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Plan of Norseman Goldfield

Alternative Title:

Norseman Goldfield, W. Australia

Description:

James Parkinson, F. G. S., & c., Qualified Expert Geologist, Mineralogist, Metallurgical, Analytical & Technical Chemist, Mining Engineer & Assayer of the Royal School of Mines, London, 1863-4-5.

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Legends include railways (including proposed) and minerals.

Text under map sheet title: "Shewing Bevilaqua & Thompson's Battery Site and "Tramline Survey" for 9 miles east of Lake Cowan; Connecting with numerous Mines on the Great Main Lines of Reefs and a plentiful supply of Water at all Seasons; the "Best Site for Water Supply" and economic treatment and handling the "Output" in all Million operations and processes for the abstraction of Gold from the "Output" of the Mines. Ten heads of Stampers now in operation, & another ten heads in course of construction, the first erected battery on the Goldfield for Pubic [sic] Crushing.

Shows waterways, various buildings, sandy areas.

Descriptive text on both on sheets concerning topography, mineralogical makeup, coloring, development, etc.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xt422sc3466

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/xt422sc3466

Language:

eng

Creator:

Parkinson, James, Active 1863-

Publisher:

James Parkinson, F.G.S., &c.,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Gold mines and mining and Mines and mineral resources

Date Issued:

1865

Spatial Coverage:

Australia, Western Australia, and Norseman

Rights:

Image from the Map Collections courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections at brannerlibrary@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false