1880 Gold discovered at Tomingley (18km North of Peak Hill)
1888 "New Rush" Discovery 5km North of Peak Hill
1889 Alluvial Gold discovered at Peak Hill on 3rd August
1890 13,000 ounces of alluvial gold had been won. Golden Hole discovered on 11th September. Population of 9,000 in Peak Hill
1892 100 alluvial miners and 250 quartz miners at Peak Hill
1896 Alluvial mining exhausted.
1904 A rock breaker and cyanide vats erected at the Bobby Burns Mine.
1895 The Crown of Peak Hill was down 300 feet
1896 Proprietary Mine produced 4,246 tons ore yielding 1,858 oz.
1900 Air drills being used at McPhail, Tomingley
1903 Mining was suspended for six months due to lack of water.
1904 Myalls Company (Tomingley) and the Peak Hill Proprietary Gold Mines Company amalgamated to form Myalls and Peak Hill Gold Mines Limited.
1906 An electric Lighting plant was installed
1910 Winding engine and head gear were transferred from the company’s leases at McPhail.
1912 The total number of men employed averaged 88, not including wood cutters and carters.
1914 Peak Hill Proprietary Mining Co purchased by Transvaal and Rhodesian Estates Ltd.
1917 The yield for 1917 was 2,970 oz. of gold worth 10,142 pounds. The mine employed 44 men and had machinery of the value of 10,855 pounds.
1918 The mine closed down and sold off machinery.
1919 Cyaniding of tailings re-commenced.
1957 Fossicker Alan Stain found 18 ounces of gold buried on Peak Hill Golf course. Parker Brothers sunk a shaft 18 feet on a
3 Ft-wide vein near Bobby Burns.
1993 Alkane Exploration NL & associated Gold Fields NL are granted approvals for mining.
1996 Alkane Exploration NL develops Peak Hill Gold Mine, first production blast April.
2002 Alkane Exploration Ltd completed mining operations. Processing continues.