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Callion -Western Australia
AKA Speakman's Find

Latitude 30° 07' S Longitude 120° 34' E

Within six months, the mine had been floated in London, as Speakman Mount Callion Company. They erected a 20 head battery, and spent inordinate amounts of shareholder funds. 4822 tonnes of ore was mined for 3785 ounces. Normally this would be a successful mine, but wasteful expenditure saw them abandon the lease. It was taken up by a party of working miners called the Swan Syndicate.

The Callion Gold Mining Company reclaimed the lease in late 1908, and are erecting a 10 head battery, partially subsidised by the State government for public crushing. Prospectors at the time claim the company gave priority to its own ore, and did little public crushing. Hamley is still manager. Part of the money for the battery came from a successful reconstruction of the company. Long suffering shareholders were called upon to contribute more money several times, then information on the company dries up after 1910.

Map by Bonzel

In 1933, the Adelaide/Melbourne based Enterprise Gold Mining Company take out a 12 month option. The Gold Fields Australian Development Company took out a 6 month sampling sub-option in 1934, while the mine was under the control of Enterprise. After this the Enterprise company abandoned the mine. New Coolgardie Gold Mines NL purchased the lease from Western Mining Corporation in 1950, and conduct limited mining until 1956.<br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " noto="" sans",="" "lucida="" sans="" unicode",="" grande",="" tahoma,="" verdana,="" arial,="" sans-serif;="" font-size:="" 13.3333px;"="">  

Callion Street Map - Image SLWA