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Euro - Western Australia
28° 43' 43'' South , 122° 23' 53'' East

Euro is another abandoned eastern Goldfields townsite, located 11kms south of Laverton. It is named after a nearby mine developed by North Star Gold Mines Ltd. Gold was first found at Euro in 1895. Land was first surveyed at Euro in 1900, and the townsite was gazetted in 1902 with a hotel, a bank, 2 shops, a bakery and a cordial factory.

Newman and party first found alluvial gold at a nearby site to the south in 1895. London Company W.A. Goldfields Ltd, sank some trial shafts and at the same time erected a 10 head battery. They found little gold, and the battery never got to crush any ore before they abandoned the site. Investors in London lost their money. It was a common occurrence for the time.

A short time later some prospectors arrived from an alluvial show to the north. They were unable to dryblow due to rainy weather, and decided to sink a shaft instead in an area just north of the prior location. They struck gold.

G.W. Hall of Sons of Gwalia fame inspected the prospect a few months later and was impressed enough to take an option over it. He was state manager for the London and Westralian Mines and Finance Agency, and raised 54 000 pounds capital through floating a new company called the Euro Gold Mines Ltd. No less than a 40 stamp battery was installed with cyanide vats.

Things went well for a while. Gold was being achieved at 14 dwt. Then the values decreased, no development work had been done, the directors took fright, and it all folded in 1903. The Battery was purchased by Bewick Moreing and Co, then transferred to the Lancefield mine.

In May 1904, the mine was taken up by a syndicate of working miners, and they carted several good crushings through to the Laverton state battery. The original company achieved 18 000 ounces from its operations. The second lot of miners got 7000 ounces. After this time, the mine was the haunt of the occasional prospector, and a few small crushings over several decades.

The Euro is a species of kangaroo.

Euro Street Map - Image SLWA