Below is information from a publication which a friend found on the internet and forwarded to me. North Central Goldfields Project Historic Mining Sites in the Taradale Mining Division October 1992 - Journey into history up the Campaspe River. Author John Linder Gold Mining and the Taafe Brothers Gold Mining and the Taafe Brothers The next feature of interest is a group of very deep gold mine shafts, on the steep slope of the west bank. It is very rare to find the remains of any wooden parts of such mines, but there is a part of a stamping battery, which in 1990 still had the curved lifting rods of the camshaft. Although they may not have been the first, this site was occupied at one time by the Taafe brothers, Nicholas and George, who lived further up the hill at what is now 'Birran Birran'. Early in the century, the Taafe brothers also held the licence for the Mia Mia hotel, before the licence finally expired..19[1] [Much of the historical information presented here was gleaned from Mr Jack Ross (a brother of our club member Maisie Ross), a long time resident and local historian of the Mia Mia area, who very kindly gave me his time to recount what he knew. My grandfather was the George Taafe mentioned. Could anyone enlighten me as to where I might be able to do further research? I have read the book 'McIvor - A History of the Shire and the Township of Heathcote by J O Randell' Thanks in anticipation Barbara L.