Hi Kerry If I may ask, - amongst your collection of the miners, do you have an Alexander McInnes listed at Crooked River around 1867? Thanks Chris On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:25 PM, Kerry wrote: > Hi Denise and list > > Sorry Denise don't know about this co but, > I have a collection of all the miners that were on the Crooked River/ > Dargo > area, from 1866 0nwards, but I know that there were miners there before > Howitt went in to access the area in 1860, I have just read where this > was > not a mining district until after 1866, hence why the registrations > may only > show this date upwards, before this the article says states that they > were > under the Beechworth mining Board. So does any know if Crooked river > was > under Beechworth if so where I can find these registration of claims. > (I > can't of course go to the PRO being in Queensland) > > Kerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:08 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] Mining > > > Hi again > > Did the Beechworth Prospecting Company come to anything? > Interested to hear from anyone who knows even a little. > regards > Denise > > >

No sorry Chris not listed for this area I have them all from 1866 onwards Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christine" <wildmob@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Mining Hi Kerry If I may ask, - amongst your collection of the miners, do you have an Alexander McInnes listed at Crooked River around 1867? Thanks Chris On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:25 PM, Kerry wrote: > Hi Denise and list > > Sorry Denise don't know about this co but, > I have a collection of all the miners that were on the Crooked River/ > Dargo > area, from 1866 0nwards, but I know that there were miners there before > Howitt went in to access the area in 1860, I have just read where this > was > not a mining district until after 1866, hence why the registrations > may only > show this date upwards, before this the article says states that they > were > under the Beechworth mining Board. So does any know if Crooked river > was > under Beechworth if so where I can find these registration of claims. > (I > can't of course go to the PRO being in Queensland) > > Kerry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:08 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] Mining > > > Hi again > > Did the Beechworth Prospecting Company come to anything? > Interested to hear from anyone who knows even a little. > regards > Denise > > >

Hi Chris, Information I have recieved from descendants of Alexander McInnes, was that he was a butcher at Crooked River, prior to his marriage. Cheers Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: Christine <wildmob@dodo.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Mining > Hi Kerry > > If I may ask, - amongst your collection of the miners, do you have an > Alexander McInnes listed at Crooked River around 1867? > > Thanks > Chris > > On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:25 PM, Kerry wrote: > > > Hi Denise and list > > > > Sorry Denise don't know about this co but, > > I have a collection of all the miners that were on the Crooked River/ > > Dargo > > area, from 1866 0nwards, but I know that there were miners there before > > Howitt went in to access the area in 1860, I have just read where this > > was > > not a mining district until after 1866, hence why the registrations > > may only > > show this date upwards, before this the article says states that they > > were > > under the Beechworth mining Board. So does any know if Crooked river > > was > > under Beechworth if so where I can find these registration of claims. > > (I > > can't of course go to the PRO being in Queensland) > > > > Kerry > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:08 PM > > Subject: Re: [HC] Mining > > > > > > Hi again > > > > Did the Beechworth Prospecting Company come to anything? > > Interested to hear from anyone who knows even a little. > > regards > > Denise > > > > > > > >