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C1887
Plan of the Forest Creek Gold Field, Showing Quartz Reefs and Alluviums; also Ming Leases and Claims, July 22nd, 1886.
Mapmaker:
T.L.Brown
Rare gold mining map of the Forest Creek field.
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Full Title:
Plan of the Forest Creek Gold Field, Showing Quartz Reefs and Alluviums; also Ming Leases and Claims, July 22nd, 1886.
Date:
C1887
Mapmaker:
T.L.Brown
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph
Image Size:
520mm
x 805mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
Rare gold mining map of the Forest Creek field.
Mapmaker:
T.L.Brown ( -1890
Mr. Brown was one of the early pioneers of Castlemaine, arriving in 1852, and for some time worked on the diggings. He opened a store at Wattle Gully, Chewton, where he continued to reside up to the time of his death. As a mining surveyor he worked for the Mines department, the Royal Commission on Gold mining,and also the local mining bodies. His last work in connection with the office was the preparation of an elaborate plan of the reefs,Fix this textshafts, and drives in the borough of Chewton, and it was issued recently with the mining registrar’s report by the secretary for Mines.
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