Report upon the Ardlethan Tinfield

Abstract

The Ardlethan Tin Field is situated near a township and railway station of the same name, on the Temora-Barellan line, about 41 miles west of Temora, and 261 miles west-south-west from Sydney, in the counties of Bourke and Cooper. Tin was first discovered at the White Crystal and Carpathia Mines, about 3 miles north-west from Ardlethan township, and proved to be pheno menally rich, causing a wild boom, in which hundreds of leases were taken up, many of them containing no minerals of any economic value. Several of the prospectors, most of whom had no experience in tin, could have sold their leases advantageously, but were carried away by the prevailing excite ment and lost their opportunities through asking excessive prices, while some of the mines which were floated were so over-capitalised that they are likely to be severely handicapped by this cause alone.