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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING: DIGGERS & MINING
... and the Mining Surveyors (1858-1868) Markings: 44/ 994:LIF 1. Used... EDUCATION Tertiary diggers & miners hanimount Diggers & Mining ...Diggers & Mining: Diggers & Mining. Graph depicts employment in all forms of gold winning Victoria (1851-1868) - - - - are these contained in the annual reports of the Mining Wardens (1851-1860 and the Mining Surveyors (1858-1868) Markings: 44/ 994:LIF 1. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, diggers & miners -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Manual of Mining Tools, 1871, 1871
... ); director of the geological survey (1922-24); chief mining surveyor... of the geological survey (1922-24); chief mining surveyor (1924-32 ...The author, William Morgans, was a lecturer on mining at the Bristol School of Mines. The owner of the book, William Baragwanath, was a former student of the Ballarat School of Mines who held the following positions: Department of Mines (1897-1922); director of the geological survey (1922-24); chief mining surveyor (1924-32); secretary for mines (1932-34); chief mining surveyor (1934-43); consultant to the Department of Mines (1943-50); President, Royal Society of Victoria (1943-44), councillor of the Ballarat School of Mines (1916-50).Hard cover book of 207 pages with buff cloth cover. The books covers materials andf processes used in the manufacture of tools, special uses, qualities and efficiciency. It includes 235 wood engravings of mining tools drawn to scale. Tools include borers, hammers, sledges, picks, shovels, spades, saws, helves and handles.Title page handwritten in ink 'W.B.' [William Baragwanath]mining, tools, ballarat school of mines, geology, bristol school of mines, government geologist, william baragwanath -
Clunes Museum
Map (item), Dept. of Mines, Untitled, c1859
... - District Mining Surveyor .3 40 chains to an Inch... - District Mining Surveyor .3 40 chains to an Inch .1 Map ...All maps show names and locations of mines operating in the district (see reference section link to article).1 360 Scale 1:2500 .2 303/59 33 hand written in ink "received 15 October 1859" signed by R Broughton, James Stevenson - District Mining Surveyor .3 40 chains to an Inchgold mining, dept of mines -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria No 14 The Ballarat Goldfields, 1923, 1923
... Mining Surveyor. Baragwanath was a Councillor of the Ballarat... on the become Secretary for Mines, and Chief Mining Surveyor ...William Baragwanath was educated at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtaining a Geology Certificate in 1911. After further study he went on the become Secretary for Mines, and Chief Mining Surveyor. Baragwanath was a Councillor of the Ballarat School of Mine from 1916 to 1950.Pink covered foolscap book of 257 pages and 32 maps and plans by William Baragwanath. Contents include topography, physiography, historical, geology, basalt, faults, dykes, minerals leads, alluvial mines, nuggets, structure of Ballarat West goldfields, structure of Ballarat East gold-field, quartz formation, indicators, defunct mines, existing mines, table of deepest shafts. Images include: section of the Ballarat Gold-Field, Dead HOrse Flat, lakes formed by Basalt Flows, Gong Gong Creek, Frenchman's Lead, Ballarat West Mines, LEases and positions of shafts (1857), puddling, White Horse Lead, Woah Hawp Canton, Ballarat Township mines, Sebastopol, syncline, Victoria United Line, First Chance Mine, Llanberris No 1 Mine, Saddle Reef, New Normanby Mine, Woah Hawp Canton Mine, South Star Mine, Sebastopol Plateau, south Woah Hawp Mine, Woah No. 2 Minegeology, geological survey no 14, ballarat, baragwanath, william baragwanath -
Federation University Historical Collection
Map, Ballaarat Gold Field, 1861, 1861
... "Compiled & Drawn from the Survey of Mining Surveyors... from the Survey of Mining Surveyors Davidson, Fitzpatrick ...A party of surveyors camped by Yuille's Swamp (later Lake Wendouree) and surveyed the countryside for a map to be produced by the Geological Survey of Victoria. In November 2004 the Central Highlands Regional Library presented a special edition of 200 copies of the 1861 map reproduced from a copy in their collection. Original 1861 map of Ballarat showing streets and leads. Blue dots indicate gold leads, and red lines indicate auriferous quartz reef and outcrops of quartz veins."Compiled & Drawn from the Survey of Mining Surveyors Davidson, Fitzpatrick and Cowan & the Plans in the Surveyor General's Office by J. Brahe, 21st October 1861. R. Brough Smyth, Secretary for Mines. The Honourable J.B. Humffray, M.L.A. Commr of Mines.”ballarat, map, ballarat east, lake wendouree, survey, mines, robert davidson, ballarat gold field 1861, yuille's swamp, wendouree swamp, little bendigo diggings, gold leads, old post office hill, specimen hill, bakery hill, black hill, dead horse creek, brown hill, pennyweight hill, clayton hill, soldiers hill, golden point, gum tree flat, white flat, poverty hill, chinese village, robert brough smyth, ballarat map 1861, ballaarat vineyard, dead horse gully, deadhorse creek, invermay, black hill flat, gaelic church, police reserve, magpie range, dalton's flat, caadian lead, rifle butts, powder magazine, bathing house, government camp, gold office, chinese, llanberrris, victoria theatre, charlie napier hotel, united states hotel, grape's hoel, clayton's hill, cattleyard hill, free trade hotel, esmond lead, bakery hill, black hill lead, juvenile reformatory, ballarat orphanage, lady barkly lead, triffet's slaughter yard, little bendigo, melbourne road, t. cowan, thomas cowan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: GROUND AND SURFACE WORKINGS BALLERSTEDT MINE VICTORIA HILL
... by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April 1868. Plan shows...' Plan is signed by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April ...Original plan in very poor condition, torn in centre (A copy is listed under No. 8300.36l). On top of plan 'Plan showing the position of the ground and surface workings in the claim of Mr. Ballerstedt Victoria Hill' Plan is signed by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April 1868. Plan shows house outline and open cut.bendigo, mining, ballerstedt mine victoria hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND SURVEY OF MINES SANDHURST NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF
... Secretary for Mines and Water Supply and Acting Chief Mining... and Acting Chief Mining Surveyor for the Colony of Victoria. Drawn ...Plan, divided into two sheet, on top of sheet Underground survey of mines Sandhurst, New Chum Line of Reef. Surveyed by Caleb Thomas under the direction of Charles W. Langtree, Acting Secretary for Mines and Water Supply and Acting Chief Mining Surveyor for the Colony of Victoria. Drawn by Arthur Everett, Mining Department, Melbourne, 1884.bendigo, mining, new chum line of reef -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exercise book, The Metallurgy of Gold and Ore Dressing, 1908
... in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943... and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died ...William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 august 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966.Black covered exercise book containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on metallurgy of gold & orr dressing Headings include: Orr dressing Battery practice Physical properties Copper Gold Assaying ballarat school of mines, mining, william baragwanath, gold, copper -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise Book, William Baragwanath, William Baragwanath's Exercise Book, 1898, 1898
... in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943... and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died ...William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966.Marbled blue card covered exercise book with yellow tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on dividing land problems, earthworks, refraction, etc; Headings include: Tom Joe Smith ballarat school of mines, earthworks, land problems, refraction, william baragwanath, -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Document - Folder, Murphy, James and descendants
... James Murphy was a mining surveyor involved... melbourne James Murphy was a mining surveyor involved ...James Murphy was a mining surveyor involved with the Caledonia diggings. Contents Note from Ray Blake, 26 April 2000: Ms Murphy said her people had traditionally owned all of inner Melbourne, north to the Great Divide, West to Werribee River, East to Mt Baw Baw, South to Mordialloc Creek.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcjames murphy -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exercise Book, Astronomy Notes by William Baragwanath, 1897
... in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943... and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died ...William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 September 1966. See Book 2 - Catalogue Number 4530Marbled card covered exercise book with brown tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on Astronomy and astronomical, geodetic, geights and distances, North Line Latitue, Lime, etc., problems . Headings include: Astronomy refraction Correction for Semi diameter Determination of True Meridian Elongation Observation Latitude Determining the TIme Convergence of Meridian Barometric Measurement of Heights Formulae Latitude Observation On the Division of Land Calculations for Observations by a Single Altitude Computations Triginometrical Rations of Two Arcsballarat school of mines, astronomy, william baragwanath -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exercise Book, William Baragwanath, Astronomy Notes Volume 2, 21/06/1897
... in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943... and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died ...William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966. See Book 2 - Catalogue Number 4530Marbled card covered exercise book with black tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on astronomical problems . Headings include: Observed Altitude of Moons Algebra trigonometry Spherical Trigonometry Definitions in Astronomyballarat school of mines, astronomy, william baragwanath -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Set of Maps (Mining & Local Area), various
... & Machinery by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 12.... McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 12. Longitundinal ...David Gordon Collection. A set of mining documents, maps and plans: 1. Dunolly Deep Leads - showing location and names of deep lead gold deposits in region around Dunolly including at Tarnagulla and Newbridge. Geological Survey of Victoria, Department of Minerals and Energy. Bulletin No. 62, Map No. 4 Dunolly (770 x 485 mm). 2. Poseidon Lead (Facsimile) 3. Nick O Time Lead (Facsimile) 4. Happy Go Lucky Mine prospectus and plan (colour copy) 5. Jones Creek GM Co. (Raven & Gourlay's) Waanyarra - Prospectus (colour copy) 6. Poseidon Area Plan (colour copy) and Poseidon Area map (B&W copy). 7. Cross-section diagram of Spread Eagle Reef 8. New Birthday Gold Mine - area map (colour copy) and mine cross-section ( (colour copy). 9. Cross section of Poverty Reef, by Department of Mines (B&W copy, 2 parts on A2 paper) 10. Time-Lease Graph for Watts Reef, Specimen Reef, Stony Reef, Poverty Reef (second page in detail), created by Eric WIlkinson for Ref Mining NL, 1995 11. 1859 Plan of the Gold Workings & Township of Sandy Creek, Shewing the Mining Leases, Extended Claims & Machinery by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 12. Longitundinal and Transverse Vertical Sections of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek 1859, by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 13. Tarnagulla Locality Plan (B&W copy) 14. Universal Grid Reference Map (Topographic) for Laanecoorie North (2 copies) 15. Universal Grid Reference Map (Topographic) for Inglewood South 16. Poverty Reef, Plan showing shafts and early tenements, created by Eric WIlkinson for Ref Mining NL, 1995 17. Locality Map of mining leases in Tarnagulla 18. Plan and Elevation of part of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek, showing the claims and positions of the shaft. by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (Facsimile, composed of taped together components) 19.Plan and Elevation of part of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek, showing the claims and positions of the shaft. by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (Facsimile, composed of taped together components) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: MAP OF VICTORIA REEF MINING CLAIMS
... , Mining Surveyor. Published by John N. Macartney, Argus Agent... by G.W. Hart, Mining Surveyor. Published by John N. Macartney ...Copy of map. On bottom LH side of plan Plan of the Victoria Reef Sandhurst January 1867, Compiled by G.W. Hart, Mining Surveyor. Published by John N. Macartney, Argus Agent, Sandhurst. Price 4/- each On bottom Rh side J.W. Pearson & Co. Lith. Melbourne Plan shows mining claims and names of holders, scale ( 4 chains to one inch ) Loddon Road, Mount Korong Road, Ironbark Gully, township of Long Gully, Quartz Miners' Arms and Gold Mines Hotel on Loddon Road.bendigo, mining, victoria reef plan -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: ABE LINCOLN CO LEASE
... name 'by H.B. Nicholas, Mining Surveyor' Sheepshead Reef... BENDIGO Mining abe lincoln lease Two copies of plan for Abe ...Two copies of plan for Abe Lincoln Co. Lease, New Chum, Sandhurst. One original, one copy. On top of plan 'Plan Showing Position of the Abe Lincoln Co. Lease, New Chum, Sandhurst' under name 'by H.B. Nicholas, Mining Surveyor' Sheepshead Reef, Easter reef, Alfred Reef, Allingham Reef,Adventure Reef, Belle Vue Reef, New Chum Reef, Black Lead, Victoria Reef lines shown on map with mine leases marked. On bottom of map 'Monument Hill Reef' line marked.bendigo, mining, abe lincoln lease -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - MAP PORTION OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELD, Circa 1912
... produced. Drawn by mining surveyor and geologist William Henry... and dividends as well as gold produced. Drawn by mining surveyor ...Map: Portion of Bendigo Goldfield showing Sheepshead, Deborah, Garden Gully, Paddy's Gully and Derby lines of reef. Showing statistical records of all the Companies on these lines. Issued by Wood and McNair, Sharebrokers, Bendigo and Eaglehawk. The map illustrates the main lines of reef as they appeared with mines and details of their calls and dividends as well as gold produced. Drawn by mining surveyor and geologist William Henry Cundy, who trained and worked for the Tasmanian Mines Department until 1893, when he moved and settled in Bendigo. Cundy was responsible for the surveying of the southern end of the field of Diamond Hill and beyond.topic, mining, companies, bendigo goldfield, sheepshead , deborah, garden gully, paddy's gully derby, wood and mcnair -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph, Jack Barker and Phil Day with the Baragwanath Donation
... ), Chief Mining Surveyor (1924-43), Secretary for Mines (1932-34..., was director of the geological survey (1922-4), Chief Mining Surveyor ...William Baragwanath joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897, was director of the geological survey (1922-4), Chief Mining Surveyor (1924-43), Secretary for Mines (1932-34), consultant to the Department of Mines (1943-50) . He was born at Durham Lead on 1 August 1878 and was a former student of the Ballarat School of Mines. Baragwanath was president of the Royal society of Victoria (1943-44) and a councillor of the Ballarat School of Mines (1916-1950). After Baragwanath's death on 20 September 1966 the Department of Minerals and Energy (Geological Survey division) donated a number of Baragwanath's items to the Ballarat School of Mines, including this collection. Black and white photograph of E.J. Jack Barker (Ballarat School of Mines Principal) and Phil Day (Head of Geology) standing in front of a cabinet of geological specimens housed in a timber cabinet. ballarat school of mines, geology, ej barker, jack barker, phil day, baragwanath, william baragwanath, victorian mines department -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - MARKS COLLECTION: MAP MINES BALLARAT AREA 1887
... , and Chief Mining Surveyor...., Secretary for Mines, and Chief Mining Surveyor. Map MARKS COLLECTION ...Large buff coloured map, wooden strip on bottom, top hanger missing, showing mine boundaries in Ballarat mining area. Mines include: from top of map Bonshaw No. 1; Band and Albion Consolidated Company; Central Bonshaw; North Bonshaw; Star of the East block Claim; Star of the East; South Star; Owen's Freehold; Central Plateau; Sebastopol Plateau Company; Sebastopol Star; Sebastopol Plateau No. 1; South Plateau; Prince of Wales; Bonshaw United company; Gay's Freehold. Map prepared by Robert Alan, under the direction C.W. Langtree, Secretary for Mines, and Chief Mining Surveyor.map, ballarat, ballarat, mining, goldmining -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Folder, Armstrong
... , where is at present mining, surveyor, inspector of mines..., where is at present mining, surveyor, inspector of mines ...Alfred Armstrong Armstrong, Alfred, Eltham is a native of Somerset, England, born in 1825, and was employed under Mr. Mark Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a civil engineer prior to his coming out to Melbourne in 1852. He first visited Beechworth, but returning to Melbourne took contacts at Essendon and Gisbourne for forming and metalling the road. He afterwards purchased property at Eltham, where is at present mining, surveyor, inspector of mines, and mining registrar for the St Andrew’s division of the Castlemaine mining district. Mrs Armstrong, to whom he was married in 1854, at St Paul’s Church, Melbourne, died on 27th March, 1887. from "Victoria and its Metropolis: Past and Present" written in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland. Chapter 19, "The Upper Yarra District" pages [402] - 415. Includes descriptions of some townships and short biographies of local residents. Page 405 Folder of information on Alfred Armstrong, Eltham and Kangaroo Groundalfred armstrong, ada gertrude armstrong, arthur reynolds stockwood armstrong, arthur vivian harrison, eltham cemetery, gravestones, laura augusta harrison (nee armstrong), margaret armstrong, mary armstrong, thomas armstrong -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction, 1890-1900
... long. The mining surveyor at Beechworth called it 'without... long. The mining surveyor at Beechworth called it 'without ...The photograph appears to depict the of the entrance to the Rocky Mountain Tunnel. The Rocky Mountain Tunnel runs from opening of the tunnel, underneath the Beechworth town, to the Gorge. This tunnel drained the excess water from the upper Spring Creek Goldfield to allow for mining access in the area. The Rocky Mountain Co. blasted through the granite rock to create the original 400ft-long tunnel in 1859, but between 1867 and 1871, the Rocky Mountain Gold Sluicing Co. widened and extended it. At its completion, it measured 14ft deep, 6ft wide, and almost half a mile long. The mining surveyor at Beechworth called it 'without doubt, the greatest undertaking of the kind in the colony'. When the company became the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Co. in the mid-1870s, they continued the tunnelling work. The work was reportedly vital to mining being able to continue at Beechworth and may have established world records in tunnelling through hard rock. The entrance at the Gorge side of the tunnel can be seen from the Beechworth Gorge Walk. The tunnel continues to be an outfall drain for the lake and the town.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. The Burke Museum is home to a substantial collection of Australian mining photographs which can be used to gain a deeper understanding into life on the gold fields, technology used in mining, the miners themselves and the impact of the gold digging on the environment.A black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paper.7814beechworth, beechworth museum, burke museum, australian museum, mining, rocky mountain mining co., rocky mountain mining company, mine, mining company, rocky mountain mine, mine entrance, rocky mountain, gold, gold mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Honour Boards, Boards Listing Associates of the Ballarat School of Mines
... and Metallurgist, Electrician, and Geologist and Mining Surveyor..., and Geologist and Mining Surveyor. The Council was to confer ...In 1883 the Ballarat School of Mines made some changes in order to make better use of the services of the teachers and to extend "as far as practicable the special educational advantages already afforded" by the School. One of the changes was the introduction of a three years course of training under the professors to qualify students for the following three professions: Analyst and Metallurgist, Electrician, and Geologist and Mining Surveyor. The Council was to confer the distinction of Associate. (Warren Perry, The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, 1984, p77) Students who took single subjects or pursued such courses as those for certificate of either mine manager or assayer were not required to pass an entrance examination. Students who wished to qualify for an associateship in once of the courses were expected to have a general education of matriculation standard and to have attended all the prescribed courses of instruction unless they were able to produce to the satisfaction of the School's Board of Examiners evidence of having attained elsewhere the degree of proficiency which was required in any particular subject or subjects. (Warren Perry, The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, 1984, p177) Ballarat School of Mines Associateships have been conferred since 1894 on candidates who had passed the prescribed examinations in one or other of the following three courses: Geology, Metallurgy and Mining engineering. Each of these three courses had an additional, but optional, fourth year of study. The prescribed subjects of study for an Associateship were set out in 'The Calendar of the Ballarat School of Mines' in each year. (Warren Perry, The School of Mines and Industries, Ballarat, 1984, p177)A number of timber boards with gold lettering. The list names in date order of when they became an Associates of the Ballarat School of Mines.ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines associate, associate of the ballarat school of mines, lonie, jennifer drummond, jill blee, jilian norton, zig plavina, associate boards -
Ringwood and District Historical Society
Administrative record - Mining Reports, Government Printer, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria quarterly and annual mining reports - 1860s 1870s & 1880s, 1865 - 1883
... Surveyors & Registrars, Victoria, 1865-1881 - Summary of gold mining... of the Mining Surveyors & Registrars, Victoria, 1865-1881 - Summary ...Colony of Victoria mining reports show any Ringwood mine references under Castlemaine District, St. Andrews Subdivision. Noteworthy for Ringwood: - Death of Pierce Boardman, mining manager at New Ringwood Mining Co., accidentally killed when he lost his footing and fell to a depth of 40 feet on 1st January 1879. - William White injured in truck accident at New Ringwood Antimony Tribute Company, 31st March 1882.Boxed collection of soft and hard bound reports including: 1. Quarterly Colony of Victoria reports of the Mining Surveyors & Registrars, Victoria, 1865-1881 - Summary of gold mining statistics for the quarter - Tables showing the yield of gold from certain parcels of quartz raised during the quarter in some of the deepest mines in Victoria with depth of the deepest shafts, levels, cross-cuts, etc. - Estimated yield of gold and quantity of gold exported during the quarter - Gold received and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter - Summary of yield of gold from quartz, tailings, etc., crushed during the quarter - Summary of yield of gold from washdirt and cement washed and crushed during quarter - Number and distribution of miners on the goldfields of the colony. 2. 1879-82 Hard bound volume - Chief Inspector of Mines Reports to the Honorable Minister of Mines, Victoria. (Includes fatal and non-fatal accident reports, mining operations, and employment statistcs.) Noteworthy for Ringwood: - Death of Pierce Boardman, mining manager at New Ringwood Mining Co., accidentally killed when he lost his footing and fell to a depth of 40 feet on 1st January 1879. - William White injured in truck accident at New Ringwood Antimony Tribute Company, 31st March 1882. 3. Mineral Statistics for Victoria - annual reports for years 1867, 1871, 1874, 1876, 1877, 1878, & 1879. 4. Handwritten study notes.antimony, boardman, william white -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MARKS COLLECTION: PLAN RELATING TO UNDERGROUND AND SURFACE WORKINGS VICTORIA HILL
... Victoria Hill' Signed by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd..., Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April 1868' Attached to plan is a letter ...Plan on paper: on top of plan 'plan showing the position of the underground & surface workings in the claim of Mr. Ballerstedt Victoria Hill' Signed by Thomas Forbes, Mining Surveyor, 22nd. April 1868' Attached to plan is a letter report accompanying plans on the underground workings in (illegible) Ballerstedt & Sons, Victoria Hill (ink blot covering writing RH side) Text of letter begins : the underground level southwards from the shaft is 4ft 6' x 6 ft wide as shown on the plan; and is at a depth of (illegible) from the surface; along the (illegible) of which the timbering both upright and cap-pieces; are now in as good condition as when the work was being proceed with; with the exception of the uprights and one cap-piece which are slightly crushed from the general settlement of the mullock. The timbering of the drives is still standing in the same position though upwards of 12 months has elapsed after the slip in the open cutting had taken place, showing very clearly in my mind that the slip could not be attributable to the insufficient timbering of the underground workings; but rather to the action of the weather in this particular part of the cutting. The probably quantity of mullock that was detached or slipped from the west side of the cutting; would be (from careful enquiry and observation ) about 1500 loads at least; enough to crush the whole of the timber in the levels, if it had not been of the most substantial character and I think yours to prove that the fall was not caused by any defective timbering but from the cause already stated. I may state that I have inspected the underground workings generally in the mine, and the timbering is of the most substantial characterbendigo, mining, victoria hill -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, 1920-1950
... mining surveyors. The maps that were created, combined... mining surveyors. The maps that were created, combined ...This image taken between 1920-1930 depicts open-cut hydraulic sluicing at the Three Mile Mine, located about five kilometres south of Beechworth. Alluvial, or surface, mining began on this site in the 1850s, but was soon replaced by hydraulic sluicing methods. By the start of 1880 it is estimated that nine hundred miles of water races had been cut though soil and rock in the Beechworth district. Hydraulic sluicing employs high pressure jets of water to blast away large areas of earth and wash it down to be run through a sluice box. Gold gets caught in the sluice and the remaining slurry is washed away. Large water quantities were required for hydraulic sluicing, and the long water races and deep tailraces that were constructed were considered great engineering feats. This method of mining is extremely effective, but causes significant environmental damage and impacts to waterways and agricultural operations. Miners at Beechworth built extensive networks of races and dams to secure reliable supplies of water on a scale far greater than elsewhere in Victoria. By the 1880s Beechworth's water barons continued to hold more than half of all the water right licences on issue and undertook sluicing operations on a massive scale. The manipulation of surface and ground water via race networks was well planned and recorded in detail by local mining surveyors. The maps that were created, combined with modern geo-spatial technologies, provide a vital key in understanding the great lengths to which miners went to capture and control critical water resources. Today, Three Mile mine is called Baarmutha. The Three Mile Mine was unproductive until 1865 when John Pund and three other miners secured a fifteen year license and constructed a water race from Upper Nine Mile Creek to Three Mile Creek. In the early twentieth century Pund & Co. averaged over one thousand ounces of gold per year from the mine. After Pund's death in 1915, GSG Amalgamated Co operated the site, continuing sluicing until 1950. This image of hydraulic sluicing methods shows the extent of water-works engineering in the landscape. This photograph has historic and research potential for understanding changes to the landscape, the evolution of mining methods, and the extensive construction, manipulation and management of water networks in the Beechworth district. Black and white rectangular photograph on matte paperReverse: 7597-1 / Sluice Mining / Copied from original on loan from Webb (Qld) / Donated Nov 2009 / Baarmutha Three Mile Mine c1920-1950 / Managed by the Plain Bros then Parkinsons / Current Location is: Beechworth Animal Shelter / used for Baarmuthaburke museum, beechworth museum, beechworth, gold fields, gold rush, victorian gold rush, hydraulic sluicing, spring creek, netwown falls, mining tunnels, water races, tailraces, gold ming history, colonial australia, australian gold rushes, mining technology, beechworth historic district, indigo gold trail, indigo shire, john pund, water manipulation, water engineering, three mile creek, three mile mine, water race, large-scale mining methods, historical mining construction, alluvial mining, mining environmental impacts, baarmutha, water barons -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Financial record - Receipt Book, Department of Works and Mines Victoria, July 1936 (first record)
... surveyors, registrars, wardens and Mining Boards. 3. Investigation.... Superintendence of the activities of mining surveyors, registrars, wardens ...Establishment and Functions Prior to 1860, the Chief Secretary's Department had been responsible for the administration of the gold fields and associated mining activities. In November 1860 a Commissioner of Mines was appointed and a Department was established under his administration. For the period November 1861 to June 1863, the Postmaster General was responsible for the Mining Department. A Minister of Mines was again appointed in 1863. Responsibilities of the Department of Mines were: 1. Regulation of mining and related public works activities through the issue of miners rights, business and residence licences, mining leases, mineral and other prospecting licences 2. Superintendence of the activities of mining surveyors, registrars, wardens and Mining Boards. 3. Investigation of the state's geological structure, mineral wealth and underground water resources 4. Development of the mining industry 5. Supervision of the safe working of mines, machinery and quarries including checking the credential of mine managers, inspectors and operators 6. Regulation of the disposal of sludge and other waste products 7. Administration of the Victorian Mining Accident Relief Fund. Arising from its initial responsibility for the supply of water on the gold fields, the Department became responsible for rural water supply from the mid 1860s. Statutory responsibility for rural water works during this period rested with the Board of Land and Works. In 1865 the Waterworks Act gave the Board power to construct waterworks, purchase land, levy charges and lease or sell works, while the Public Loans Act 1865 empowered it to provide loans to local water trusts for waterworks. The actual administration of these statutory provisions was undertaken by the Victorian Water Supply Department which operated from 1865 to 1889 as a sub-department of the Department of Mines, from 1889 as a department in its own right, and from 1895 to 1909 as a sub-department of the Department of Mines and Water Supply. For a brief period from 1891 to 1893 the Department of Mines was also responsible for forests and, until 1880, for the Schools of Mines subsequently transferred to the Education Department. In 1895 the Department of Mines and the Victorian Water Supply Department were amalgamated to form the Department of Mines and Water Supply. A snapshot into social history around the 1930s when the Department of works and the Mines Departments were still linkedReceipt Book for the Department of Works; Mines. Receipt No 2801 - 3000. 1st receipt Number 2801, "18th July 1936, for Rent of Cottage: 14 days for 2 pounds, 2 shillings. The inscription on the back is signed by J F Condau in 13-3-33Printed on spine "GENERAL RECEIPTS / 15 / 2801 / TO 3000" Printed on each receipt 'DEPARTMENT OF / PUBLIC WORKS. / MINES." Fill in using ink pen "(DATE) 18th July 1936 / (TO) - - - shields' / BEING) Rent of / Cottage: 14 days / (TO) 17th July / @ (symbol for pound) 1-1. p. week / . (symbol for pound) 2:2:-"Inside cover there is some red pencil writing, words and figures unreadable. Handwritten on back cover "Numbers checked / and found corredt / J S Coudou (?) / 13-3-33" One some receipts "Wharfage / S.S. Koonara"flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, department of works: mines, receipt book, rent 1936, imperial currency, living costs 1936, department of works, department of mines, j f condou, 1933, 13-3-33 -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Negative - Photograph, Harry Gilham, Grave of Alfred and Margaret Armstrong, Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, Sep 2009
... property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector... property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector ...Alfred Patrick Armstrong was born in England in 1825 and was employed under the renowned Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a civil engineer during the construction of the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway. He came to Melbourne in 1852 and purchased property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector of Mines and the Mining Registrar for the St Andrews Division of the Castlemaine Mining District. In 1855, he chaired a meeting calling for a bridge to be erected across the Yarra River between Eltham and Temple Stow. He was registered as an innkeeper in 1858, was a recognised collector of the £110 raised for the building of the first building of State School No. 209 (Eltham Primary) and was a Trustee for the Church of England site on the Eltham Cemetery Trust in 1860. He was elected to the Eltham District Road Board (forerunner of Eltham Shire Council) from 1867 to 1871 and then served as an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1871 to 1878 (including Shire President in 1873). Margaret Armstrong to whom he was married in 1854 at St Pauls Church, Melbourne, died on the 27th March 1887. Alfred died in 1893, having been in ill health for some time, and is buried in Eltham Cemetery with his wife Margaret. The monument features a tall pillar capped with a draped urn: a symbol of death. In Loving Memory of Alfred Armstrong Died May 27tth 1893 Aged 68 years Also of his wife Margaret Died March 27th 1887 Aged 63 years This burial site is of special interest as the monument has the tallest pillar-a vase-a draped cloth top (unfulfilled life) and additional panels of names around the sides and the base, which include: Ada Gertrude Armstrong, beloved daughter of Alfred & Margaret Armstrong, died May 30th 1878, aged 21 years Mary Armstrong, beloved mother to Alfred Armstrong, died April 10th, 1886 aged 82 years Arthur Vivian Harrison, died 4th Nov. 1899, aged 8 years Arthur Reynolds Stockwood Armstrong, son of Alfred Armstrong, died 4th Nov. 1908, aged 43 years Laura Augusta Harrison nee Armstrong, died 26th July 1921, aged 64 yearsRoll of 35mm colour negative film, 6 stripsKodak GC 400-9eltham cemetery, gravestones, alfred armstrong, margaret armstrong, ada gertrude armstrong, arthur reynolds stockwood armstrong, arthur vivian harrison, laura augusta harrison (nee armstrong), mary armstrong -
Eltham District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Peter Pidgeon, Grave of Alfred and Margaret Armstrong, Eltham Cemetery, Victoria, 5 April 2021
... property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector... property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector ...Alfred Patrick Armstrong was born in England in 1825 and was employed under the renowned Isambard Kingdom Brunel as a civil engineer during the construction of the Great Western Railway and the South Wales Railway. He came to Melbourne in 1852 and purchased property in Eltham. He became a mining surveyor and was Inspector of Mines and the Mining Registrar for the St Andrews Division of the Castlemaine Mining District. In 1855, he chaired a meeting calling for a bridge to be erected across the Yarra River between Eltham and Temple Stow. He was registered as an innkeeper in 1858, was a recognised collector of the £110 raised for the building of the first building of State School No. 209 (Eltham Primary) and was a Trustee for the Church of England site on the Eltham Cemetery Trust in 1860. He was elected to the Eltham District Road Board (forerunner of Eltham Shire Council) from 1867 to 1871 and then served as an Eltham Shire Councillor from 1871 to 1878 (including Shire President in 1873). Margaret Armstrong to whom he was married in 1854 at St Pauls Church, Melbourne, died on the 27th March 1887. Alfred died in 1893, having been in ill health for some time, and is buried in Eltham Cemetery with his wife Margaret. The monument features a tall pillar capped with a draped urn: a symbol of death. In Loving Memory of Alfred Armstrong Died May 27tth 1893 Aged 68 years Also of his wife Margaret Died March 27th 1887 Aged 63 years This burial site is of special interest as the monument has the tallest pillar-a vase-a draped cloth top (unfulfilled life) and additional panels of names around the sides and the base, which include: Ada Gertrude Armstrong, beloved daughter of Alfred & Margaret Armstrong, died May 30th 1878, aged 21 years Mary Armstrong, beloved mother to Alfred Armstrong, died April 10th, 1886 aged 82 years Arthur Vivian Harrison, died 4th Nov. 1899, aged 8 years Arthur Reynolds Stockwood Armstrong, son of Alfred Armstrong, died 4th Nov. 1908, aged 43 years Laura Augusta Harrison nee Armstrong, died 26th July 1921, aged 64 yearsBorn Digitaleltham cemetery, gravestones, ada gertrude armstrong, alfred armstrong, arthur reynolds stockwood armstrong, arthur vivian harrison, laura augusta harrison (nee armstrong), margaret armstrong, mary armstrong -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: LEASE PLANS GREAT SOUTHERN GOLD MINE BENDIGO
... , certificated mining and authorised surveyor 25/6/87' Leases No. 5429...' Signed E.F Brown, certificated mining and authorised surveyor 25 ...Plan on heavy paper, tightly rolled. On top of plan Plan of Leases 5429, 4810, 4811 and 5429, The Property of the Great Southern Gold Mining Co. Bendigo' \Total area123 acres, 3 roods, 33 perches, excised, nett area 122, 0. 38. On bottom '32 feet to one inch' and 'This plan was devised from Government Mining Lease Plans and from actual survey' Signed E.F Brown, certificated mining and authorised surveyor 25/6/87' Leases No. 5429 and 4810 details location of shaft, tramway, battery, engine house and boiler. Large mining dam outlined.bendigo, mining, great southern gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LANSELL RELATED DOCUMENTS
... ''compiled by J Sarvaas MCE(??) Certified Mining Surveyor; 22/8/06... ''compiled by J Sarvaas MCE(??) Certified Mining Surveyor; 22/8/06 ...Document.Copy of Williamstown Historical Society Newsletter No 17 (1977).On the second and third page of this Newsletter is an article entitled ''The guns of the 'Nelson''', written by Doug Mills, Castlemaine. The Warship NELSON underwent alterations in 1860, including cut down to two decks and lengthened, her armaments reduced to 72 guns. Two 7inch 68 pounder guns were added to her armament. In February 7 1867 she was officially given to the Colony of Victoria by the Imperial Government. At the time her Commander was Captain Charles B. Payne. The Warship reached Melbourne in 4th February 1868. Relics of the NELSON were auctioned at Williamstown Victoria Naval Depot, and her two anchors are preserved for public display at Williamstown. An active demand for a share of the guns from various towns in the State. Ballarat received four (4) guns, Bendigo and Castlemaine two (2) each, while one has been given to each of the following towns: - Ararat, Tarnagulla, Hamilton, Bacchus Marsh, Echuca and Geelong. Collection of Lansell related documents: a. Copy of photograph - Lansell's Big 180 Victoria Hill - early 1870s - New Chum Hill in background. B. Lansell Estate mines - compiled from the annual report of the Hon Minister of Mines for Victoria, 1906. A listing of the George Lansell Mining Company interests at the time of his death. These were, New Moon Co, N.L., Clarence, New Prince Of Wales Co. N.L., Virginia G. M. Co., Catherine Reef United Co N.L., Great Northern Co N.L., Williams United, McDuff Amalgamated Co, South Mungo Co, South Prince Of Wales Consolidated, Constellation Co. Golden Pyke Co, Johnson's Reef Extended Company, Golden Age Co., Princess Dagmar Co, New St Mungo Co, Johnson's Reef Co, North Johnson's Co, Collman and Tacchi Co, Confidence Extended Co, G. Lansell Sandhurst Mines, Pearl Co., Windmill Hill Co., United Hustlers and Redan, Koch's Pioneer Co., Hercules and Energetic Co., Lansell's Comet, Cornish United Co., Ironbark Co., Hustler's Reef Co., and No. 1 Lansell's 83, Carlisle Co., Great Extended Hustler's Co., Victoria Consolidated Co., Great Central Victoria Co., Victoria Quartz Co., Victory and Pandora , Lansell's Big 180, Tambour Major, New Chum and Victoria Co., Garden Gully United Co., G. Lansell, Lansell's 222, Lazarus Co., Sea Amalgamated Co., Hustler's Royal Reserve Co., Horwood and Burrowe's Co., New Chum Consolidated Co., G Lansell's Sheepshead, Gariboldi Co., Londonderry Co., Shamrock Co., Great Britain Co., Fortuna Hustler's Co., Eureka Extended Co., G. Lansell's G.V.L., New Red White and Blue Consolidated, Great Southern Co., Lansell's Concord Mines, True Blue Co., G. G. Consolidated Co., Extended Red White and Blue Co., Great Columbian, Sedgwick and New Birthday. Also, a listing: ''Among the biggest yields to ate (sic) (date?) in ozs or Pounds were''; New Moon.Co. N.L. 180,087 ounces, Clarence £303,932, Catherine Reef United N.L. £762,815, Great Northern Co Ltd £394,525, Johnson's Reef Co 277,320ounces, Windmill Hill Co. 113,842ounces, Hustler's Reef Co. And No.1 1,144,923ounces, Carlisle Co 307,835ounces, Great Extended Hustlers Co £1,038,125, Garden Gully United Co. £1,653,900, Great Southern 97,752ounces, New Chum Consolidated 89,526ounces. This part (b) has handwritten inscription ''compiled by J Sarvaas MCE(??) Certified Mining Surveyor; 22/8/06''; c. Copy of Deed dated Dec 1886 between George Lansell, Wooten Lansell and the Bank of New South Wales relating to a wall and windows and openings etc etc. (3 pages of legalese!!!!!). Also, a (related?) page copy of a Grant -by purchase to the Bank of New South Wales with a date of August 1855 on it ''Enrolled in the Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria - signed by Acting Registrar.document, gold, mines -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, James Baker, Ballarat School of Mines Collector, James Baker, 1870, 1870
... , whether so engaged as mining managers, engineers, surveyors..., whether so engaged as mining managers, engineers, surveyors ...Information related to the establishment of the Ballarat School of Mines, the first of its kind in Australia. Federation University Australia was established on 1 January 2014. Formerly known as the University of Ballarat, its enabling legislation was the University of Ballarat Amendment (Federation University Australia) Act 2013. Although formally created as a University in 1994, the University of Ballarat has a lineage back to 1870 with the establishment of the School of Mines Ballarat, making it the third institution of higher learning to be established in Australia and the first to be established in regional Australia. On 1 January 1994, Ballarat University College became the University of Ballarat and in 1998 the University merged with three TAFE Institutes to become a dual sector institution with multiple campuses. On 1 January 2014, the University of Ballarat amalgamated with the Monash University Gippsland Campus to form Federation University Australia. The Gippsland Campus also had a long lineage dating back to 1928 with the establishment of the Yallourn Technical School which became a predecessor institution to the Gippsland College of Advanced Education formed in 1968. In 1990, it was renamed the Monash University College and in 1993 became the Gippsland Campus of Monash University. In 2016, Federation University Australia announced plans to take possession, over a two-year period, of Monash’s Berwick Campus in the south-east corridor of Melbourne. Federation University Australia, or FedUni, is headquartered in Ballarat and offers programs in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training to regional Victoria and beyond. The University’s commitment to educational and social equity, teaching excellence, research distinction, environmental sustainability and regional capacity building has enabled it to develop in a way that draws on its proud heritage to inform its future. Its regional character sets a framework for the University’s priorities but does not constrain it from serving wider community interests, nationally and internationally. The name Federation University Australia was chosen to convey the scope and capacity of an expanded regional university with a federated network of campuses.Copy of a letter signed by James Baker outlining that he had been appointed Collector to the proposed Ballarat School of Mines, and requested co-operation and pecuniary assistance torwards the establishment and maintenance of the new school. School of Mines for the COlony of Victoria Ballarat, 1870 Sir,- Having been appointed to the Trustees of this proposed Institutin, I have the honor to request your co-operatoin and pecuniary assistance towards its establishment and maintenance. Your attention is respectfully requested to the appended outline of the Institution, with the names of gentlemen who have accepted provisional offices. The object sought to be obtained is the cobinatin of the highest scientific with the most practical training for all men engaghed in the enterprise of mining in its various branches, whether so engaged as mining managers, engineers, surveyors, mechanists, working miners, directors or promoters of companies. Hitherto, in this Colony, no means of scientific educatin, in this most important occupation has been provided. The result has been an enormous waste of captial, time, and labor. Indeed, it may be fairly stated that the persent depression in the mining market and the distrust of mining property as an inverstment may in great part be traced to the numerous failures of enterprises either ignorantly entered upon or unscientifically, pursued. The scientific education of those engaged in mining pursuits would, it is believed, not merely render gold mining a safe and generally more productive speculation, but would bring into profitable prominence and activity many branches of mining now wholly neglected, or distrustfully, and consequently unsuccessfully, pursued. The Government has so far recognised the attempt to estalish this, so much wanted, Institution as to grant a ease, at a nominal lease, of the old Court-house in Lydiard street : and steps are being taken to put the building in repair and adapt it to the requirement so fhte proposed School. You will see from the appended Outline that L600 at least much be subscribed before the School can be opened. Towards thos sum several public bodies and private persons have given subscriptions; either as Life Governors, Annual Governors, or Donors, by whose liberality the Institution may be not only opened, but permanently maintained in the highest state of efficiency. I trust therefore that you will pardon my earnestly requesting your assistance, which many be effectually rendered by your returning to me one of the enclised forms, signed by you either as a Life Governoe (L50), and Annual Governor (L3 3s), or simply as a Donor of any sum which you may see fit to give. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, James Baker, Collector to School of Mines.ballarat school of mines, ballarat school of mines establishment, balalrat school of mines collector, james baker