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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF DEVONSHIRE SANDS DUMP
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph on board. Image shows machine with conveyor belt emptying sand into a trailer harnessed to a draft horse. Machine has plate on side 'Pat No. 3281' A man is standing holding the draft horse bridle with other hand on shaft of trailer. Man standing (LH side) observing the proceedings is wearing a suit and hat. Man standing with back to camera in bottom RH corner. In background, layered sand. Written on back in pencil 'Devonshire Sands'gold mines, mining equipment, devonshire sand dump -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NAPOLEON REEF POPPET HEAD
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph. Image shows metal mine poppet head. Written on back ' Napoleon Reefs'gold mining, mining equipment, poppet head -
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Photograph - POPPET HEAD
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph of poppet head and mine shed. Car parked on RH side, possibly 1920's to 1930's vintage. Possibly South New Moon mine, Eaglehawk.gold mines, mining equipment, poppet head -
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Photograph - MINE SHEDS
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph. Mine shed constructed of timber, flat roof and on wooden stumps. Written on back '1940'. Possibly South New Moon Mine Eaglehawk.gold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
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Photograph - MINE SHED
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photogrpah. Corrrugated iron shed, very large narrow rectangular opening in front. Smaller shed attached beside, ore tramway on LH side. Possibly South New Moon Mine site Eaglehawk.gold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINE SHEDS
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph. Image shows tall mining shed, smaller shed attached on side with brick chimney and tank alongside. Written on back of photo: '1940'. Possibly South New Moon Mine Eaglehawk.gold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINE SHED WITH TRESTLEWAY IN BACKGROUND
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Corrugated iron shed, large rectangular opening in front, shed attached on side. Possibly South New Moon Mine site, Eaglehawk, 1940's.gold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
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Photograph - MINE BATTERY
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph of 6 head stamp battery. No other mining equipment/structures evident in image. man standing in front of battery. Possibly remnant from South New Moon Mine site, Eaglehawk. Written on back '1954'gold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
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Tool - MINE SHAFT BUCKET HOOK
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Metal shaft bucket hook, used in gold mining. Metal ring on top , locking device to secure bucket on shaft of object.gold mines, mining equipment, shaft bucket hook -
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Tool - MINING 'SPIDER' CANDLE HOLDER
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Metal candle holder, cylindrical, open top and bottom, with metal spike attached. Used by underground miners. Candle holder was stuck into timbers or rock to provide light. Small stub of candle in holder. Wick fraying.gold mines, mining equipment, candle holder -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - CHINESE GOLD SCALES AND WOODEN HOLDER
... MINING Mining equipment Chinese Gold Scales Chinese gold scales ...Chinese gold scales. Wooden scale holder (a) two part wooden device secured at end of handle with a metal pin to allow swivelling of both pieces. At end of handle, two pieces 'violin' shaped to hold scale and weights. This enabled placement of scales within holder. Bottom piece has indent for scale pan, weight and long handle. Chinese scale (b) thin cream handle marked with inch graduations, without numbers. Separately suspended from handle with thick cotton is a small semi-circular lead weight and a round brass scale pan.gold mining, mining equipment, chinese gold scales -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - MERCURY BUCKET
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Cast iron mercury bucket, used to hold mercury, potentially in the process of recovering minute pieces of gold mixed in soil and sediments. See research page for description of one process of using mercury to extract gold.gold mines, mining equipment, mercury bucket, miners used mercury in a number of ways to amalgamate gold, with each mill or battery operator having their preferred method depending on the nature of the ore. by the late 1850s the most common way of crushing goldbearing quartz ores or consolidated alluvial cements was in a stamp battery. the battery featured heavy iron stamp heads held in a frame, with each head often weighing up to 500 pounds (226 kg) or more (see msv 1880, page 45) (birrell 2005). stamp heads were lifted and dropped by a rotating overhead cam shaft driven by a steam engine or water wheel. ore was fed into a large cast-iron battery box, mixed with a steady stream of water, and pulverised by the stamp heads. in some batteries, mercury was placed in the base of the boxes to amalgamate with freed gold. the violent agitation of the mercury in the mortar box, however, could cause the mercury to break into myriad tiny globules that were carried away by the water with the tailings, thus losing a certain amount of gold in the process (thompson 1867; ritchie & hooker 1997). the water and sand slurry was splashed by the falling stamps from the box through fine mesh screens and onto inclined wooden tables below the mortar box (figure 2). the tables were covered with copper sheets or plates coated with mercury, which caught and amalgamated with a portion of the gold. the grey putty-like amalgam was periodically scraped off the sheets and retorted in a furnace to collect the gold and recover the mercury for reuse. mercury was inevitably lost from the plates, while poor maintenance resulted in further losses of gold and mercury in the tailings. mercury use and loss from gold mining in 19th century victoria. peter davies1, susan lawrence, and jodi turnbull, department of archaeology and history, la trobe university. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - SOUTH NEW MOON MINE EAGLEHAWK
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black and white photograph (copy) of South New Moon Mine. Written on base of photograph : 'South New Moon Mine.Eaglehawk. Leading Mine in State, 1903. Gold Yield 257,498 ozs.' Image shows mining dam in forefront, large mine buildings and chimney LH side and trestleway connecting to poppet head on RH side. Smaller mine buildings in background. Photo on buff coloured backing board, enclosed in plastic, sealed at back. See: Victorian Heritage Database for history of site http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/12109?print=truegold mines, mining equipment, south new moon mine site -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - KENTISH'S MINERS LIGHT CLEANSER, 1900
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Cardboard box with contents of Kentish's Miners Light Quick Cleanser, paper label, green with red & navy blue lettering, showing a depictions of a miner with light, directions printed on one side.Manufactured by W.M.Kentish & Son Bendigogold mining, mining equipment, miners' lamp cleaner, bendigo-business-mining-kentish -
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Tool - COMPANY SEAL-SOUTH DEBORAH GOLD MINES
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Cast iron company seal used by the South Deborah Gold Mines for official documents including shares, painted black with wooden handle and gold embellishments, painted on one side Sth.Deborah in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-south deborah -
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Tool - COMPANY SEAL - DEBORAH UNITED GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black cast iron company seal for Deborah United Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, black enamelled cast iron with gold trim, painted on one side Deb United in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- deborah united -
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Tool - COMPANY SEAL - NAPOLEON REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-compaines-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, with gold trim and Napoleon Reefs.NL and Nap.Reef painted on sides in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-compaines-gold mines-napoleon reef -
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Tool - COMPANY SEAL - CENTRAL GARDEN GULLY GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, with gold trim and C.G.Gully painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-central garden gully gold mining company -
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Tool - COMPANY SEAL - MONUMENT HILL CONSOLIDATED
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Monument Hill Consolidated (Bendigo) mine, with gold trim and the name Mon.Con painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-monument hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - NORTH VIRGINIA GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the North Virginia Gold Mining Company with gold trim and the name N.Virginia painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- north virginia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - GENERAL CROSS HATCHED
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Large black enamelled cast iron company seal with wooden handle, red and gold decoration, seal is a general cross hatched pattern.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-seals -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' UNDERGROUND LAMP
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black metal lamp with handle attached to top. Lamp is a rectangular shape with small curved section on top. Top of lamp hinged to allow access to inside section. No glass on side panels. Small cylindrical section in centre of inside section of lamp presumably to hold light source (candle?) Further research required re operation and provenance of lamp.gold mining, mining equipment, lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' LAMP
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Black metal miners' lamp, rectangular base with 'pyramid' shaped, perforated, top section. Circular metal loop attached to top with metal pin. Glass sides with metal cross bar for protection. Candle holder inside lamp.gold mining, mining equipment, miners' lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' SPIDER CANDLE HOLDER
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD ...Metal miners' 'spider', circular candle holder on side, half loop on side for resting 'spider'. Circular handle on end. Spike on one end. One continuous piece of metal forged to shape.gold mining, mining equipment, spider lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Accessory - MAGGIE BARBER COLLECTION: 24CT GOLD PLATE MIRROR, 1890's
... DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Gold 24ct gold plate hand mirror 24ct Gold Plate ...Object. Rectangular in shape, 15 cms x 10.5 cms mirror frame, with a 17 cms handle. The mirror has a bevelled edge, and is backed with a deep cream linen fabric embroidered in a fine silk floral-spray petit pomt embroidery. The frame is marked 24 ct. GPL (24ct gold plate). The handle adjoins the mirror with three graduated circles, and three more circles, graduated in diameter, form a small ''knob''at the lower edge.24ct Gold Platedomestic equipment, gold, 24ct gold plate hand mirror -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - DICKER'S MINING RECORD & GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES OF VICTORIA, 1863
... MINING Mining equipment mining records Mining Gold Mines Mining ...Dicker's Mining Record and Guide to the Gold Mines of Victoria; showing the bearings, depths, thicknesses and underlies pf the Auriferous Lodes. The progress and cost of works in operation; containing also a variety of valuable interesting and statistical information. Vol. 11 - 1862 - 3. Published by the proprietor, Thomas Dicker with 276 pages. Green hardcover bound in leather with gold lettering and paper.Thomas Dickergold mining, mining equipment, mining records, mining, gold mines, mining statistics, mining companies. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE GOLD ERA, c1850s
... Diggers & mining. The gold era. Equipment was gathered... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & mining. The gold ...Diggers & mining. The gold era. Equipment was gathered, and means of transport arranged. Slide shows miners gathering their equipment ready to start off. Markings 12 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: ARTICLE INTEREST IN GOLD HISTORY
... and availability of gold mining equipment was ideally situated to deveop... history and availability of gold mining equipment was ideally ...Article, Bendigo Advertiser 16th October 1970, on speech given by Professor Brian Lewis, lecturer in architecture, Melbourne University when addressing the Rotary Club of South Bendigo. He believed that ' Bendigo with its genuine gold history and availability of gold mining equipment was ideally situated to deveop this asset as a tourist attraction'.bendigo, mining, tourism -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. STORES AT THE DIGGINGS, c1850s
... sorts of gold digging equipment. It would always carry large..., hardware, tents, and all sorts of gold digging equipment. It would ...Diggers & Mining. Stores at the diggings. A large general store, such as you have just seen, stocked all the diggers' needs - groceries, clothing, bedding, hardware, tents, and all sorts of gold digging equipment. It would always carry large stocks of flour and hay. Markings: 14 994.LIF. 5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Photograph - black and white, Oallen Ford and Shoalhaven River, 1934
... equipment such as gold pans, cradles, picks and buckets. He... mining equipment such as gold pans, cradles, picks and buckets ...Two black and white photographs associated with Donald Mather. .1) A man, Tom Davis stands surrounded with gold mining equipment such as gold pans, cradles, picks and buckets. He is at Oallen Ford on the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales .2) A man stands beside a ute with 2 women standing on the tray. The photo was taken after crossing a ford at Shoalhaven, New South Walesdonald mather, mather, shoalhaven river, mining, ute, utility, car, gold mining