Small clay crucible used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Maker's mark indecipherable on bottom of crucible.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible

Small gold crucible, bowl shape, used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. No maker's mark on base.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible

Cast iron assay food chopper with wooden handle to turn cogged wheels, to operate the guillotine mechanism. It is mounted on a wooden base.food processing equipment

Book; Cloth bound hard cover book - 'The Victoria Gold Valuer's Ready Reckoner and Assayers chemical guide'. Being a manual descriptive of the ordinary as well as the scientific modes of conducting assays; with tables for ascertaining the carat value of gold audits sterling value (Scoffern & Higgins) Spine missing. Inside front cover stamped Big Hill Mining Company.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETgold mining, miners' safety cage, gold valuers ready rreckoner, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Folded card which outlines the tabletable for science subjects at the Ballarat School of Mines, 1909. Subjects include metallurgy, Mine Engineering and Metallurgu, Mine Engineering, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Petrology, Electricity and Magnetism, Assaying, Cyanide, Mineralogy, Freehand Drawing, Assaying, Mine Surveying, Plumbing, Telegraphy and Telephony, Fitting and Turning, mining. Classes are held during the day, evenings and on Saturdays. ballarat school of mines, timetable, science

Maroon hard covered book of 490 pages. Includes metallurgical analysis, assay, laaboratortm experiments, fuels, alloys, reduction, cupellation, arsenic, wet methods, amalgamation.metallurgy, brook, assay, silver, gold, sulphides, alloys, experiments, reagents, arthur h. hiorns

These large mechanical parers are generally referred to as 'commercial' apple parers. However, they were used in the kitchens of large households, as well as hotels and by commercial apple processors. These are fascinating contraptions, particularly when seen in motion.Cast iron assay apple parer and corer, mechanisms with cams, gears and levers operated by cast iron and wooden handle. Mounted on a wooden base, with Donvale printed on it.Bonanza made by Goodell Co, Antrim NH USA Numbers 43, 13, 40, 23 (on different parts of the mechanism)apple corers, apple peelers

Listed as ''Day Book - John Evans 1987-1902'' (#6). Consists of ink-penned entries of daily assay results together with monthly accounts and petty cash expenditure.bendigo, industry, sebastian cyanide works, john evans.

School of Mines Stawell Assay Departmentstawell education

Possibly used in the operation of the battery or assay. Bucket formed into a sieve. It has 33 holes and a handle and white paint residue.

Possibly used for battery or assay operation."U' shaped steel, forged part, with two circular ends.

The Ballarat School of Mines offered assaying of ore. Handwritten letter on W.L.B. Ballieu & Co letterhead. Handrwritten: "12 May 1898 The Director School of Mines Ballarat Dear Sir Please let me know the cost of treating 12 parcels left by Mr Harvey. Yours truly W.L. Baillieu" "Replied to 13/5/98" Written and circled in red ink "278"ballarat school of mines, ballieu, w.l. b. ballieu, auctioneer, sworn valuator, assay, letterhead

To protect face from welding or assay operation.Medium size, rectangular shaped mask. Mask has a small slot for viewing through, framed in metal and with 12 rivets around rim and two rivets to attach a handle at the base of the mask.

SMall, black covered notebook signed by William Corbould, and including assays, and diary notes from 21 February 1886 to 21 December 1887 relating to amounts of lead and silverwilliam corbould, william h. corbould, corbould, ballarat school of mines alumni

Small clay crucible bowl used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Maker's name impressed on bottom 'Battersea Works England ' and '2 ?1m', possibly denoting size of crucible.Battersea Works Englandgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible

The Ballarat School of Mines conducted assays at the Model Mine. handwritten memorandum on David Melvin letterhead relating to treatment of a a parcel for extraction of gold. ballarat school of mines, david melvin, mining, gold, sampson's pulverizer, wynne and tregurtha plates

This book was presented to Professor Ferdinand Krause of the Ballarat School of Mines by the co-author Felix Ratte who had taught Geology at the Ballarat School of Mines. Felix Ratte became mineralogist to the Australian Museum, Sydney.Hardcovered book with brown cloth cover. 341 pages with illustrations. Chapters in the book include Geology; Rocks and their Movements; Stratified Deposits; Mineral Veins and Lodes; Dynamics of Lodes; Filling of Lodes; Irregular Deposits; Alluvial Deposits; Physical Properties of Minerals; Compsition and Determination of Minerals; Noble Mineral; Silver and Lead; Quicksilver or Mercury; Haloids and salts; Quartz and Opal; Precious stones; assays and the use of Blowpipes; Special Assays for Gold and SilverFrontise page handwritten in ink: 'Prof. Krause from F. Ratte'mining, ballarat school of mines, geology, felix ratte, minerals, ferdinand krause

Assay Book - Cyanide Records 2 April 1897 - 17 October 1897- pencilled entries with pages with 'calculations' at back of book. Some handwritten smelting details in front section of book.bendigo, industry, cyanide

Patterned hard cover, black binding on spine.Written across top of first page: South Frederick the Great GM Coy N.L. Inside pages a double spread recording the 'Gold Purchased by Bank; weight advanced upon, amount of advance, weight after melting, mint and bank charges, eq standard weight, value and balance of assay. Dates from August 1934 to December 193k7. Inserted in pages of gold book: a. receipts " Commercial Banking Company of Sydney (Bendigo) recording the particulars of gold melted and assayed on account of South Frederick the Great Co. N.L. and slips from Royal Mint, Melbourne Branch, showing out turn of deposits left for coinage. Weight before and after melting, assay reports of gold and assay report of silver and standard gold oz., total value assessed. b. Letter May 13th, 1935 from Herbert L. Archbold, enclosing cheque for 9/5/- for described weight: 11 tons, 18 cwt, 3 q. bendigo, margaret roberts, south frederick the great gold mining co. n.l., sebastian, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet

Possibly used to melt substance over the stove in the assay room. Forged iron oval bowl shaped pot with long hollow cylindrical handles on either side (threaded on one end) and slightly bent.

The Ballarat Junior Technical School was under the jurisdiction of the Ballarat School of Mines. In 1949-50 the aims of the school was to: 1. Give all students a sound general and cultural education to the Intermediate standard for technical Schools. 2. Prepare those with the necessary ability for the higher professional courses of the Ballarat School of Mines in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Mining engineering, Applied Chemistry, Metallurgy, Assaying, Architecture, Art and Crafts or technical Teaching. 3. In addition to a sound education, it gives students not proceeding to the higher courses, a pre-vocational training which will enable them to become competent artisans in any of the skilled apprenticeship.Five page booklet on white paper with blue ink. It relates to the Ballarat Junior Technical School, including information on the school aims, curriculum, technical education, fees, cadet corps, boarding, etc. The aims of the Ballarat Junior Technical School was : - 1. It gives all students a sound general and cultural education to the Intermediate standard for Technical Schools. 2. It prepares those with the necessary ability for the higher professional courses of the Ballarat School of Mines in Mechanical, Electrical, Civil and Mining Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Metallurgy, Assaying, Architecture, Arts and Crafts or Technical Teaching. 3. In Addition to a sound general education, it gives students not proceeding to the higher courses, a pre-vocational training which will enable them to become competent artisans in any of the skilled apprenticeships.ballarat junior technical school, ballarat school of mines, mechanical, electrical, civil and mining engineering, applied chemistry, metallurgy, assaying, architecture, art and crafts, technical teaching.

Large ledger without cover, with marbled endpapers. It is a Ballarat School of Mines Cash Book. The books list payments of students fees. assay fees, salaries and wages, guage testing, treatment of ores.37.3 x 27.0 x 5.0 cmcash book, ballarat school of mines cash book, technical school cash book, ballarat technical art school, a. dale, andrew berry