A rich heritage…  “Meekatharra is a rising mining centre which  has come rapidly to the fore of late. It is situated  about 25 miles north of Nannine to the east  of the Abbott’s road in the ranges, and ten miles  from Garden Gully. The prospector’s claim  has a well-de fi  ned reef of blue sugary quartz  showing  fi  ne gold, and another, a parallel reef to the eastward from 10ft to 12ft through. This claim was lately sold by Soich and Party,  the prospectors, to Mr L. Darlot, who  purchased with a view to  fl  otation on  the English market”. Source: Geraldton Express newspaper 1897 … and much  un fi  nished business 1