Burke Museum holds lots of claim registration Kerry - I've found one of Hiram's there in 1855. I don't know if Crooked River was under B/worth at the time. Yes, pest being in Qld when PROV in Melbourne, but surely only one of the few irritations about living in Qld???(g) regards Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" <kerryb@austarnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Mining > 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 > >