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sink to a vertical depth of 120 feet. Down to this depth it is estimated that .15,000 tons of ore will be won averaging about 6 dwts. pelr ton, but even at this figure it should be a very payable proposition. When Tom and Dave were 13 years of age they both had a successful tribute in the Talisman Mine.
Very few people would have forgot ten "Dave Tuckett," the father of these two brothers. The late Dave Tuckett was a very thrifty man and on one occasion printed an advertisement in which the following words were included: "Dave Tuckett, the man who makes £5 notes out of other peoples rubbish heaps."
In the earlier history, Dave Tucket.t tributed in the Victory Mine and struck a rich block of stone which paid £20,000 to the four tributers. Another lease which Dave Tuckett took up was the Swedenborg which was taken over by a company and produced some very fine crushi1ngs about the years 1936-1938.

Gold Production Figures-Old and New

THE TOTAL CRUSHINGS 12 MONTHS ENDING JANUARY, 1889

	ozs	dwts.	tons.	cwt.
Alexandria	203	0	143	0
Alexandria Hill (n.1.)	195	0	127	15
Band of Hope	349	0	334	0
Black Jack	67	0	78	0
Black Jack Block	51	3	38	0
Caledonian P.C.	334	0	75	0
Day Dawn Block and Wndham .	885	0	518	0
Day Dawn 3 West.	1148	0	302	0
Day Dawn 4A West	1763	10	317	0
Day Dawn 5 West	62	5	97	0
Day Dawn 6 West	77	0	53	0
Day Dawn P.C.	2489	10	2537	0
Elsie Konig	51	18	29	0
Gladstone P.C.	128	0	54	0
Golden Crown	142	0	160	0
Golden Gate	346	0	217	0
Great Britain	222	0	128	0
Iron Duke	85	0	63	0
]ust-in- Time Block	53	0	79	0
Kelly's Caledonian	140	0	35	0
Lady Mary Tribute	471	0	151	0
Lal Lal	134	15	28	0
Lubra	120	0	104	0
Lord Nelson	64	0	23	0
Mount Charles	82	0	256	0
Mystery	16	13	53	0
Mexican	113	0	142	0
Old Identity	605	0	480	0
Papuan .	122	0	59	0
Papuan Block Extended	118	0	230	0
Queen, North	86	0	103	0
Queenslander	91	0	105	0
Rainbow P.C.	759	0	380	0
St. George Queen and Victory	931	11	422	0
Sunburst	154	0	52	0
Sovereign	144	0	120	0
Stockholm P.C.	241	0	147	0
Swedenberg P.C.	617	10	188	0
Stockholm No.1 North	73	0	58	0
St. George P.C.	1050	0	211	0
Union	160	0	1269	0
Victory	2673	0	1269	0
Worcester and Victory	119	17	65	0
	16698	12

Value 1889, approximately £50,094. Present value, 1950, approximately £259,800.

CHARTERS TOWERS GOLD PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM 1938 TO 1949

Year	Fins Ozs	Value
1938	12,832.5	£114,404
1939	14,586.3	137,286
1940	14,096	150,237
1941	10,662	113,680
1942	6,871	71,802
1943	1,945	8,266
1944	1,794	7,623
1945	1,765	7,509
1946	2,770.8	27,360
1947	5,192	55,814
1948	4,610.4256	43,852
1949	3,135.2499	31,724
	79,864.2755