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Gold continued

Introduction

Prospecting for gold

Underground mining 1900-1972

Sons of Gwalia gold mine 1900-1960

Open cut mining

Corporate underground gold mining continued

In the first decade of the twentieth century companies mined for gold on a large scale. Underground mining became more complex as shafts were sunk to deeper levels.

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