tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799830385852704003.post1283178565449932315..comments2023-04-05T15:47:03.457+08:00Comments on SugarFish: Prospecting in RavensthorpeRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06404247098958587687noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3799830385852704003.post-75334034750189888762015-02-20T04:56:36.367+08:002015-02-20T04:56:36.367+08:00if you ever come back down there is loads more to ...if you ever come back down there is loads more to look, I know as I am a local of this town and I know that bush better then the back of my hand, im only sixteen but I grew up in that bush building and prospecting and just being a kid, there is a lot more then old mines and machinery out there their is an old orchard at the back of the Ravensthorpe range that was ran by col bennet back in the gold rush when the rail way was running from Ravensthorpe to Hopetoun, if you ever want to go prospecting and panning for gold and actually find some my tip for you is go to Annabelle creek, it is just Jerramungup of Ravensthorpe, right next to the meridian information bay my self and my dad and mates have found gold in that creek and if you do some research you will find out that the Dunn brothers found gold in Annabelle creek and were reward a 4096 hectare claim which is what started the gold rush, and with in one night hundreds of people came to Ravensthorpe and started small mines, and some ended up a decent size, like mount iron for instance that was only small and then it got bigger, and then you have the caves (ADITS) ion mount Chester that you can see from Hopetoun road which are both manganese mines and the creek at the base of that hill has gold in it as well I should stop rambling on but if you do come back down im sure we will bump into each other its such a small world :P Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com