Gold Mining History - book finished at last!

[facthunter]

That's correct. The Horse was supposed to have kicked the Ground an exposed a Gold Nugget.  Nev

[onetrack]

None of it is correct, it's all urban legend, typical of rumours and gossip that grow into "truth". Even Monument Australia promotes the urban legend of the horse that founded Norseman.

I guess there is a degree of correctness in stating that the Norseman monument acknowledges the part played by the invaluable animals used by prospectors.

 

https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/culture/animals/display/60895-norseman

 

The real story is substantially different, I'll let you read the family history website to garner all the correct information, directly from the original people.

 

https://taylorfamilyhistory.com/2022/08/02/norseman-find

[onetrack]

The "Princess Royal" underground gold mine was one of the mainstays of Norseman for many decades, producing a pretty consistent half-ounce of gold to the tonne. The ore body was accessed by a decline shaft, a shaft constructed at a steep angle, rather than vertical. The decline shaft is designed to allow better access to steep-sloping ore bodies.

 

The Princess Royal was turned into an open cut mine in 1975, and I have some photos of that early large-scale open cut operation. It was opened up by Charles Hull Contracting of Waroona.

Charlie Hull is a legend in the earthmoving, roadmaking and mining construction industry, I'm pretty sure he's still alive, he must be around 95.