{{Short description|Mine sites on Mount Jukes, in Tasmania}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}

The '''Mount Jukes mine sites''' were a series of short-lived, small [[Mining|mine]] workings high on the upper regions of [[Mount Jukes (Tasmania)|Mount Jukes]] in the [[West Coast Range]] on the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] of [[Tasmania]].

Upper Lake Jukes and Lake Jukes had short lived mining companies incorporating the names of the lakes.

These mine sites (including Jukes Proprietary on the northern edge of Mount Jukes above the [[King River (Tasmania)|King River]] Gorge) are examples of early twentieth century ingenuity where all equipment was transported with difficulty up small tracks from locations such as [[Crotty, Tasmania|Crotty]].

Access to parts of the slopes of Mount Jukes have been assisted by the construction of the Mount Jukes road by the [[Hydro Tasmania|HEC]] following their construction of the King River Dam and the impoundment of [[Lake Burbury]].

== List of mines == This list incorporates mines on [[Mount Darwin (Tasmania)|Mount Darwin]] as the mineral zone of Mount Jukes is frequently cited as the Jukes-Darwin mineral zone.<ref>Hills, Loftus & Tasmania. Dept. of Mines (1914), The Jukes-Darwin mining field Dept. of Mines, [Hobart] Geological Survey bulletin (Geological Survey of Tasmania); no. 16. also [[William Harper Twelvetrees|Twelvetrees, W.H.]] (1900) Report on the mineral districts of Mounts Huxley, Jukes and Darwin / W.H. Twelvetrees. Launceston :Government Geologist's Office. Tasmania. Government Geologist reports 1900–01.</ref> * From the north: * Jukes Proprietary – copper and gold<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45801427 |title=JUKES PROPRIETARY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=16 February 1907 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=4 |edition=DAILY|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> * Lake Jukes – copper – low grade<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45801427 |title=JUKES PROPRIETARY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=16 February 1907 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=4 |edition=DAILY|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> * Hydes<ref>Also known as ''South Jukes'' – see {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151707691 |title=SOUTH JUKES. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Launceston)|The Daily Telegraph]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=25 January 1907 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> – copper – low grade<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80235600 |title=HYDE'S SECTIONS. |newspaper=[[Zeehan and Dundas Herald]] |location=Tas. |date=10 March 1905 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> * Hal Jukes – copper – low grade<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50769533 |title=HAL JUKES MINING COMPANY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|The Examiner]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=31 July 1914 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=2|edition=DAILY |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> * Taylours Reward – [[barite]] * East Darwin – copper * Findons – copper * Mount Darwin – copper and gold * Prince Darwin – copper and gold<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232588939 |title=PRINCE DARWIN. |newspaper=[[The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette]] |volume=3 |issue=216 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=23 February 1899 |accessdate=23 April 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232847931 |title=PRINCE DARWIN. |newspaper=[[The Mount Lyell Standard And Strahan Gazette]] |volume=5 |issue=1049 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=1 November 1901 |accessdate=23 April 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of mines of the West Coast, Tasmania]]

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==References== * {{cite book| authorlink=Geoffrey Blainey|last=Blainey|first=Geoffrey| title= [[The Peaks of Lyell]] | edition=6th | publisher=St. David's Park Publishing | location=Hobart| year=2000| isbn=0-7246-2265-9}} * {{cite book| authorlink = Charles Whitham|last=Whitham|first= Charles| title=Western Tasmania – A land of riches and beauty| edition=Reprint 2003| publisher=Municipality of Queenstown| location=Queenstown| year = 2003}} *{{cite book| author=Whitham, Lindsay| title=Railways, Mines, Pubs and People and other historical research| publisher=Tasmanian Historical Research Association| location=Sandy Bay| year=2002| isbn=0-909479-21-6}} * Wyman, B., Cooke, D. and Large, R. ''Granite Related Copper-Gold Mineralisation in the Southern Mount Read Volcanics, Western Tasmania, Australia'' pp.&nbsp;17–20 . 1997. Third International Mining Geology Conference, 10–14 November 1997 Launceston, Tasmania {{ISBN|1-875776-50-8}}

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