I have a bit more information regarding the horse team and boiler shown on page 40 in TOMM 211. That boiler is actually on display today beside the Woods Point Road in Gaffney’s Creek. I believe that the boiler was last used at the Rose of Denmark Mine in Gaffney’s Creek, and the photo in TOMM was actually taken at the start of the track which leads into the mine. Probably around 15 or 20 years ago some work was being undertaken at the Rose of Denmark mine site and, having a very large excavator on hand, the crew salvaged the boiler and transported it to its present site on the Woods Point Road. I actually have a large copy of the photograph in TOMM in the front hallway of my house. There is another photo taken on the same day of the same team on the Woods Point Road just before it turned the corner to go into the Rose of Denmark mine. It is actually possible to pick the location where both pictures were taken from. The other photograph I mention appears in a local history book ‘Gold at Gaffney’s Creek’ by Brian Lloyd and Howard Coombes. Of interest, the photo in the book is credited to Charles Langhorne, so the one in TOMM is probably by Langhorne too. Two of the people in the photo are identifiable. In the group of five standing above the horse team, John Ross is front left. Johnny Adams my great-grandfather is front right. Whilst I stand to be corrected, I believe that the date stamped on the boiler is 1903. If you are interested, I have some photos of the boiler at the roadside which I took about five or six years ago. Anyway, thanks for an interesting story in TOMM, and I hope that my information can be of some assistance.

*Steve A.