Captains Flat (Lake George) Mine records, between 1950 and 2019

MLMSS 11545
SLIDES 369

fonds

1950-2019

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs

9607575

0.16 metres of textual and graphic material (1 box)
12 slides - colour - 35mm.

The Captains Flat mining field is significant for its contribution to base metal mining in New South Wales over a period of 80 years. It was the major mining site in southern NSW between 1882 and 1889, and again between 1937-62. The Lake George Mine is situated at Captains Flat, approximately 50km south east of Canberra. The mine produced lead, zinc, copper, pyrite, silver and gold. The mine covers approximately 100 hectares with the main mine workings extending underground to a depth of 619 metres. Today, numerous shafts can still be seen at the surface, and derelict structures for ore storage, processing, loading and transport remain at the site. While dwarfed by the Broken Hill field (which was one of the largest in the world), during the post-1937 period Captains Flat was one of the largest metal mining fields in NSW, if not Australia. The site closed due to the depletion of economic grade ore.
Reference: Library acquisition file

Tom Owen, via his daughter, gave it to Christine Sandow, who was involved with the Captains Flat Historical Society.

Captain's Flat (Lake George) Mine records, 1950s-2010s, includes Tom Owen and J. M. Ireland correspondence, reports, printed material, photograph album and slides with views of Captains Flat and mines.

Correspondence, to Jack Ireland, Tom Owen, re: Mine closure 1962-63

‘The Chairman’s Address’, Lake George Mining Corporation Ltd., broadside 1947

Photograph of Jack M. Ireland, black and white.

E. Reynolds, “Lake George Mines’ Paper, AusIMM Centenary Conference, Adelaide, 30 March – 4 April, 1993.

Photograph album, 73 black and white photos, mounted, different views of Captains Flat, the buildings, the ore loader, the dam etc.; plus two photos inserted loose, portrait of Tom Owen and one “View of town – Captains Flat c 1950s or before”.

2 x Sales catalogues, plus 1 printed prospectus, of mining equipment, plant buildings and stores for sale at Lake George Mines, Pty Ltd. (one catalogue dated Monday 04 February, 1963)

2 x pamphlets, colour: “Healing the Scars” Soil Conservation NSW (undated); and “Captains Flat, Heritage Trail of a Mining Town Pathway to Gold”, Captains Flat Community Association, 2010.

1 x Theatre Flyer, “The Perfectionist” Theatre South and Eureka Theatre Company

3 x CD ROMS: 177 Photos Captains Flat (.jpgs), assorted dates, black and white and colour, plus a further additional 14 photos from 1897 (.jpgs); “Risk Assessment and Remediation Action Plan, Derelict Lake George Mine, Captains Flat, NSW” (.pdf) 2002; “Lake George Mine, Assessment of Cultural Heritage Values” (.pdf), with letter from NSW Dept. Primary Industries, November 2006.

1 x Paper, “Rehabilitation of the Mie Waste Tailings Dumps and Associated Works at Captains Flat”, by Dept. Public Works, NSE, Shire and Municipal Record, September, 1977.

2 x plastic pockets, newspaper cuttings, of assorted sources, dates, relating to Captains Flat; a Tourist Map; Community Association flyers; a real estate flyer.

SLIDES
1 x box of colour slides, twelve, “Captains Flat”, depicting views of the buildings, the town, the dam etc. formerly belonging to J. M. Ireland.

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