MINERS FROM DIFFERENT MINES AT BLACKWOOD.

Photos courtesy of Margot Hitchcock, Historian for the Blackwood & District Historical Society.  (Copyright and Courtesy of the B.D.H.S. ©

Miners at the Grace Edgerton Tunnel, Barrys Reef Blackwood. 4,000 ft 1873. Courtesy of the late Les Armstrong.

Grace Edgerton Workings with miners on ledge to right of ladder 1873.

Courtesy of the late Les Armstrong.

Snell family mining in Barrys Reef, Blackwood, with a Sluice Box. courtesy Frederick Fischer.

Sluicing for gold at Blackwood, courtesy the late Wally Sweet.

Red Whie and Blue, Miners, Blackwood.

Miners, Blackwood.

Miners in Blackwood courtesy George Hill, photographer.

Early pioneers of Blackwood.  One on left could be Warren Williams or George Curruthers.  One on right looks very much like a Cornish Miner – could be Micky Nolan.  (Photo courtesy Barry Thurgood.)

Miners in Blackwood

Miners in the Sultan Mine C. 1880. Courtesy the late Les Armstrong.

George Taylor and John Mounter – miners in Barrys Reef, Blackwood. courtesy of the late Vern Fleming.

Miners in Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Ted Hill & Jospeh Hill. Courtesy the late Edgar Williams. photographer – George Hill c. 1907

Matthew Rogers, Miner in the Big Hill Mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood.

Miners inside the Easter Monday Mine, holding candles, Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Miner with pipe is Tom Duncan.

Miners inside the Easter Monday Mine, holding candles, Simmons Reef, Blackwood.

Miners at the Easter Monday Mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Miner with pipe is Tom Duncan.

Photos in the Easter Monday mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Miner with pipe is Tom Duncan.

Miners and windlass, Simmons Reef, Blackwood.

Miners and their shack Blackwood.

New Sultan Mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood’

Joseph Hil, Ted Hill, and Charlie Hill at the Williams and Pary mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams. c.1907

left top – Annie Williams, middle top – George Hill Photographer, front left – Mrs George Hill, middle front – Ted Hill, middle right – Charlie Hill, front right – Joseph Hill. Williams and Pary mine, Simmons Reef, Blackwood. Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams. c.1907.

Miners in photo on sign on a walking track – Jospeh Hill and Charlie Hill.

Hill’s family mine with water wheel, Simmons Reef, c.1907. lady below – Annie Williams, man up top – Ted Hill and Mrs George Hill. photographer George Hill, Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams.

Hill’s family Battery and mine, Simmons Reef, c.1907.photographer George Hill, Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams.

Hill’s family Battery and mine, Simmons Reef, c.1907.photographer George Hill, Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams.

Charlie Hill near BACK CREEK BRIDGE, Simmons Reef. c.1907.photographer George Hill, Courtesy of the late Edgar Williams.

For more information on the Hill and Williams family and their mine in Simmons Reff see – ‘SOME HISTORY OF SIMMONS REFF, BLACKWOOD ‘ By Margot Hitchcock.

ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT and COURTESY of the Blackwood & District Historical Society.  ©