Dear Richard, The following account of life in Charters Towers in the 1890's may be of interest to you. As a township the goldfield centre was fast assuming a position of importance. The hotels were many and their hosts, mostly successful old diggers, catered well for their freehanded customers. As most of the transport was carried on by means of cabs and buses good horses were a special feature. The cabs were unrivalled in Australia. Two turn-outs in particular, those of Bill Johnston and Jack Lewis, were worthy of a place in the streets of London. Each equipped with a fine team of four greys and were used by the mining magnates to transport the golden bars from battery to bank chamber. The miners on their standard wage of 60/- (shillings) weekly mostly patronised the hotels, and of these Bob Collins conducted an establishment where the mine managers drifted in daily to swop yarns concerning the latest make of stone and prospects of a big crushing. To add to the importance of the place a fine building for the QLD National Bank and a new Post Office were adding dignity to the expanding township. I looked up my plan of the known headstones in the Towers Pioneer Cemetary but did not see any for Mary Alice Faulkner. Best Wishes, Judy ---------- > > I am looking for any info about the mines and the way of life about that > time (just for interest really). > _________________________________________________________________________