The Fossickers Way Visitor Guide Volume 1 | Page 21

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• What You Might Find: Topaz, tin,
emerald, flourite, aquamarine,
gold
• Equipment Needed: Small pick,
shovel, fine and coarse sieves

Conservation Area you can
get off the beaten track and
discover dramatic views and
granite formations, have
a fossick, indulge in some
serene camping and enjoy
peaceful picnic spots.

WHERE TO FOSSICK
Torrington State Conservation Area,
emerald, fluorite, aquamarine, gold, tin

From Emmaville, travel
north-east for 7km on the
Wellington Vale Rd to Tent
Hill and turn left into Tent
Hill Rd. Travel 18km to
Torrington, then 10km north
on Silent Grove Rd to the
turn off to the Blatheram
Camping Area. If coming from
Deepwater, proceed 26km
north-west on the StannumTorrington Roads.
Experienced fossickers
only, beware of dangerous old
mine workings and shafts.
It is recommended that you
stay within known fossicking
areas.

EMMAVILLE MINING MUSEUM
Emmaville’s main attraction, the
Mining Museum, started as the dream
of Jack Curnow who had the bakery in
Emmaville, which closed in 1969.
After the closure he and his wife
used the shop as a museum for their
collection of minerals and
photographs. The collection was
eventually bequeathed to the
community of Emmaville with the hope
that the town could start a museum.
With the help of the then Severn
Shire Council a band of volunteers

started things rolling. The Severn
Shire purchased the old Foley’s Store
in Emmaville and the volunteers began
remodelling the building to house the
Curnow collection.
The Museum now houses many other
private collections including the
Jillett, Gibley, Morris, Key, Maskey,
and Trethewey collections of minerals,
in addition to over 200 photographs of
mines and the people who worked
them, some of which date as far back
as 1893.

Emmaville Emerald Mine and
Geology Centre

Call into the Mining Museum
for directions.

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