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looked to be even more valuable than survey taken at Burra Creek. Consequently, a land survey was taken by The South
Australia Company. This immense area was 4 miles wide and 8 miles from north to south. The mine was named by William Gilles after a local Aboriginal word. The site of the old underground mine is now in a much larger open cut with new explorations of underground lodes of copper and gold. The mine is now owned by
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several years captained some of the earliest
Kanmantoo mines. Lean was a seasoned Cornish miner, and was one of the pioneers of mining in Kanmantoo. A newspaper in 1915 reported that he was the one to discover the Ore in the Kanmantoo mine. He and his descendants pioneered the nearby town of Staughton, which is now a ghost town.
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Kanmantoo mine was opened by the South Australia company. Cornish, German, English and Irish came in abundance to the area for the "rich" potential in mining. In 1845, Geologists reported that the quality of the surface ore
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The name, derived from a local aboriginal word Kunga Tuko means, "different speech". In 1839 Scottish squatters were the first
Europeans to settle in the area. Some of the first residents were Joseph Lean, Henry Jackson Farrington, and William Snell. Joseph Lean arrived 13 December 1840 and for
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shadow of a town it used to be. Kanmantoo reached a high in the 1860s, mining employed many and agriculture was well established. There was a blacksmith at
Kanmantoo from about the start of the town. The Blacksmith cottage is still standing in the town today.
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