Reward Tin Mine (The Black Angel; Reward claim), Anningie Pegmatite Field, Anningie Station, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australiai

Regional Level Types
Reward Tin Mine (The Black Angel; Reward claim)	Mine
Anningie Pegmatite Field	Pegmatite Field
Anningie Station	- not defined -
Barkly Region	Region
Northern Territory	Territory
Australia	Country

Cassiterite was discovered here by Ben Nicker, and local pastoral station owner WIlliam "Nugget" Morton in 1935. The main source is a first hand account from a prospector, shortly after the field was discovered. The lease was initially called The Black Angel, until the trio were awarded a reward lease. They were obtaining 5 cwt of tin per week each. Some 'beautiful' cassiterite slugs were being dug up, some to 20 lbs.

Modern exploration companies state the mine was the best developed on the field, but all mining in the area ceased in 1944. Few of the pegmatites were developed, and of the remainder was mainly the collection intermittently over the period of alluvial material.

Our source states geologists who had inspected the locations had panned the field (largely confirmed by modern exploration). However the prospector waxes lyrical about various shows, of which no other source was found. He states the best developed is the Scottish Chief (Southern Cross) with a shaft to 8 feet deep. The northern end of the field had alluvial cassiterite 'everywhere', bottoming out at 3 feet below the surface. Frank McManus, and the adjoining Nelson's he highlights as rich leases. These also contain minor gold, wolfram and scheelite he claims.

Around 25 tonnes of concentrates was recovered from the Reward mine, with a further 3.3 tonnes across 1968-1969, all alluvial material.

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