Jack, The fact that the Lorna Doone mine seems a long way from Maldon should not distract you. I am often staggered at the vast distances that our forebears walked or rode in the pre-car days. Their mobility was quite extraordinary, particularly in the days of early European settlement here. My current line of investigation, for example, involves a party of 5 men walking 800kms from Adelaide to the Mount Alexander gold fields. If you Google for the Lorna Doone, you will find a few references to mines of that name. Just be aware that not all mines were for gold and that other minerals will have been mined in some places. It could be that the nephew in England made a mistake: a gold mine is much more romantic that a copper mine for example!! Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <jack.earnshaw@ntlworld.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone | Hi, | This is my first post to this list. | | My 3g uncle, John Blackmore, arrived in Port Phillip in 1849 on the ship | Courier. I've already asked on the Aus-Vic-L list if anyone knows how to | find where this ship sailed from, but if anyone here has an idea I'd be | pleased to hear from you. | | He settled in Maldon and raised a family of 9 and there still appear to be a | number of descendants living within a few miles (I spoke to one this week in | Castlemaine). | | But my question is about a gold mine that is named in a letter from his | nephew in UK. | | It says that John Blackmore owned a gold mine and named it Lorna Doone | (well, with the name Blackmore you would wouldn't you?). The only references | I've found to a mine with that name seems to be a long long way away from | Maldon. It may just be tosh, as the same nephew also claimed that RD | Blackmore was his uncle - and I know that is totally untrue. | | Being new to research in Australia, I haven't yet found out how I might find | any reference to the mine, or his name - other than BMDs. | | TIA | Jack in Berkshire UK | | | | | | | ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== | Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic. |