MINE LOCATIONS AROUND OBERON?

Hey, im new to this forum but I was wondering if anyone has any coordinates to any old mine shafts just to have a look. I dont mind if the walk is hard as I always like a challenge but if you have any coordinates of any that would be great. If you post them privately to me I won’t leak them or tell anyone about them as I don’t want them ruined.

Hi WD, welcome to PA.

If you use the Search function at the top right of each forum page and search for Oberon, you'll find lots of prior discussions about gemstones in the vicinity, but no references that I can see to any mine shafts. As prospecting/mining gemstones usually involves relatively shallow diggings, I presume you are thinking of old shafts from reef gold mine workings?

Most of the threads also talk about problems with restricted or zero access to forestry and private land and issues with watchful, unfriendly locals. Maybe you need to pick somewhere easier for your explorations?

Hi Willdorso,

I find it hard to get information on the location of adits and shafts, and it’s something I’m quite interested in. Have you got the google earth overlay for historical mines in NSW? this is a useful resource but you never know if the site has been bulldozed, filled in etc.

willdorso said:

Hey, im new to this forum but I was wondering if anyone has any coordinates to any old mine shafts just to have a look. I dont mind if the walk is hard as I always like a challenge but if you have any coordinates of any that would be great. If you post them privately to me I won’t leak them or tell anyone about them as I don’t want them ruined.

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Hi Willdorso, My I ask then why you require them, What would you use the Data for.
regards
David

Golden Treasure, Gibbo River, Primary Vein hosted Gold . Quartz Adit Shaft GDA94 55 575363 5946784

Years ago you could buy booklets of Mine Data Sheets from a Mining Museum in Sydney. I know that Hill End diggings were covered in great detail as were several other areas. I can' remember whether Oberon was covered. The publications were not expensive and made very interesting reading.
Old Panner

Info

Wpt Details

WP,D,alluvial workings, -33.777187, 149.716245,12/06/2014,14:35:44,GS1993/067 numerous alluvial workings along Hopes Creek attributed to Chinese prospectors circa 1861 shafts and drives infilled by landowner. GS1993/067-sapphires zircon have been recovered in this creek also.

willdorso said:

Hey, im new to this forum but I was wondering if anyone has any coordinates to any old mine shafts just to have a look. I dont mind if the walk is hard as I always like a challenge but if you have any coordinates of any that would be great. If you post them privately to me I won’t leak them or tell anyone about them as I don’t want them ruined.

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Hi Willdorso,

Will some think like this help out ? What it shows is Workings done like (shaft or Adit or workings) at the end it show you the (mine name)

WP,D,shallow pits, -33.663531, 149.834969,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Lambert and Davis Reef,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Old workings largely infilled, -33.675312, 149.808615,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Old workings, -33.683991, 149.783663,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,shaft, -33.703488, 149.923002,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Workings (unspecified), -33.665292, 149.906614,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Shallow trench, -33.697702, 149.807186,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Oberon Prospect,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Shafts to 24m stoping pits, -33.715339, 149.836240,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Homeward Bound Reef,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Shafts adits open cut, -33.704195, 149.836672,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Open cut 9x23x6m shafts to 46m drives pits, -33.601822, 149.736576,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Blackmans Mine,A,N,-9999
WP,D,minor workings in area, -33.638759, 149.778541,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Gils 1 Prospect,A,N,-9999
WP,D,scattered workings, -33.634639, 149.860318,12/06/2014,14:35:44,Trig Zone,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Shafts at least 5 prospects over 1 km in group, -33.639772, 149.844968,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999
WP,D,Old workings mostly infilled, -33.675955, 149.827829,12/06/2014,14:35:44,,A,N,-9999

I can give you a larger selection as a KML file if that suits, if so just PM me a E-Mail address

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Detrackozi
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