Thanks to one of our volunteers, Danelle Warnock, I am now posting this miner, who although was listed on the WAVMM database, for some reason his name did not transfer to the web site and create a profile for him. Danelle was very kind to share her photographs of mining accident victims buried in the Kalgoorlie cemetery, and amongst them was the following image.

Evening Star - 1 Feb 1900

Evening Star – 1 Feb 1900

Walter Price was only 26yrs old when he was poisoned by cyanide at the Ivanhoe Cyanide plant at the Golden Horseshoe Mine. He was a single man and the only son of Captain Price of Kalgoorlie.

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