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This image, taken by either E.C Andrews or E.F Pittman for Andrews' 1901 report on the Kiandra Lead shows 4 clusters of weather board houses on New Chum Hill and one cottage and yards near Bullock's Head Creek. Christine Gant-Thompson describes the current archaeology of one of these sites on New Chum Hill -

‘This hut site is one of several structures visible in … [this] photo of New Chum Hill. Based on the surface artefacts, this structure was a weatherboard building with a basalt chimney mound, windows and possibly a shingle roof. It was most likely a domestic residence as it contains evidence of alcohol and medicinal bottles, metal food containers and an ointment/cosmetic pot. These artefacts indicate occupation post 1870; therefore residents were most likely associated with the Kiandra Gold Mining Company hydraulic sluicing operations or perhaps the Emperor Tunnel. According to report by the Department of Mines in 1883, when hydraulic sluicing commenced in May 1883, operations continued around the clock in three shifts. It is therefore possible that employees lived closer to the claim rather than in town.’

Chinese miners may also have camped on New Chum, Hill and here Christine Gant-Thompson describes the archaeological remains of 11 closely grouped huts that may have been of Chinese origin -

‘The remains are thought to represent a short-term Chinese occupation as some of the artefacts recovered from the site are of Chinese origin. An 1881 Department of Mines Annual Report records that “some Chinamen worked here [New Chum] ....for about six or seven weeks and won handsome returns”.

Image from the NSW Department of Industry and Investment. HG1639Kiandra - open cut new chum hill from the south. Frontispiece of MR 10 EC Andrews. (part of panorama, see HG1632) (3485)

The partial ring on the bottom 'came out' right....it is half of a two-tone ring my friend is making....the rest are mine.

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