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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Sloane's & Scotchman United Mining Co in Stawell looking North West with Poppet Heads & Sheds 1914 -- Photo & Colured Painting
Poppet Heads, Ore bin Winding Engine Shed Sloane's & Scotchmans United Quartz Mining Co looking North West Moonlight dams in background. Mine on left is the old Extended mine where the winding engine shed has been destroyed by fire. Just behind that is the Winding Engine Shed of the Oriental Mine without the poppet head.View of two mine sites with poppet heads and engine sheds. Settling dams in background.mining, panorama -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: EARLY HISTORY OF THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Typed foolscap two sided document with information about the early history of the Bendigo Goldfield. Topics include the first gold discovery, how gullies were worked, quartz reefing, gold cakes, hand dollies and Chilian mills. Some brief statistics of the Bendigo goldfield include the total gold yield of 17,370,561 ounces plus 5,000,000 oz sold outside Bendigo. The greatest depth reached by any mine in the State, 4,593 feet below surface, or 3,700 feet below sea-level, was attained by the Victoria Quartz Company. About 100 shafts exceed a depth of 1,000 feet, of which 40 are between 2,000 and 3,000 feet deep, fifteen are between 3,000 and 4,000 feet and two are over 4,000 feet.bendigo, mining, mines department -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: TALES OF VICTORIA HILL
Two printed pages titled Tales of Victoria Hill. Mentioned is the gold yield on the New Chum Line of Reef, early gold discovery, Christopher Ballerstedt and his son Theodore, Theodore building Fortuna as well as a crusher or battery in its grounds. He believed he had exhausted the riches from his claims and sold the claim on the hill to George Lansell, deepest gold mine, interconnecting to neighbouring mines to obtain the required up and down drafts for ventilation, rising of the water levels resulting the closure of the Victorian Quartz Mine when a rope broke and the equipment that is still there. An accompanying photo of the Victoria Quartz Mine shows the buildings, chimney and poppet legs and a man standing in front of a building. There is also an accompanying floppy disc.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - tales of victoria hill, j n macarthy, christopher ballerstedt, theodore ballerstedt, fortuna, george lansell, lansell's 180, victoria quartz co, victorian consols, bendigo's deepest known gold bearing reef -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Geological specimen - Spotted Slate, Unknown
This specimen was recovered from Sedgwick, VIC. Spotted slate is a fine-grained porphyroblastic metamorphic rock with a number of compounds including muscovite, quartz, graphite with cordierite poikiloblasts and more. The cordierite poikiloblasts are rounded crystals that size up to 2.5 mm. the growth of these crystals is in response to metamorphism of low to medium intensity. The town Sedgwick was named after British geologist Adam Sedgwick This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.A solid rectangular hand-sized spotted slate specimen in a shade of light grey with darker flecks throughout Spotted Slate / Locality: Sedgwick Victoria | This is an early specimen / from the Quarter sheet / map. See sample 62 / page 18. Described as 'Spotted Slate' but these / days we would call it spotted hornfels / C. William 15/4/21 slate, spotted slate, victoria, beechworth, burke museum, geological specimen, mineralogy, sedgwick, sedgwick victoria, spotted slate specimen -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Sand mining at the Whipstick
Old Tom mine included quartz mining and open cut mining. Today the remains of the battery site, cyanide plant, hydrolic sluicing and a 1930's puddler can be seen. It was operating in August 1874 and was taken over in 1897 by an English syndicate, J. R. Syndicate. By 1899 the mine had reached 500 feet in depth . The mine closed c. 1901.8529 Sand mining at Old Tom mine the Whipstick, Eaglehawk. O'Halloran's team of nine men and two horses and carts. Two men with horse and carts; and seven men on top of the sand deposit. A4 copy of 1513 Box 25sand mining, whipstick, old tom mine -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Planting ceremony to commence Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla, June 1925
From tarnagulla.org by David Gordon: "The plantation is bounded by King, Gladstone and Welsh Streets and on the east by the drainage channel. It was planted up and opened in June 1925. It is located on the massive sand heap of R.W.Hammond's quartz crushing battery, and the plantation served to enhance the appearance of a large-scale mining precinct which was by 1925 seen as an eyesore from the bygone mining days". Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph of a group of men in suits and hats planting seedlings as part of a planting ceremony to commence the Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla.tarnagulla, trees, mining, pine plantation, the pines, landmarks, children -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Children at planting ceremony to commence Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla, June 1925
From tarnagulla.org by David Gordon: "The plantation is bounded by King, Gladstone and Welsh Streets and on the east by the drainage channel. It was planted up and opened in June 1925. It is located on the massive sand heap of R.W.Hammond's quartz crushing battery, and the plantation served to enhance the appearance of a large-scale mining precinct which was by 1925 seen as an eyesore from the bygone mining days". Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph of a group of children observing a ceremony to commence the Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla.tarnagulla, trees, mining, pine plantation, the pines, landmarks, children -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Planting ceremony to commence Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla, June 1925
From tarnagulla.org by David Gordon: "The plantation is bounded by King, Gladstone and Welsh Streets and on the east by the drainage channel. It was planted up and opened in June 1925. It is located on the massive sand heap of R.W.Hammond's quartz crushing battery, and the plantation served to enhance the appearance of a large-scale mining precinct which was by 1925 seen as an eyesore from the bygone mining days". Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph of two men planting seedlings during a ceremony to commence the Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla.tarnagulla, trees, mining, pine plantation, the pines, landmarks -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Photograph: Planting ceremony to commence Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla, June 1925
From tarnagulla.org by David Gordon: "The plantation is bounded by King, Gladstone and Welsh Streets and on the east by the drainage channel. It was planted up and opened in June 1925. It is located on the massive sand heap of R.W.Hammond's quartz crushing battery, and the plantation served to enhance the appearance of a large-scale mining precinct which was by 1925 seen as an eyesore from the bygone mining days". Donald Clark Collection. A monochrome photograph of a group of men during a ceremony to commence the Pine Plantation, Tarnagulla. Handwritten inscription on reverse names subjects as (L-R) 'Dad (Foth) on left hand side' and 'Mr [Owen] Jones, Chairman of Forest Commission Vict., Mr Johns District Schools Inspector, Mr McRae Chief Inspector of Forestry of Education Department'.tarnagulla, trees, mining, pine plantation, the pines, landmarks, forestry commission, owen jones, fotheringham -
Federation University Historical Collection
Plan, Underground Survey of Mines at Ballarat, 1886, 1886
Plan showing the streets of Ballarat (Sebastopol Street, LaTrobe Street, Drummond Street, Errard Street). Mines include Williams' Freehold, Band of Hope Quartz, Wilson's Freehold, Smith's Freehold, Washington Freehold, Kohinoor No. 2, East Korinoor, Burra Burra No 1, Wareham's, Hawthorne's, Jones', Young Washington, New Kohinoor, Benn's,plan, mining, cgt, williams' freehold, band of hope quartz, wilson's freehold, smith's freehold, washington freehold, kohinoor no. 2, east korinoor, burra burra no 1, wareham's, hawthorne's, jones', young washington, new kohinoor, benn's -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NOTES ON THE VICTORIA QUARTZ MINE
Handwritten notes on the Victoria Quartz Mine. Notes mention length of claim along the reef, amalgamation of claims, depths the gold was found, value of gold, dividends paid and calls, where the gold was found on the reef and the tyupe of stone encountered. Also mentions the returns of the reef for the years 1896 to 1898, not including pyrites And amount of gold from loads.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, notes on the victoria quartz mine, mr william rae, mr lansell, 180 mine, victoria reef, great central victoria, new chum united, j h craig, a m s special edition -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - KEN BICE COLLECTION: VICTORIA QUARTZ ON VICTORIA HILL IRONBARK
Copy of photo (not original, also copied) showing poppet head on LH side, stone building in centre, chimney on RH side, timber shed behind. Logs strewn in foreground. Written on top Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark, in 1910, the deepest gold mine in the world, early ground very rich. This is a digital only photograph.bendigo, mining, victoria quartz, bendigo, victoria quartz, victoria hill, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION: GEORGE LANSELL'S BEDROOM, FORTUNA VILLA, c1900
Black and white photograph of George Lansell's bedroom at Fortuna villa. History of object: George Lansell 'The Quartz King', Fortuna Villa, Chum Street, Bendigo. Ornate furnishings of a bedroom of period showing half of room. Note ornate wardrobe and mirror on marble topped table next to marble fireplace. Note use of ornaments and pictures.W Ninnisplace, residential -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEWS OF BENDIGO: NORTH OLD CHUM CLAIM, c. 1870's
Photograph 10. Sepia photograph of View of North Old Chum Claim, showing surface Excavations. Printed below photograph: J.W. Forbes, Agent, Lansell's No. 180 Claim, Welch Expo. 'New Chum and Victoria Company's Quartz Crushing Battery', 'the dividing range between Happy Valley, Victoria Hill and Iron Bark'. Nicholas CaireN J Cairetopic, mining, old chum mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Norman Penrose collection: Views of Bendigo No.7
BHS CollectionBlack and white photograph. Views of Bendigo No.7, Excavation of Quartz reef, near Ironbark Hill. The photo shows a large mullock heap in the foreground and four mines: Mr. Lansell No. 180 claim, Victoria and New Chum Company, the North Old Chum claim, Old Chum claim. Photo by N.J. Caire photo Sandhurst.J.W. Forbes, agent. Welch, typoviews of bendigo, n.j. caire, ironbark hill, sandhurst -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOS
Page titled The Mines. It has the description of the two black and white photos. Down the Shaft is on the left-hand side and Deep Underground is on the right-hand side. Also on the page is some information on the Deepest Mines. Mentioned are the Victoria Quartz of 4,593 feet and closed in 1913 because of flooding. The New Chum Railway of 4.138 feet closed in 1910.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - description of photos, hercules, shenandoah, new chum railway, victoria quartz -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: HUSTLERS REEF MINE OLD HUSTLERS
Slide. Hustlers Reef Gold Mine, Old Hustlers, south west corner Anderson Street and Prouses Rd. Poppet head on LH side, wooden quartz bins in front. Boilers and compressors outside the engine/boiler room. Man standing centre of image in front of engine room. Photo sourced from 'Healthy Golden Bendigo'No. 32 printed on bottom of slidemine, gold, hustlers reef., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS NEW CHUM LINE
Handwritten copy of a report from the Bendigo Advertiser 25/7/1910. 'A Weeks Record. On Monday, July 18th, water level at Victoria Quartz was 3034 feet. On Saturday (July 23rd) the water had only been lowered to 3059 feet. A gain of 25 feet for a week. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, drainage problems new chum line, victoria quartz, bendigo advertiser 25/7/1910 & 23/7/1910, albert richardson -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ethnographic Material, Stone grinding/sharpening tool
Stone grinding/sharpening tool with 'bump' which could be used as a handle. Evidence of wear due to sharpening on both sides of the stone. The rock is calcite cemented quartz sandstone; it is sedimentary quartzite with a granular appearance. It has a soft matrix, and is pale, indicating its calcite nature, as well as dissolved pits. Its origin is from dry land soils and dunes. aboriginal, stone, tool, archaeology, stone tools, sandstone, quartzite, calcite -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: KOCK'S PIONEER QUARTZ CRUSHING PLANT LONG GULLY
Yellow tone photo of Kock's Pioneer Quartz Crushing Plant, Long Gully. Views of Bendigo No 31. Decorative border around the photo. Name printed under the photo. N J Caire Photo, Sandhurst. Casey & Wenburn's Print. Fu?? & Holmes?, Agents. Printed under the photo is - Perseverance United Claim. Wind-mill Hill in the Distance.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - kock's pioneer quartz crushing plant, long gully, n j caire, casey & wenburn's print, fu?? & holmes? agents -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BENDIGO CEMETERIES COLLECTION: SELF GUIDED TOUR BENDIGO CEMETERY DOCUMENT
Yellow trifold document: Self Guided tour of the Bendigo Cemetery, 145 Years of History 1858 - 1993. Document contains a map of a section of the Bendigo Cemetery, 29 graves are numbered and described. E.g. J.C.T. Ballerstedt, Quartz Reefer, Robert Clark 8 hour day pioneer, Giuseppe Favaloro restaurateur. Hitching rail outside cemetery gates is noted.bendigo, cemetery, bendigo cemetery tour -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL - PHOTOGRAPH WITH CONCENTRIC RINGS OF IRON OXIDE
Black and white photograph of three men dressed in suits looking at some rocks. The tall rock on the left has darker markings on it. In the background is a rectangular tunnel ? Opening. Sign at the foot of the rock reads: Concentric rings of iron oxide. Note quartz spur running throught the centre. A. E. Richardson written on the back. Some other indecipherable writing on the back.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, photograph with concentric rings of iron oxide, a e richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION: FOYER, FORTUNA VILLA
Black and white photograph of hallway decorated with many paintings, statures, chairs, etc. Decorated ceiling. History of object: James Lerk 2000 'Quartz King George Lansell's portrait hangs over the marble overmantle of the fire place in the foyer of 'Fortuna Villa'The bronze incense urns are now in the Bendigo Art Gallery collection'. Photographed for Bendigo Advertiser 11.1.2001W Ninnisbuildings, residential, fortuna villa -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - PLAN OF NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF
Two pages of a Plan of New Chum & Victoria Lines of Reef, compiled by G. W. Hart. Taken from J. N. Macartney's G'Fields Registry for 1871. Plan shows leases from High Street to California Gully. Location of the Manchester Arms, British & American Hotel and the Quartz Miners Arms are shown. Townships of Long Gully and Ironbark are shown.map, goldfields, new chum & victoria lines of reef, plan of new chum & victoria lines of reef, victoria catharine g m coy, thornton & co, extd victoria reef g m co, ural tribute compy, nil desperandum compy, koch, north victoria g m co, danger hill coy, north endeavour coy, wheadon & co, pilot co, north energetic co, energetic compy, endeavour company, hercules co, victoria gold mines compy, iron duke g m co, golden fleece united, ballerstedt, alfred co, confidence co, prince alfred co, canterbury co, advance co, wells, humboldt co, adventure co, try me well, sterry & co, gibbs & ballerstedt, handy andy, wells?, south adventure co, w rae, victoria reef quartz m co, myra co, jackson, wybrants, burrows & sterry, new chum & victoria tribute, old chum co, ballerstedt, lazarus, watson, koch & hildebrand, lansell & hunt, dennis, abe lincoln co, bonati & co, ellesmere co, moore late menzies, british co, british tribute co, garibaldi, c c co, new chum trib, dobson & co, young chum co, little chum co, old chum co, new chum trib, little chum trib, g w hart, j n macartney's g'fields registry for 1871, manchester arms, british & american, quartz miners arms -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE - NOTES ON THE NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE
Handwritten notes on the New Chum Railway Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include depth of shaft, (At the time, the New Chum Railway Mine and the Victoria Quartz were the deepest in the world), size of lease, locality, plant, engine houses, crushing battery, early history, where the best gold was found, prominence, total gold production and dividends.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, notes on the new chum railway mine, victoria quartz, great extended hustler's coy, w d c denovan, mr piper, rourke & henderson's claim, young chum reef, thorpe's reef, shenandoah reef, mines dept. special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, annals of bendigo mining sections 1880 to 1910, a richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - QUARTZ BLOCK MINE - TARADALE
Grey covered auction catalogue for a sale at the Quartz Block Mine, Taradale, Vic. On 8 March, 1939. For sale were electrical and mining equipment, tools, buildings, scrap iron and piping. Part of the sale was at the Nigel Shaft and part at the Prospecting Shaft. Catalogue has the price of each item written beside it. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - quartz block mine - taradale, mr l c stuckey, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: HARRISON'S QUARTZ PULVERISER PLAN
Sepia coloured heavy paper, plans drawn in black pen. Written on top of plan: Youngman Harrison's Patent, 22 March 1875' Plans contain drawings labelled as copper pages, roller, grating, drag. Plan has been tightly rolled. On outer edge, written in black pen Harrison Quartz Tailings Pulveriser (last word unclear)equipment, quartz tailing pulverisor, gold mining, lansell -
Orbost & District Historical Society
black and white photograph
There is no information with this item. John Tynan's Victoria Agricultural Implement Factory began making ploughs in 1857. His company is also believed to be the first to have produced drilling tools suitable for use in basalt quartz-load gold mining. Tynan was the first person to manufacture swing ploughs. His ploughs won numerous prizes, including the first gold medal ever given in Victoria for a colonially made plough.This is a photograph of an early farming tool.A black / white photograph on a discoloured cream coloured card. It is of a shiny new plough on a carpet with walls and drapes in the background.on cutting arm - Tynan Bros Prize Ploughphotograph-plough-tynan -
Greensborough Historical Society
Photograph - Digital Image, Ruston bullock team Panton Hill 1860, 1860_
Peter Ruston was born in 1824 in Yorkshire. He migrated to Australia in 1850 where he found work as a bullock driver. By 1858 he had saved enough to buy his own bullock team and carted flour from the mill on the Plenty near Janefield to Greensborough and St Andrews. He later carted quartz from the mine at Queenstown (St Andrews) to the crushing plant at Panton Hill.A pioneer Greensborough family.Digital copy of black and white photograph.peter rustin, peter ruston -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Diamond House
Diamond House Stawell. This unique house was built by John Hearne between 1866-1868 using white quartz stone gathered on Church Hill opposite. Mr. Hearne showed considerable skill and patience in construction as the stones had to be carefully cut & fitted into uniformity which has lasted 130 years. Its is said not a nail was used. It became the Diamond house restaurant in 1932. The photo was taken in 1903.Two Black & white photograph of Diamond House including neighboring houses. There is a light post on the left hand side and what appears to be a dirt road in front of the houses. Photo taken in 1903.stawell