Mining

Gold mining in Redan began on the the Redan Lead in the 1850s.

List of mines

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Early mining on the Redan Lead
"REDAN. The newly assumed aspect of bustle and hopeful activity on this lead is rather heightening than otherwise. Finn's party have got their engine into firstrate play. They cleared their shaft in ' no time,' and are now busily engaged in sending up wash-dirt. There is every prospect that this company will be well rewarded. The same may be said of Clarke's party. Miners in that company are sanguine of success. With a capital engine and experienced workmanship, they are now down more than ninety feet in the rock. It is ' dead ' in their claim that the junction of the Miner's Right and Redan Leads is confidently expected, — a circumstance which has had considerable effect in raising the price of shares. The Golden Gate party is successfully through the first rock, and puddled up. The Great Redan extended miners are also in a fair way of doing handsomely. They are now down some one hundred and seventy feet, including seventy- five feet in the second rock. Shares run high, say from £70 to £90."