Name | Also known as | Period of Operation |
Mineral | Method of Working |
Comments | Location |
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Aberdeen Ballast Quarry | c.1870-1950s? | Railway Ballast | Quarry | Produced large quantity of high quality ballast: for some of the time connected to railway by a spur line | Hd. Kooringa Section 4 | |
All Nations Mine | c. 1867 | Record of Mines 1908 reports it was worked by a Melbourne Co. “nothing known” | Near Burra | |||
Apoinga | Blue Success Blue Hole |
1941-1951 | Crocidolite Asbestos | Quarry | Claims finally cancelled 1956 | Hd. Apoinga Section 252 3 miles N.W. of Robertstown 1:25,000 map suggest Section 295 or 296 |
Apoinga | Apoinga Copper Mining Co. | 1857-82 prospecting 1882-83 mining | Copper | 4 shafts & some driving | Company wound up: property disposed of in 1885 | Hd. Apoinga Section 12 7 miles N.E. of Black Springs (also leased Sections 15, 16, 17) for prospecting Perhaps renumbered? |
Apoinga Gold Mining Co | c.1931 | Gold | Shaft and driving | Burra Record 3/6/31 reports 1st shareholders meeting Black Springs 21 May 1931. No menton after 17 June 1931 | ||
Apoinga Gold Show | 1930 | Gold | Shaft & shallow pits | A little alluvial gold found. Ores showed only a trace | Hd. Apoinga Section 10 !4 miles WNW Robertstown (central eastern pt of section) | |
Asbestos Mining Co | S.A. Asbestos & Mining Co. Ltd Robertstown Asbestos Mine | 1894-? Not continuously | Asbestos | Pits/Quarry | More research needed to clarify, but apparently worked at different times 1st in 1894 when c. 6 tons bagged. Asbestos Mining Co. 1912 employed over 30. S.A. Asbestos& Mining Co. issued prospectus 1921 Add . Burra Record 9/9/1931 Robertstown Asbestos Mine very active formerly S.A. Asbestos & Mines but they closed Down | 8 Miles NE Robertstown e of Section 48 Hd. Bright |
Bevan & Sons Sliver Claim | c.1888 | Silver | Shafts & costeen pits | Burra record 20/4/1888 reports an offer to buy it shafts & pits had then cost £1,250 | 15 miles from Burra | |
Black George Mining Co | 1888 | Copper | Shaft? | Burra Record 20/4/1888 reports offer of 100 shares of £1 to develop copper lode at Black George Well in Redruth | Redruth | |
Black Hills Silver Mines | World’s End Silver Claims Includes: Dunstan’s Silver Claim, Black Hills Pty Silver Mine Syndicate, W. Pearce Jun. Claim Black Hills Pty Co | 1886-c.1890? | Silver | Shafts & pit | Oddly Record of Mines 1908 has no information. Burra Record 9/2/1886 says there are over 300 claims & by 23/2/1886 says they were surveyed & settled with more being made Black Hills Silver Mine was wound up 1889 and Burra Record 24/12/89 reports the whole field a failure | c. 16 miles SE of Burra |
Bon Accord Mine | 1846-1864 | Copper Water | Shafts drives & crosscuts | Main Shaft to 300’ supplied the town water supply 1878-1966 (Aberdeen only 1878-1884) Good references is David P. Bannear “An Archaeological Survey of the Von accord Property Burra South Australia 1845-1966 (5 volumes0, Saddleworth, 1987 | Hd. Kooringa Section 4 on N side of Burra Mine | |
Burra Consols | 1870, 1873, 1899 | Copper | Shafts | Worked spasmodically but lack of finance forced it to close each time | 12 miles SE Burra Hd. Baldina | |
Burra Corporation | Burra Town Council | Road metal | Quarry | The town council worked a number of local quarries for limestone & shale for road metal | Hd. Kooringa Section 1 | |
Burra Creek Mining Venture | 1865 | Copper | 240 acres at Military map reference 227816 | Hd. Bundey Section 131 2½miles W. Gums Homestead | ||
Burra Fire Clay Co. | H. Baldina | |||||
Burra Hill | 1943? | Rock Phosphate | Discovered J. Barker. Not developed | Hd. Kooringa Section 1 Western slope of hills immediately W. Of Burra | ||
Burra Joker Mine/Claim | Joker | 1888-91 | Silver | Shaft | Syndicate of 60 Burra men employed 2 men for 6 weeks & then some move time. Only a trace at best. Shaft to 200 feet. | 20 miles e. of Ketchowla Homestead |
Burra Manganese & Silver Mining Co. Ltd | Iron Mine/Ironmine | Period of Burra Mine 7 1888 | Iron & manganese | Shaft | Originally produced thousands of tons of manganese ore for E&A Copper Co. Smelters at Burra 1888 attempt to restart operations failed for lack of local buyer for flux. The company had hoped it was a cap for silver deposit | 6 miles W of Burra adjacent Ironmine Church Hd of Ayers Section 92 |
Canowie Claim | 1904 | Copper | Burra Record 16/3/1904 reported a ‘‘useful” copper find but nothing eventuated | Between Canowie & Booborowie | ||
Carn Brae | St Elmo | / & 1913 | Copper/Gold | Shaft & drive | Burra record 23/4/1913 & 10/11/1913 report work on the old Cran Brae claim then renamed st Elmo ‘in what seems to e gold bearing stuff’ | Robertstown/Bright |
Cartapo Creek | Cobalt & manganese | Not developed | Hd Ayers | |||
District Council of Burra | From 1925 | Road metal | Quarries | These & probably other sites as well | Hd. Kooringa section 4 Hd. Hanson Section 81 | |
Duncan’s | 1890 | Silver-Lead | Pits | Veins too small to be of value | Hd. Hanson Sections 603,604 | |
Eastern Gold & Prospecting Syndicate | 1902?-1906? | Copper & Gold | Shaft | Burra Record 11/1/1905 reposts a nice find of copper 3 years ago & 1/2/1905 a syndicate to exploit it. Shaft to c. 100ft. when work appear to have ceased by march 1906 .Burra Record 11/7/1906 Syndicate failed to raise money. | C30-35 miles east of Burra | |
Edelweiss Mine | Edeberg Mine | Copper & Vanadium | Mentioned in Record of Mines 1908 p50 | Hd Apoinga Block 1 14 miles south of Burra | ||
Fairview Phosphate Workings | Fair View Fair View Co/Mine Adelaide artificial Manure Co | Phosphate | Shafts and Quarries | Found by F.A.S. Field 1900 Minor production 1903 Adelaide Artificial manures Co. Small production 1903-1918 Another claim ran form 1950-53 on Section 224 & ore from 1952-53 on Section 225 but apparently without production See also reports in Burra Record between 2/3/1904 and 28/3/1906 | Hd. Bright section 225 & 224 (formerly Section 4) 18m SSE Burra 13 miles north of Robertstown (Lily Dora adjoins) | |
Hills Creek Mine | 1885 | Copper | Burra Record 16/10/1888 Rich lode of copper struck by Mr Milner: no other information | Ulooloo | ||
Kapunda Prospecting Claim | 1886? | Copper | Mentioned in Burra Record 2/3/1886 no further details | Close to Burra Creek on Mt Mullen | ||
Karkulto for second mine called Karkulto see Royal Mining Co | Southern Australian Mining Assoc. | 1850-51 1855-66 | Copper Iron | 6 shafts 7 1,600ft. of drives 7 winzes & man stopes | Production ceased 1857-55 due to Victorian gold rush. The iron ore was used as a smelting flux at Burra | Hd Apoinga Sections 21, 81, 2182, 2184, 2185, 2186 |
Lily Dora | 1905-06? | Phosphate | Record of Mines 1908 says exploration only till then. Record of Mines Summary Sheet gives 10 tons for 1903 | Adjoining Fariview Phosphate Workings one report says 1½ miles closer to Burra | ||
Morrison, A.D. Claim | 1950 | Clay | Satisfactory for low temperature fire brick | Hd. King Section 164 5½ miles NW Barker’s Dam | ||
Mt Bryan Silver Claim | Mt Bryan Ranges Silver Mine Assoc. | 1888 | Silver | Shaft | Burra record 9/3/1888 reports discovery 5 20/4/1888 reports shaft at 46 feet & other work – then silence | 1 mile north Mt Bryan railway station |
Munjibbie Mine | ? & 1905? | Burra Record 26/7/1905 H. Price is working the old Munjibbie Mine & making good wages some of the time | 7 miles NE Ulooloo 10 miles SE Terowie | |||
Murphy’s Gold Mine | 1882? | Gold | Burra Record 17/3/1882 Murphy’s Gold Mine prospectus withdrawn | |||
Porter’s Lagoon | Salt | |||||
Princess Elise | 1907 | Copper | Burra Record 22/5/1907 & 5/6/1907 reports find & attempt to float company 28/8/1907 work going well: then silence | ½ mile from Princess Royal Mine | ||
Princess Royal Mine | 1845-51 1867-68 1898 | Copper | Shafts & pits | 1867-68 work by E&A Copper Co (of Burra Smelts) 1898-99 effort seems to have failed | Hd. Kooringa Section 2 | |
Pulpara Mine | Pulpara & Caroona United Silver Ming & Mineral Co. | 1888 | Silver | Govt. geologist finds nothing there Burra Record 21/9/1888 | ENE of Caroona Bend Station 5 miles SE Ketchowla | |
Robertstown Silver Claims | 1886 | Silver | Shaft & pits | As for Black Hills claims; much activity but no results. Govt. geologist found a trace of silver in Moonta Cain & trace of copper in Murphy’s Claim 15-20 claims (Record of Mines 1908) | ||
Robertstown Silver-Lead Mine | Robertstown Bright Silver & Lead Mine (or Mining Co.) | 1912-13? | Silver | Shafts with drives & crosscuts | Burra Record 23/10/1912 reports find & reports progress approx. monthly till May 1913. On 29/10/1913 it says ore being sent to Germany: then silence | |
Royal Mining Co. | Karkulto (not same as Karkulto Mine of S.A.M.A) | 1851-61 intermittently | Iron & Copper | Shafts & Open Cut | Almost all work on Section 3059 Hd. Stanley. All sections sold in 1862. Iron sold as flux for E&A Copper Co. smelters. E&A Copper Co. leased the mine in 1857 | Hd Apoinga Section 3054, 3060 Hd Stanley 3058, 3059 1½miles Ne Black Springs |
Scrubbers Camp Mine | Scrubbers Camp Mining Co Ltd | 1866-68 | Copper | Shafts | On land which later became part of Ulooloo Goldfield Reserve | Hd. Hallett Section 649 6¼ miles NE Mt.Bryan |
Sod Hut MIne | Mentioned in Record of Mines 1908 No other information | Near Burra | ||||
Ulooloo Copper Mine | 1889 | Copper | Shaft & crosscut | On 100 acres of private land which have not been traced exactly 108ft. shaft. NO other information | Hd. Hallett Section 304 (probably) 3 miles E. Ulooloo Railway Station | |
Ulooloo Gold Field | Gold | Shafts | Discovered 1870-71 First workings on Section 650 then 673 along Noltenius Creek & Coglin Creek. Many claims worked intermittently from then on especially in times of unemployment. Rather distant from Burra but many Burra men went there in the nineteenth century depression & some in 1930’s. Workings were in alluvial gold | Hd. Hallett Sections 650 & 763 20 miles north of Hallett | ||
Utica Copper Mining Co. | Duttons Duttons Trough Utica Copper Mining Co. New Burra Copper Syndicate Atica Copper MIne | 1847-51 1897-1906? 1912-1915 1918?-? | Copper | Shafts, drives, open cuts 7 pits | Worked by F. H. Dutton 1847-1857 | Hd. Kooringa Section 3 9¼miles SE of Burra |
West Burra Copper Mining Co | 1913-1918 | Copper | Shaft crosscut & winze | Found in 1913 by W. Blott & Company formed same year. Little work after December 1916. Claim Cancelled Feb. 1919 1920 4 men worked on adjacent claim to NW No ore raised | Hd. Hanson Section 116 | |
Wheal Motley Copper Mining Syndicate | 1888 | Burra Record 15/5/1888 Prospectus 10&24/7/1888 Set to begin work 23/10/1888 calls for tributers Syndicate seems t have covered 6 claims | 480 acres 20 miles E of Paratoo Railway Station | |||
Wheelbarrow Hills Silver & Lead Mining Syndicate | 1888-89 | Shaft | Burra Record 15/5/1888 Prospectus Record of Mines 1908 says a small vein in 1889 yielded 7oz/ton but was not worth developing | 90 acres 3 miles north of Farrell Flat railway station on J.J. Duncan’s Gum Creek property | ||
William’s Claim | 1904 ? | Opal | Shaft | Burra Record 19/10/1904: attempt to raise money to test the claim & 13/6/06: further attempt to test the claim. | North of Millerton |