Image 154

Wilson's Coal Mine - Kawarau River

Page

1 of 1

Date

c1903

Source

Heart of the Desert - J P Parcell

Description

Wilson's Coal Mine - Kawarau River Note the flying fox in the center of the photo. Photo looking west. To the left (downstream) of this photo was the upstream extent of the Cairnmuir Sluicing Company claim. They started here in 1935. Left to Right : 1. Samuel Tregilgus 2. John Richard Crombie 3. William Wilson 4. John SHort 5. Edward Healy 6. George McKillop 7. Frederick Jones 8. Hugh Donnelly 9. Louis Francis Parcell 10. John Barclay 11. George Saxon