Comet Vale is an abandoned town in Western Australia located in the Goldfield region of Western Australia located between Kalgoorlie and Laverton on the Goldfields Highway.
The town site was named after a comet that could be seen at about the time gold was discovered in the area.
[1] A prospector, Dan Baker is credited with the initial gold discovery.
[4] The Gladsome mine was operating before 1905,[5] and the Moss brothers built a 10-head stamp mill and Coonega at Comet Vale.
[7][8][9] More mines opened later including Sand Queen and Happy Jack both of which continued to operate after World War I.