Stannifer, New South Wales
The village is several kilometres from the locality of Old Mill and both are old tin mining villages with remnants of the mining past still visible in places and fossicking still carried on in local creek beds. The main industries are mining, timber, fossicking and agriculture. Several varieties of gems can be found in the Stannifer fossicking area, including jellybeans, quartz and grass stone. History. Stannifer Post Office opened on 1 October 1880 and closed in 1973. References. "Inverell Shire Information", c.1981