Please note time is AEDT
The LRRSA AGM will occupy the first 30mins of this meeting. Following its completion (or adjournment) Geoff Winkler will present on the following subject:
Golden Lake Gold Mine
The Golden Lake gold mine sat upon a plateau, high above the west bank of the Woady Yaloak River/Smythes Creek, a little to the north of Piggoreet. As with many of the deep lead mines in this area, the abundant amount of extracted stone, became a cheap source of road material and railway ballast.
Following a last-minute mention by Peter Evans, a site visit that had been planned for in late 2023, to inspect the route of a ballast siding that had been laid to the mine during the construction of the Linton to Scarsdale line in 1915, was expanded to include a search for any evidence of a purported tramway. It was claimed that this had been constructed to bring in firewood and timber for the mine.
Fortuitously, at about this time, access to LiDAR data and software had become available. The extensive use of this, in conjunction with a couple of subsequent field trips, has enabled the identification of all extant evidence of this tramway’s route.
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