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Why were old timer newspaper reports so detailed?
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<blockquote data-quote="just starting" data-source="post: 515960" data-attributes="member: 14279"><p>I bought detailed original mining reports of my local area with maps of the mines themselves and all the finances from each mine. </p><p>They list how much gold was found ,how many shareholders there were for each one and the dividends paid out . I also have info on the timelines of what happened in these mines with regular updates including when they were payable , when they were starting to slow down and when they were onsold or closed up all together.</p><p>I can also read when the mining companies moved their whole operations to one area and why they did it.</p><p>It`s very interesting reading and gives an insight into how much was involved in operating a mine. You also get a feel for how the population migrated from one area to the next ,following the gold trail. Did you know that the main township of Scarsdale / Browns wasn`t located where it is now ? It started around Monkey Gully, a few miles down the road and as the gold mining got more intense to the west ,the miners started moving around and eventually the township was settled around the Glenelg highway.</p><p></p><p> A bit of history for you ,but it is also useful info .</p><p></p><p> FOZ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="just starting, post: 515960, member: 14279"] I bought detailed original mining reports of my local area with maps of the mines themselves and all the finances from each mine. They list how much gold was found ,how many shareholders there were for each one and the dividends paid out . I also have info on the timelines of what happened in these mines with regular updates including when they were payable , when they were starting to slow down and when they were onsold or closed up all together. I can also read when the mining companies moved their whole operations to one area and why they did it. It`s very interesting reading and gives an insight into how much was involved in operating a mine. You also get a feel for how the population migrated from one area to the next ,following the gold trail. Did you know that the main township of Scarsdale / Browns wasn`t located where it is now ? It started around Monkey Gully, a few miles down the road and as the gold mining got more intense to the west ,the miners started moving around and eventually the township was settled around the Glenelg highway. A bit of history for you ,but it is also useful info . FOZ [/QUOTE]
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