Day Dawn Mine; gold mining; Charters Towers; mining towns
Summary
The Day Dawn Mines were one of the richest gold deposits in the Charters Towers goldfields. The Day Dawn Reef ran right through Charters Towers Municipality. In 1878, the Day Dawn Gold Mining Company Ltd was floated with shares at ten shillings each. Within a year it had paid a dividend of seven shillings and six pence.
See the Charters Towers Gold Mining Archive and the Charters Towers Stock Exchange Archive (see Related URLs).
Special Collection items may be used on the Library premises by visiting the appropriate Reading Rooms during opening hours. Digital copies of selected items from this Archive will be made available through the repository as copyright or other restrictions allow.
References
Related publications held in the NQ Collection at James Cook University Library:
Williamson, J. (1983). Charters Towers: The golden years. Charters Towers, Australia: J. Williamson
Brumby, M. (2004). Charters Towers 1887: Celebrating the photographic work of Carey Jamieson Allom and Arthur Rudolph Bailey. Charters Towers, Australia: Charters Towers and Dalrymple Archives Group.
Marsland, L. W. (1892). The Charters Towers gold mines: A descriptive and historical account of the town and gold field of Charters Towers, Queensland. London, United Kingdom: Waterlow & Layton.