{"id":835,"date":"2017-10-28T20:57:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T20:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2017-10-28T20:57:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T20:57:50","slug":"checklist-of-the-250-osmiridium-diggers-in-1922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/28\/checklist-of-the-250-osmiridium-diggers-in-1922\/","title":{"rendered":"Checklist of the 250 osmiridium diggers in 1922"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Osmiridium diggers meeting their wives and receiving their stores at the Nineteen Mile Hut, probably in 1921. JH Robinson photo from the Colin Dennison Collection, University of Tasmania Archives.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Four generations of Waratah’s Thorne family, including osmiridium miner and buyer JH Thorne at right. JH Robinson photo courtesy of the late Nancy Gillard.<\/p><\/div>\n

The diggers were grizzling. In 1921 Tasmania enjoyed a world monopoly on \u2018point metal\u2019 osmiridium, that is, osmiridium grains that were just the right size to fuse onto the nibs of gold fountain pens. The ossie price was generally high. Tasmania\u2019s niche in the market was unchallenged. The diggers on the fields west and south-west of Waratah should have been happy.<\/p>\n

They weren\u2019t. Part of the problem was that few had a grasp of economics. They did not understand that they dampened demand by rushing their ore to market. Remotely located diggers working alone felt cut off from the metal market. Some were convinced that they were the victims of collusion between precious metal buyers who were determined to force down the price.<\/p>\n

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Secretary of the osmiridium pool, Chris Sheedy, is third from left at back. Second from left in the front row is Chris Sheedy senior, onetime foreman of the Brown Face at the Bischoff mine. Photo courtesy of John Turnbull.<\/p><\/div>\n

Calls for government to intervene in the market were finally answered when Premier Sir Walter Lee agreed to introduce an experimental monopoly. As of 1 January 1922, precious metals dealer Overell & Sampson held the only Tasmanian osmiridium buyer\u2019s licence\u2014so now there could be no collusion. Could the company get the diggers a better price for their metal? Almost 250 men banked on it, selling their osmiridium through the government scheme. The list of sellers compiled on 30 June 1922 is now a handy checklist for historians and genealogists. Here are the men in one long list by rough alphabetical order as set out in the government records.[1]<\/a> My only addition is some comments in the column at right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nValue of os (\u00a3, s & d)<\/strong><\/td>\nWeight of os (oz, dwts & grains)<\/strong><\/td>\nComments<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anderson, Thomas<\/td>\n35-15-7<\/td>\n2-3-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aylett, George<\/td>\n40-11-3<\/td>\n2-7-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aylett, William<\/td>\n85-9-8<\/td>\n5-0-12<\/td>\nLater at Adamsfield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allan, G & W<\/td>\n97-10-7<\/td>\n5-10-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allan, BJ<\/td>\n40-10-0<\/td>\n2-0-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allan, J<\/td>\n40-0-0<\/td>\n2-0-0<\/td>\nJim Allan, Nineteen Mile Creek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baptist, J<\/td>\n50-0-0<\/td>\n3-14-21<\/td>\nJohn D\u2019Ahren Baptiste, aka Hooky Jack, later at Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baptist, J (Reserve)<\/td>\n100-5-0<\/td>\n5-0-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beale, W<\/td>\n30-6-6<\/td>\n1-14-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berryman, E<\/td>\n133-7-10<\/td>\n8-18-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berkery, M<\/td>\n27-18-7<\/td>\n1-12-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buckingham, H<\/td>\n11-3-3<\/td>\n0-11-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Betts, WA<\/td>\n46-14-4<\/td>\n3-1-23<\/td>\nBetts Track named after a Betts prospector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biggins, Norman<\/td>\n26-5-0<\/td>\n1-15-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Billinghurst, J<\/td>\n20-11-0<\/td>\n1-3-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Booth, George<\/td>\n31-18-9<\/td>\n2-2-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Booth, William<\/td>\n45-2-5<\/td>\n2-17-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boyd, H<\/td>\n53-6-0<\/td>\n3-5-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown, G<\/td>\n20-0-0<\/td>\n1-19-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bryant, JH<\/td>\n71-8-9<\/td>\n4-13-14<\/td>\nFormer Derby shopkeeper. Committee member of the osmiridium pool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burness, J<\/td>\n16-15-0<\/td>\n1-2-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burness, Charles<\/td>\n18-5-0<\/td>\n1-4-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brettoner, JE<\/td>\n18-5-0<\/td>\n1-4-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blake, UJ<\/td>\n12-12-3<\/td>\n0-16-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bosich, L<\/td>\n13-15-0<\/td>\n0-18-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brodie, W<\/td>\n1-11-8<\/td>\n0-1-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Button, A<\/td>\n47-19-5<\/td>\n2-9-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Booth, George Jnr<\/td>\n32-9-2<\/td>\n1-12-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burge, J<\/td>\n11-14-2<\/td>\n0-11-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burke, RH<\/td>\n2-11-0<\/td>\n0-3-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bynon, R<\/td>\n42-11-3<\/td>\n2-5-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blair, F<\/td>\n8-0-0<\/td>\n0-8-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burness, HB<\/td>\n21-5-0<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Callaghan, B<\/td>\n75-13-6<\/td>\n4-10-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carpenter, T<\/td>\n53-18-4<\/td>\n3-6-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carmody, H<\/td>\n37-0-0<\/td>\n4-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clementson, M<\/td>\n13-3-5<\/td>\n1-3-15<\/td>\nMatty Clementson, \u2018the [Mount] Stewart king\u2019.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coghlan, J<\/td>\n17-0-0<\/td>\n0-17-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crawford, T<\/td>\n53-0-7<\/td>\n5-10-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casey, W<\/td>\n75-0-7<\/td>\n4-0-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casey, W<\/td>\n43-14-11<\/td>\n2-18-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cashman, John<\/td>\n39-18-2<\/td>\n2-9-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caudry, William<\/td>\n15-0-0<\/td>\n1-0-0<\/td>\nCaudry\u2019s Reward reef mine, Caudrys Hill, the first mine of its kind in the world. Also had a lease at Mount Stewart.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caudry, William<\/td>\n100-0-0<\/td>\n5-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caudry, Thomas<\/td>\n62-17-6<\/td>\n3-2-21<\/td>\nBrother of William Caudry.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cooney, J<\/td>\n45-17-6<\/td>\n2-5-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cumming, R<\/td>\n47-19-7<\/td>\n2-9-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chellis, WH<\/td>\n128-11-8<\/td>\n6-8-14<\/td>\nWalter Chellis, Castray River, champion axeman & publican.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cook, Henry<\/td>\n48-13-10<\/td>\n2-18-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cady, W<\/td>\n31-7-8<\/td>\n1-16-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davidson, J<\/td>\n19-0-7<\/td>\n1-2-3<\/td>\nJack Davidson, stalwart of the Nineteen Mile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devlyn, Fred<\/td>\n73-9-6<\/td>\n4-0-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devereaux, H<\/td>\n28-9-7<\/td>\n1-12-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dixon, J<\/td>\n49-4-7<\/td>\n2-15-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doak, William<\/td>\n5-18-9<\/td>\n0-7-23<\/td>\nDoaks Creek at Adamsfield named after him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doran, William<\/td>\n47-14-7<\/td>\n3-0-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donovan, D<\/td>\n42-0-0<\/td>\n2-6-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dhu, Hugh<\/td>\n47-2-4<\/td>\n2-14-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunn, Steve<\/td>\n34-8-6<\/td>\n2-0-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drew, M<\/td>\n21-11-7<\/td>\n1-5-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duffy, James & Manion, Thomas<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n1-2-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Devlyn, John<\/td>\n6-5-7<\/td>\n0-8-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dixon, TF<\/td>\n12-13-2<\/td>\n0-16-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dwyer, S<\/td>\n42-11-10<\/td>\n2-13-4<\/td>\nSammy Dwyer, from NSW, last man at the Nineteen Mile, 1950s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duffy, J<\/td>\n27-4-2<\/td>\n1-14-23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunn, John<\/td>\n23-13-4<\/td>\n1-3-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Donohue, J<\/td>\n18-16-0<\/td>\n1-0-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davies, D<\/td>\n20-6-6<\/td>\n1-2-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dickson, C<\/td>\n42-10-7<\/td>\n2-5-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davie, A<\/td>\n48-10-0<\/td>\n2-10-0<\/td>\nProbably Arthur Davey, one of the stalwarts of the Nineteen Mile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dettoner, AC<\/td>\n11-12-4<\/td>\n0-11-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Davies, C<\/td>\n25-0-0<\/td>\n1-5-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East, G<\/td>\n61-16-8<\/td>\n5-5-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Easther, C & Garrett, T<\/td>\n100-4-2<\/td>\n5-0-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Easther, C<\/td>\n52-4-7<\/td>\n4-16-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eastwood, William<\/td>\n38-16-8<\/td>\n2-13-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elmer, William<\/td>\n57-19-1<\/td>\n4-6-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ellims, V<\/td>\n79-19-0<\/td>\n4-11-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evans, Charles<\/td>\n58-10-7<\/td>\n3-8-3<\/td>\n\u2018Chillie\u2019 Evans, a well-known digger.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eames, G<\/td>\n71-10-7<\/td>\n4-0-15<\/td>\nJones Creek digger George Eames, whose dealings with osmiridium buyer Robert Krebs in 1923 helped bring down the government monopoly scheme.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Etchell, Thomas<\/td>\n18-16-3<\/td>\n1-4-10<\/td>\nBrother of well-known bushman, Luke Etchell, with whom he lived at Guildford. They were also pulp wood cutters and snarers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fenton, S<\/td>\n58-18-1<\/td>\n3-6-23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferguson, WJ<\/td>\n18-5-5<\/td>\n3-4-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flowers, S<\/td>\n31-17-0<\/td>\n3-5-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forbes, A<\/td>\n47-5-0<\/td>\n6-3-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finlay, R<\/td>\n50-19-10<\/td>\n2-12-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fenton, AW<\/td>\n43-2-6<\/td>\n2-13-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ferrari, S<\/td>\n99-3-11<\/td>\n5-5-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frazer, JD<\/td>\n10-8-3<\/td>\n0-11-21<\/td>\nJohn D \u2018Scotty\u2019 Frazer, a well-known digger who disappeared in the bush in 1923, thought to have drowned.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Findon, John<\/td>\n14-0-0<\/td>\n0-14-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fahey, James<\/td>\n69-8-4<\/td>\n4-0-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Farquhar, John<\/td>\n27-4-8<\/td>\n1-8-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flight, W<\/td>\n12-18-6<\/td>\n0-15-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finlay, JH<\/td>\n1-18-4<\/td>\n0-1-22<\/td>\nJack Finlay, remembered by osmiridium fields poet Mulga Mick O\u2019Reilly as \u2018Jack Fennelly\u2019.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garratt, T<\/td>\n52-4-7<\/td>\n4-16-8<\/td>\nProbably Tyson Garrett of Savage River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grant, William<\/td>\n19-9-1<\/td>\n1-3-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grant, Charles<\/td>\n43-10-6<\/td>\n2-8-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grills, H<\/td>\n51-15-8<\/td>\n3-19-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grosser, PA<\/td>\n79-11-0<\/td>\n4-15-0<\/td>\nMagnet\u2019s Phil Grosser, of Mount Stewart and the Nineteen Mile, later at Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grubb, John<\/td>\n18-16-4<\/td>\n1-0-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gould, J<\/td>\n21-1-2<\/td>\n1-2-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gatehouse, H<\/td>\n79-11-8<\/td>\n3-19-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gurney, C<\/td>\n3-3-0<\/td>\n0-3-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harper, Thomas<\/td>\n25-8-8<\/td>\n1-9-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hamilton, William<\/td>\n21-7-6<\/td>\n1-11-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison, J<\/td>\n25-0-0<\/td>\n4-16-3<\/td>\nIs this Wynyard\u2019s James \u2018Tiger Cat\u2019 Harrison, real estate agent, \u2018human cork\u2019 and prospector, who dealt in live marsupials, including thylacines?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Henderson, C<\/td>\n14-11-10<\/td>\n0-18-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hines, William J<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n0-12-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hodson, H<\/td>\n17-3-3<\/td>\n1-1-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hughes, Victor<\/td>\n24-14-9<\/td>\n3-8-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humphries, Albert<\/td>\n43-12-3<\/td>\n2-11-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humphries, Albert<\/td>\n36-6-10<\/td>\n1-19-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humphries, R<\/td>\n52-0-10<\/td>\n3-6-1<\/td>\nProbably Magnet resident Robert Humphries, of the Mount Stewart field.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hancock, J<\/td>\n31-13-10<\/td>\n2-0-5<\/td>\nProbably Jos Hancock, of Flea Flat, Nineteen Mile Creek, whose hut was used as a location in the movie Jewelled Nights<\/em> in 1925.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanlon, T<\/td>\n93-8-3<\/td>\n5-5-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harvey, Joseph<\/td>\n72-17-7<\/td>\n4-9-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humphries, HH<\/td>\n34-18-4<\/td>\n1-14-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harrison, M<\/td>\n32-0-0<\/td>\n1-12-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hope, A<\/td>\n22-1-8<\/td>\n1-2-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hollow, J<\/td>\n43-4-2<\/td>\n2-3-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hill, Kenneth<\/td>\n19-8-0<\/td>\n1-3-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inglis, AL<\/td>\n33-6-8<\/td>\n1-13-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Inglis, AL<\/td>\n208-0-0<\/td>\n10-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones, RW<\/td>\n100-0-0<\/td>\n10-0-0<\/td>\nProbably Robert Walter Jones, aka Wally Jones, who later went to Adamsfield and was osmiridium buyer HB Selby & Co\u2019s agent there.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones, CH<\/td>\n22-14-4<\/td>\n1-10-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jans, FC<\/td>\n77-6-5<\/td>\n4-6-0<\/td>\nFred Jans, later at Adamsfield, where he died in 1944.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Johnston, L<\/td>\n31-15-0<\/td>\n1-11-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones, TH<\/td>\n60-0-0<\/td>\n3-0-0<\/td>\nPossibly Tom Jones, after whom Jones Creek was named.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jones, John<\/td>\n16-0-1<\/td>\n0-17-16<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jenner, H<\/td>\n8-5-6<\/td>\n0-8-12<\/td>\nHarry Jenner, later at Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keltie, William<\/td>\n18-3-11<\/td>\n1-2-23<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenny, J<\/td>\n57-17-6<\/td>\n4-7-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kinsella, A<\/td>\n39-2-8<\/td>\n2-8-21<\/td>\nPossibly related to Bill Kinsella of Wilson River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelcher, John<\/td>\n38-9-11<\/td>\n2-10-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Knight, W<\/td>\n16-18-7<\/td>\n0-19-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kelly, James<\/td>\n16-18-5<\/td>\n1-2-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keenan, C<\/td>\n22-16-8<\/td>\n1-2-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kershaw, F<\/td>\n11-19-5<\/td>\n0-14-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lane, R<\/td>\n31-14-4<\/td>\n1-15-15<\/td>\nRoger Lane, who worked with the Maywood brothers at the Nineteen Mile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leary, M<\/td>\n34-6-3<\/td>\n2-11-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long, Thomas<\/td>\n32-3-11<\/td>\n2-0-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long, Thomas<\/td>\n27-3-10<\/td>\n1-8-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leach, George<\/td>\n10-1-10<\/td>\n0-11-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loughnan, E Jnr<\/td>\n50-15-7<\/td>\n3-6-17<\/td>\n\u2018Peg Leg Ted\u2019, one of the discoverers of payable osmiridium at Mount Stewart. Had a prosthetic leg. Loughnan Creek is named after him.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loughnan, James<\/td>\n54-3-5<\/td>\n3-8-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lyons, T<\/td>\n3-15-0<\/td>\n0-5-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loughnan, E Snr<\/td>\n42-16-3<\/td>\n2-17-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Llewellyn, John<\/td>\n47-0-0<\/td>\n2-15-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Loughnan, George<\/td>\n51-5-11<\/td>\n2-14-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mackersey, L<\/td>\n24-1-8<\/td>\n1-18-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maywood, A<\/td>\n32-14-2<\/td>\n2-9-13<\/td>\nBrother of Ted Maywood, with whom he worked at the Nineteen Mile, along with Roger Lane.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maywood, E<\/td>\n16-10-0<\/td>\n1-10-11<\/td>\nTed Maywood, who worked at the Nineteen Mile with his brother and Roger Lane.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mills, James & Jenner, H<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n1-3-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mills, J<\/td>\n57-16-3<\/td>\n4-15-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mills, J<\/td>\n19-2-6<\/td>\n1-2-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moore, A<\/td>\n28-16-8<\/td>\n3-14-5<\/td>\nProbably Savage River digger Albert Moore, brother of Reuben Moore.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan, William<\/td>\n87-8-0<\/td>\n5-11-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moore, RR<\/td>\n74-3-9<\/td>\n4-3-17<\/td>\nProbably osmiridium digger and buyer Reuben Moore, who died at Savage River in 1925.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moffitt, LJ<\/td>\n53-15-10<\/td>\n2-13-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martin, J<\/td>\n6-0-0<\/td>\n0-6-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manion, Thomas<\/td>\n26-4-2<\/td>\n1-12-23<\/td>\nFrom the Beaconsfield family of Manions?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mallinson, RD<\/td>\n17-0-0<\/td>\n0-17-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meares, RK<\/td>\n11-11-7<\/td>\n0-13-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthews, T<\/td>\n15-0-4<\/td>\n0-17-16<\/td>\nPossibly \u2018Winger\u2019 Matthews, who appeared in Marie Bjelke Petersen\u2019s novel Jewelled nights <\/em>as \u2018Wingy\u2019 Matthews.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Major, J<\/td>\n85-2-10<\/td>\n5-0-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McAvoy, D<\/td>\n82-1-11<\/td>\n5-19-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McAidell & Hill<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nProbably CL McArdell and Harry Hill, the latter being a well-known digger who was later at Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCaughey, LB<\/td>\n37-3-1<\/td>\n2-4-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McDiamid, William<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n0-10-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGuiness, A<\/td>\n32-2-9<\/td>\n1-18-19<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGuire, J<\/td>\n44-18-9<\/td>\n3-14-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCormack, Charles<\/td>\n33-5-0<\/td>\n2-4-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGuiness, F<\/td>\n28-4-1<\/td>\n1-10-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCaughey, M<\/td>\n43-14-4<\/td>\n2-8-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McCaughey, William<\/td>\n15-14-9<\/td>\n0-16-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McQueeny, F<\/td>\n11-14-2<\/td>\n0-11-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McArdell, CL<\/td>\n30-19-9<\/td>\n1-16-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McDonald, Alex<\/td>\n8-10-0<\/td>\n0-10-0<\/td>\nOf Flea Flat, Nineteen Mile Creek, where he shared a hut with Jim McGinty until the latter\u2019s death in 1920.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newman, M<\/td>\n21-15-9<\/td>\n1-5-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newman, M<\/td>\n37-18-7<\/td>\n2-4-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelson, H<\/td>\n40-0-0<\/td>\n2-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Osborn, WH<\/td>\n44-4-3<\/td>\n2-13-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakley, H<\/td>\n21-16-4<\/td>\n1-8-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakley, J<\/td>\n38-5-11<\/td>\n2-12-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakley, H & Loughnan, J<\/td>\n7-10-0<\/td>\n0-10-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakley, RP<\/td>\n9-18-1<\/td>\n0-13-5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papworth, S<\/td>\n40-0-0<\/td>\n4-0-0<\/td>\nLater of Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pearson, Robert<\/td>\n103-15-8<\/td>\n6-0-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prouse, Charles A<\/td>\n141-8-0<\/td>\n8-9-10<\/td>\nCharles Arthur Prouse, son of Tom Prouse. Together in 1922 they were pictured with two large nuggets found on the upper Nineteen Mile, the one found on the dump by his father being a record 4.5 oz. Charlie Prouse later went on to Adamsfield, where he was the first bride groom on the field, marrying the bush nurse, Constance Brownfield, in 1928. Also an osmiridium buyer at Adamsfield.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prouse, William<\/td>\n67-9-5<\/td>\n3-12-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parsons, Norman<\/td>\n35-12-6<\/td>\n2-7-12<\/td>\nFrom Caveside, was part of the syndicate trying to work a hydraulic show at the Little Wilson River.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prouse, J<\/td>\n78-16-7<\/td>\n4-5-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paine, Hy<\/td>\n16-18-5<\/td>\n1-2-14<\/td>\nPossibly Harry Reginald Paine, later the author of a book about Waratah, Taking you back down the track \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paine, W<\/td>\n18-8-4<\/td>\n0-18-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Power, T<\/td>\n18-10-0<\/td>\n0-18-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prouse, H<\/td>\n20-4-0<\/td>\n1-2-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paine, Thomas<\/td>\n51-7-6<\/td>\n2-11-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reimers, J<\/td>\n36-5-0<\/td>\n3-3-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richardson, A<\/td>\n47-15-0<\/td>\n4-2-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richards, J<\/td>\n48-10-10<\/td>\n4-12-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruggeri, R<\/td>\n27-12-8<\/td>\n1-12-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell, J & Casey, W<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n2-6-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell, J<\/td>\n67-5-7<\/td>\n3-12-19<\/td>\nOsmiridium pool committee member.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Russell, J<\/td>\n43-14-4<\/td>\n2-18-7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ramsay, James<\/td>\n62-17-6<\/td>\n3-2-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ruffin, H<\/td>\n36-10-0<\/td>\n1-16-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rearden, S<\/td>\n6-18-1<\/td>\n0-8-3<\/td>\nSyd Reardon, from Lorinna, alcoholic prospector.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schill, F<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n1-7-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shea, M<\/td>\n79-16-8<\/td>\n4-9-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheedy, Chris<\/td>\n39-15-9<\/td>\n4-7-4<\/td>\nSecretary of the osmiridium pool.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sims, W<\/td>\n12-14-7<\/td>\n1-6-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Simpson, PC<\/td>\n34-5-6<\/td>\n1-17-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanley, H<\/td>\n58-11-1<\/td>\n3-13-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, WH<\/td>\n34-0-0<\/td>\n2-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, R<\/td>\n70-0-5<\/td>\n4-17-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spencer, T<\/td>\n81-2-6<\/td>\n7-1-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sutton, WH<\/td>\n7-17-6<\/td>\n0-10-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stanton, JM<\/td>\n65-10-11<\/td>\n3-16-19<\/td>\nReward lease holder (with Edward Loughnan jnr) at Mount Stewart.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symons, GC<\/td>\n15-0-0<\/td>\n1-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spencer, John<\/td>\n88-8-1<\/td>\n5-6-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stebbings, A<\/td>\n74-6-8<\/td>\n4-6-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shady, William<\/td>\n30-5-0<\/td>\n2-0-8<\/td>\nWilliam Antonio Shady, son of Syrian hawker and shopkeeper Antonio Shady, osmiridium buyer. Became a Waratah storekeeper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, Martin<\/td>\n38-7-11<\/td>\n2-6-1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sullivan, J<\/td>\n36-1-4<\/td>\n2-1-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symons, James B<\/td>\n45-18-4<\/td>\n2-11-22<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symons, James B<\/td>\n105-0-0<\/td>\n7-0-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shaw, Thomas<\/td>\n114-2-2<\/td>\n6-13-17<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sewell, J<\/td>\n8-2-6<\/td>\n0-8-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spencer, James<\/td>\n25-7-6<\/td>\n1-5-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symons, Charles & George<\/td>\n154-10-0<\/td>\n7-14-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scoles, J<\/td>\n6-8-11<\/td>\n0-7-14<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Symons, Charles<\/td>\n81-5-7<\/td>\n4-15-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thomas, T<\/td>\n15-7-5<\/td>\n0-18-2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thurstans, F<\/td>\n61-14-3<\/td>\n4-10-15<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne, A<\/td>\n66-7-9<\/td>\n5-6-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne, Charles<\/td>\n95-4-11<\/td>\n5-10-20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne, W<\/td>\n33-6-9<\/td>\n2-3-4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tudor, Lionel<\/td>\n91-4-8<\/td>\n6-18-3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tudor, Lionel<\/td>\n110-5-0<\/td>\n7-7-0<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunbridge, E<\/td>\n39-3-9<\/td>\n2-17-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turner, H<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n1-12-11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor, James<\/td>\n18-5-0<\/td>\n1-4-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tudor, Henry<\/td>\n111-2-2<\/td>\n6-2-8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne, Harold<\/td>\n12-12-8<\/td>\n0-14-13<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne, H & W<\/td>\n44-5-0<\/td>\n2-8-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venville, D<\/td>\n36-19-2<\/td>\n2-7-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watkins, J<\/td>\n24-15-7<\/td>\n1-8-6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson, R<\/td>\n54-0-0<\/td>\n4-0-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson, W<\/td>\n37-17-6<\/td>\n2-10-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whyman, Victor<\/td>\n59-12-1<\/td>\n3-14-22<\/td>\nDriver for his brother Ray Whyman, storesman and packer on the osmiridium fields. Claimed to be the model for the singing driver in Marie Bjelke Petersen\u2019s novel Jewelled nights<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whyman, Arthur<\/td>\n30-11-3<\/td>\n2-0-18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whyman, Phillip<\/td>\n52-6-8<\/td>\n2-17-8<\/td>\nProprietor of the Bischoff Hotel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson, J<\/td>\n35-8-3<\/td>\n2-1-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilson, Percy W<\/td>\n34-18-1<\/td>\n2-3-21<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woolley, James<\/td>\n4-12-1<\/td>\n0-5-9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walters, WA<\/td>\n25-8-4<\/td>\n1-5-10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wragg, H<\/td>\n12-10-0<\/td>\n0-12-12<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The diggers were grizzling. In 1921 Tasmania enjoyed a world monopoly on \u2018point metal\u2019 osmiridium, that is, osmiridium grains that were just the right size to fuse onto the nibs of gold fountain pens. The ossie price was generally high. Tasmania\u2019s niche in the market was unchallenged. The diggers on the fields west and south-west […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tasmanian-high-country-history","tag-osmiridium-mining"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichaygarth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}