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« on: May 26, 2012, 05:05:58 am »
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Hello all

Some times Ghost towns can fade into oblivion, some times ghost towns can be reborn, Crackow is one such town.

Cracow is a gold mining town in Queensland, Australia,The town was named for a pastoral run, named in 1851 by pastoralist, John Ross, presumably for the Polish city of Kraków. Gold was first discovered in Cracow in 1875 by itinerant fossickers and a further discovery of a nugget was made by an Aboriginal man in 1916. In 1931, the Golden Plateau mine was established and it operated continuously until 1976.
 
At its gold mining peak, the town included five cafes, barber shop, billiard saloon, two butchers, a picture theatre and a soft drink factory. The closure of the mine led to Cracow becoming a ghost town with many deserted houses and shops. The local hotel is one of the only remaining retail business, as it attracts a lot of tourists due to its unusual array of strange artifacts adorning the ceilings and walls.

 The other business was the General Store, which doubled as a post office and video store. In 2004, Newcrest Mining reestablished gold mining in the town, leading to hopes the town may recover. Today the town is being revived some what due to he new mining activity and the high price of gold.

Some there are high hopes of town being reborn for a few more years..

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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2012, 02:02:39 pm »
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Interesting story, Hardlluck.  Good luck to the present and future citizens of Crackow!         Wise          Detecting

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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2012, 04:31:27 am »
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Hello Alfieboy

One thing I heard that house nearby were being rented out at astrommical prices to mining companies.

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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2012, 12:33:36 am »
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Are they re-opening mines there, or what?                 Detecting

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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2012, 10:35:33 am »
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Hardluck, Thanks for the interesting story! Write more often!

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I agree, you should write and post more oftemn Hardluck.  Any more info about Cracow? 

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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2012, 02:15:32 am »
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Hello Antony and Alfieboy

I like to write more often by I  am tied up elsewhere these days. But I am back for a few days..

 In answer to your question the town has some thing of a mini revial because the nearby mine economical to recover gold because of the high gold prices. Production has been going on for quite a while.

So I confess it is now a little bit less of ghost town these days. Smiley

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