1870 - CULLENBONE
At Mudgee, on Monday, Proudfoot and party opened a splendid quartz reef at Cullenbone, between Gulgong and Mudgee, which has been christened. the "Royal George." The specimens of gold and quartz from there are magnificent.
Source: The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser (NSW : 1868 - 1931) Sat 9 Jul 1870 Page 3
Royal George Reef
1872 - Engraved view of the Royal George Reef at the Gulgong Diggings. The Reef was located 12 km south of Gulgong in the vicinity of Cullenbone.
The Royal George Reef...is situated in the belt of ranges between Mudgee and Gulgong, and forms a link in the chain of hills which encircle the rich and extensive goldfield of Gulgong, and the feeders of the richest leads of gold yet discovered in the colony, and now of world-wide fame.
The ground, of which our engraving presents a correct view, forms the leasehold of the company, and is seventeen and a half acres in extent, and is nine miles from Gulgong, and one mile from Green Swamp, on the east side of the river Cudgegong. The hill on which the reefs are situated is about 500 feet high, and 1000 feet above the level of the river, and is of basaltic formation. "
Source: Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919) Sat 3 Feb 1872 Page 13
