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| The rich tin mines in this area
have been worked since 1881. The first tin battery was moved into the
area around 1891. |
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There were about 150 people here in 1906, but by 1910 the population
had dropped to around 45. The Bakerville hotel which was originally
known as the Three mile hotel, then the Federal Hotel, was built
in the early 1900's.
Mrs Stella Pedersen was the licensee of the hotel from 1920 until
she closed the hotel and surrendered her licence in 1960. The
old hotel was known from Herberton to Irvinebank and beyond for
its famous meals.
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| There is a story that the old Beacon Light
stove that was in the hotel had never been cold in the forty years of
Mrs Pedersen as licensee. The old hotel has since been moved into Herberton.
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