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词条 Seventy Mile, Queensland
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  1. Geography

  2. History

  3. References

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| type = suburb
| name = Seventy Mile
| city =
| state = qld
| image =Gold mining town of Mount Leyshon, ca. 1890 (7464841278).jpg
| caption =Gold mining town of Mount Leyshon, circa 1890
| coordinates = {{coord|-20.6188|146.5833|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title}}
| pop =231
| pop_year ={{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes =[1]
| established =
| postcode = 4820
| area = 6729.1
| dist1 =
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| lga = Charters Towers Region
| stategov = Traeger
| fedgov = Kennedy
| near-n = Broughton
| near-ne = Ravenswood
| near-e = Mount Wyatt
| near-se = Mount Coolon
| near-s = Llanarth
| near-sw = Campaspe
| near-w = Campaspe
| near-nw = Black Jack
}}Seventy Mile is a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Seventy Mile had a population of 231 people.[2]

Geography

The former Mount Leyshon which was excavated as part of the Mount Leyshon gold mine was located in the north-west of the locality ({{coord|20|16|59|S|146|16|00|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Leyshon}}).[3][4]

History

Mount Leyshon Provisional School opened circa 1890 and became Mount Leyshon State School on 1 January 1909. It closed in 1927 due to low attendances. It reopened in 1930 before finally closing circa 1931.[5]

The Mount Leyshon mine reopened as an open pit mine in 1987 and operated until 2002. During that time, it produced 2.5 million ounces of gold 2.3 million ounces of silver.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite QPN|44555|Seventy Mile|locality in Charters Towers Region|accessdate=29 December 2017}}
2. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32566|name=Seventy Mile (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
3. ^{{Cite QPN|19265|Mount Leyshon|former mountain in Charters Towers Region|accessdate=24 October 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/|title=Queensland Globe|publisher=State of Queensland|accessdate=24 October 2018}}
5. ^{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://leyshonresources.com/projects|title=Business of the Company following the Demerger of Leyshon Energy|last=|first=|date=11 June 2015|website=Leyshon Resources|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024014328/http://leyshonresources.com/projects|archive-date=24 October 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=24 October 2018}}
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1 : Charters Towers Region

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