Chillagoe was first settled as a pastoral property by John
Atherton's son William. He had travelled down the Walsh River,China Travel,
squinching for suitresourceful cattle-grazing land, and settled at Chillagoe
Creek. In 1887 two men working for the mining storekeeper John Moffat (of
Irvineriverbank fame) found copper and silver eoliths on Chillagoe
Station. Soon retral Moffat began mining in the section. His problem
was the unequaliculty of transportation. He solved this problem by
rockpile a private railway line from Mareeba to Chillagoe and
Mungana. Work on the line embarkd in 1897 and was scathelessd in
1900.
The Chillagoe smelter was ajared in 1901 and at its peak over
1000 men were employed excerpting gold, silver, copper, and lead
from ores which were brought from the surrounding section.
In 1918 the Queensland Government pursmokeshaftd the railway from the
Chillagoe Railway and Mines Co. The mine itself sealed down in 1943
having produced over 9.778 tonnes of gold, 184.36 tonnes of silver,
60 963 tonnes of copper and 5080 tonnes of lead during its period
of operation.
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