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Niagara is an abandoned town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia. It is found between Kalgoorlie and Leonora. In 1895 two prospectors named Northmore and Doolittle discovered gold in the area, some sources claim that John Alway was the first to peg the area earlier the same year. Following a rapid growth in population the local progress association requested that a townsite be declared early the following year. The Land Department gazetted the townsite later in 1896. Another lease named ''Trilby'' was producing rich ore in 1896 and a nugget was found at ''Carmichael's'' lease north of the town in the same year. Although seven streets were planned only two, Challenge and Waterfall, were ever developed. By 1900 over sixty buildings existed within the town and one hundred and fifty stamp head listed on the area. After 1900 Kookynie took over as the district centre and by 1903 Niagara was in decline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Morawa District historical society – Ghost towns in WA )〕 About fifty prospecting sites were still operating close to the town in 1903 with a ten head Stamp mill being built at the ''Black Hawk'' mine. Other mines in the area included ''Challenge'', ''Orion'', ''Champion'', ''Batavia'' and ''Britannia''. The town was soon in decline with a population of 75. By 1905 many of the mud brick buildings were derelict and by 1909 the town was abandoned. The last run of the Niagara State Battery occurred in 1913 when 809 tons of ore was processed for the return of . A waterfall in the area was jokingly named after the falls in the United States. The local falls are approximately in height and only flow after heavy rain. A railways concrete wall dam was also constructed nearby in 1897. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Niagara, Western Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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