Day Dawn Mining Company Archive
The Day Dawn Mine was one of the richest gold deposits in the Charters Towers goldfields. The Day Dawn Reef ran right through Charters Towers Municipality. In 1878, Day Dawn Gold Mining Company Ltd was floated with shares at ten shillings each. Within a year it had paid a dividend of seven shillings and six pence.
Reference:
Marsland, L.W. (1892). The Charters Towers Gold Mines: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and Gold Field of Charters Towers, Queensland. London: Waterlow Bros. & Layton Ltd.
See also the Charters Towers Gold Mining Archive and the Charters Towers Stock Exchange Archive.
Archive Location: 39L
Detailed Listing
DDMC/1 9 September 1893 - 5 September 1898 Day Dawn P.C. Mine Manager's Report Book
