Mount Boppy Gold Mine

Mount Boppy Gold Mine was a gold mine at Canbelego, New South Wales, Australia. The original Mount Boppy Gold Mine operated from 1901 to 1922. It was, at the time, regarded as being the largest gold producer in New South Wales. The gold-bearing deposit that became the Mount Boppy Gold Mine was discovered, in September 1896. The discoverer of the gold-bearing lode, a prospector, Michael Delaney O'Grady, lived near the Boppy Mount railway station, on the Cobar railway line. It was while walking back to his home, in September 1896, that he recognised the lode, where it was exposed in a watercourse. He and his partner, Thomas Reid, had been trying to find the source of a 'floater' rock that had been found on the Nyngan-Cobar road. After a sample was dollyed by Reid, it was found to be rich in gold. The lode initially was worked by O'Grady and Reid, under a mining claim known as 'Hidden Treasure'. In November 1897, the claim, and another 10 acres of mining claim land owned by other prospectors, were sold to the Anglo-Australian Exploration Company, for £1,000. The new owners sank four shafts, and identified a huge gold-bearing lode, over 1,000 feet long to a depth of at least 200 feet; later mining would reach 300 feet deep, in 1902, 400 feet in 1904, 500 feet in 1909, and 800 feet, in 1911. The gold-bearing quartz reef varied in thickness, from 12 feet up to 37 feet. A 200-ton b

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