Royal Humane Society & Life Saving Awards
Lot 1139 Day 1 Royal Humane Society & Life Saving Awards
Estimate $3,000
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MURRAY CREEK, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 16.3g, 40x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'From Murray Creek G.M. Coy. Ltd/In Recognition of/Bravery/Displayed By/A.Eklund/July 20th 1920', reverse inscribed 'Presented to A.Eklund by Inangahua Miners Union/For/Bravery/Displayed in/Saving the Life of/His Mate/at Murray Creek/Mine Accident/at Reefton/July 20th 1920'. Extremely fine.
Murray Creek at Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island, runs through steep rugged bush country and joins the Inangahua River at Black's Point. It was the location for the first major gold bearing quartz discovery in the Reefton area.^^Murray Creek was opened in September 1866 by the three Murray brothers. It was a stirring place for a while with alluvial mining but with the rush to Woodpeckers Bay and shortly afterwards to Charleston the whole of the diggings in the neighbourhood of the Saddle and the Little Grey were deserted for the new mines on the coast.^^Nothing seems to be recorded about the mine accident of 20 July 1920.
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