's pushing on. TC 30. 5.1874 Cambrian miners accept half wages. Rumours the Cambrian has struck the reef. TC 14.11.1874 Mining is stagnating throughout to colony. TC 26.12.1874 Notwithstanding the unprecedented unfavourable prospects of the colony, a bright future is before us, but we need to unlock the leases...etc, etc. TC 2. 1.1875 Business is dull, mining at a standstill, miners are moving away. Calls to free up the leases. TC 18. 3.1876 Editorial about good land locked up by leases. No mining reports for a long while. TC 25. 3.1876 Amalgamated Co on Poverty Reef crushing for several parties. TC 1. 4.1876 Amalgamated POW battery at work, music to the ears and breaks the monotony of affairs. TC 8. 4.1876 Details of Ironbark mill crushings. TC 17. 6.1876 Another editorial about ground being held under lease. Tarnagulla is dull, trade is dull, etc. TC 9. 2.1878 C B Robinson pegs Watts Reef. TC 19. 2.1878 Tarnagulla As It Was, by an old resident. Much comment about dullness of the town. TC 18. 5.1878 The engines of the Poverty were started on Tuesday after being idle for nearly three years. TC 25. 5.1878 Things are very dull on Tarnagulla at present, but the Poverty is re-started and nearly all scrip in the Yorkshire has been sold. TC 15. 6.1878 Henry Joyce recommends forfeiture of a number of leases no complying with labour covenants. TC 22. 1.1881 On the whole the town is really looking up. TC 18. 6.1881 Our district is beginning to return to more prosperous times. TC 3.12.1881 It is evident that the abandonded reefs about Tarnagulla are worthy of a trial. Thomas and sons at Graveyard hill are getting over 1 1/2oz/ton. TC 29. 9.1883 EXCELLENT HISTORICAL SKETCH ON THE POVERTY REEF, NAMING OF IT AND SO ON. TC 6.10.1883 Editorial about Tarnagulla getting its fair share from the Prospecting Vote. TC 20.10.1883 Petition to Minister for Mines re POW & OPCo requesting allocation of portion of Prospecting Vote. The district has been overlooked in previous disbursements. TC 17. 5.1884 Good editorial on neglected condition. Poverty is the only one new prospector. Myriads of shafts 100'-200', crushing plant badly needed. TC 7. 6.1884 Public meeting to erect a crushing mill. TC 27. 9.1884 Editorial about the Prospecting Vote. TC 17. 1.1885 Prospecting Vote: Wanda L200, POW & OP L200, Mercantile L150. TC 8. 8.1885 Very rich discovery at Wanda Mine. TC 15. 8.1885 The district is in the eve of a grand mining revival. Rich discovery at the Wanda, and other areas moving forward quickly. TC 7.11.1885 Editorial about the revival of mining in the district. Many neglected lines of reef in the district, which rightfully extends from the Nelson Reef at Arnold's Bridge (North) to the Specimen Reef at Cays (South), Woolshed Reef on the east and Great Western on the West. There are only 6 machinery plants in this whole area of 12 miles long by 5 miles wide. TC 12.12.1885 Yorkshire Co finds rich gold on the hanging wall at 5 South, this explodes the theory long doing the rounds that Tarnagulla's reefs do not live below 400'. TC 8. 5.1886 Long editorial about lack of success of the mines. Too much time and expense by the POW & OPCo and Wanda Co in putting up gear and then fossicking around in the old ground. A great many of Tarnagull'a reefs were good to 400' then they became inpoverished. It is not unusual to find blanks at certain levels on goldfields, and deep sinking should rectify Tarnagulla's problems. TC 22. 5.1886 Minister for Mines visits, good report on local developments. TC 15. 1.1887 A number of Tarnagulla companies apply for grants from the Prospecting Vote. TC 5. 2.1887 Recommended Votes to Co's. L1200 alloted to Tarnagulla. TC 21. 5.1887 Gourley's Reef discovered at Waanyarra. TC 9. 7.1887 Great excitement over rich finds at Gourley's Reef. Also, William Radnell finds a 56oz 15dwt specimen near Needful Reef. TC 16. 7.1887 A mining revival in the district. Gourley and Flynn at Waanyarra, the Govt Bore at Arnold's Bridge has come across a splendid prospect and the whole of the supposed Lead from Irishtown down is pegged. Irvine's Reef re-opened, prospects of the Sandstone being floated in England. TC 3.11.1888 Concluding article of an excellent series by Henry Joyce on the district for the Prospecting Board. TC 22. 3.1890 Royal Commission into Gold Mining, excellent background reading. TC 5. 4.1890 Tarnagulla Prospecting Association requests L200 from Prospecting Vote. TC 28. 3.1891 After a long absence, a report on the POW & OPCo. TC 26.12.1891 Mining is looking up lately in Tarnagulla. TC 16. 1.1892 Good report on site selection of the Tappit Consuls shaft. TC 19. 8.1893 Two recent discoveries havehave given a big impetus to local mining. TC 30. 9.1893 Not for many years have so many men been engaged prospecting. The Sandstone is the only company in the district paying wages. TC 10. 3.1894 There is an exodus of miners to Western Australia taking place. TC 24. 3.1894 There is evidence that the general depression is lifting. TC 5. 4.1894 A public meeting is called to arrange evidence for a visit from the Minister of Mines. TC 12. 5.1894 Good report on Neglected Goldfields, by Mines Dept. TC 19. 5.1894 Editorial, how can mining be revived, mostly about the Poverty. TC 19. 5.1894 Good Public Meeting on revival of the Industry, really good reading. TC 11. 8.1894 Shortly expect a revival of mining, not more than one or two have been tested below 500'. TC 29. 9.1894 District is abuzz following discovery of Biggs' Reef. Prospectors and speculators are arriving from all directions, a great mining boom is now going on TC 6.10.1894 Minister of Mines visits Biggs' Reef, etc. TC 13.10.1894 More of the Neglected Goldfields Report. Also, hundreds of miners are in the district looking for a lucky find, a few are obtaining a little fine gold, most of them pack up after a few days. TC 20.10.1894 More discoveries, Radnell's Seven Brothers, etc. TC 3.11.1894 Scores of prospectors are out in all directions. TC 29.12.1894 Nothing much has come of the activity over the year, they were all patchy and nuggets. TC 2. 2.1895 A pleasure to hear the Poverty Battery at work again, purchased by the Llanelly Co and overhauled. TC 11. 5.1895 Now that the holes in the gullies are filled with water, a number a parties are out prospecting. TC 20. 7.1895 Duncan's Cyanide works reaping a rich harvest, Llanelly Co strikes rich gold and Davies and Williamson are opening up Growlers reef, etc. TC 2. 5.1896 Slip Up Lead opened. TC 16. 5.1896 A great revival is taking place in Tarnagulla. TC 20. 2.1897 Good editorial on the advent of British capital. The Tarnagulla field has been reasonably well tested down to 400', but there is a vast resource deeper which requires vast amounts of capital to develop. TC 16.10.1897 The Slip Up Rush is creating considerable excitement, the Bendigo Consols are sinking, the Yorkshire is sinking, the Llanelly is putting its mill up, The Tarnagulla Consols is sinking, the Tappit Hen is being floated, and this issue contains a good report on the prospects of the Young Australian and the adjoining properties, the Specimen Hill and the Stony Reef, all on the Poverty Line. Mining is looking up. TC 30.10.1897 Bendigo Consols Co strike gold. TC 1. 1.1898 Good editorial on the mining prospects of the district. TC 26. 2.1898 There is a big revival in mining in Tarnagulla. Steady work has been going on in the mines for some months. TC 26. 2.1898 Yorkshire Co cause a bit of a flutter with good specimens at 680' Level. The question as to whether payable gold exists below 400'-500' in this locality has long perplexed our mining men. TC 6. 5.1899 Very good editorial, the mining industry is not in a such a healthy state as we would wish. A cable has been received suspending work, etc. at the Bendigo Consols Co. TC 10. 6.1899 Very good editorial about wastage and mismanagement at the Bendigo Consols and district generally. TC 17. 6.1899 Good editorial about wastage, at the Poverty and the Sandstone. The Sandstone only needed a 10 head mill, and all the machinery should have been put under one roof, etc etc. TC 22. 7.1899 Editorial about wastage of resources. TC 9. 9.1899 Ditto. TC 9. 9.1899 Great consternation, the Tarnagulla Consols Shaft has been closed down, 25 men out of work. TC 30. 9.1899 Editorial about dearth of mining. TC 30. 9.1899 A serious slump in the Tarnagulla mines. TC 7.10.1899 Editorial, how different is Tarnagulla today compared to 4 months ago when the streets were full of men. Complaints about leases tying up ground. TC 14.10.1899 "..a good gold bearing district, want a Mr Lansell...". TC 18.11.1899 A great number of people are saying our mines are failures and only got up by the promoters, etc. TC 13. 1.1900 Excellent editorial on how the town has faded, discovery of the Poverty Reef, etc. TC 20. 1.1900 Another excellent editorial on wastage in the district, particularly the Sandstone Mine at Llanelly. TC 7. 7.1900 Some of the Tarnagulla miners are off to the MtWilliam Rush. TC 14. 7.1900 Ditto. TC 21. 7.1900 Some of the men are returning. TC 29.12.1900 Generally at a low ebb. TC 12.4.1902 Public meeting, good reading. ----- This data is part of the David Gordon Index and is provided for private use only. Copyright David Gordon 2012.