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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: underground mining machinery, 21st May 1999
Colour photocopy of original photo. Four separate images showing underground mining machinery working in the Swan Decline, Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine. On one machine (bottom LH corner) 'Tamrock DT 18' visible on side of equipment. Date stamp on all four images is 12/6/2000, between times of 12.35 p.m. to 12.48 p.m.western mining corporation, goldmining, capping, shaft, mining regulations, kangaroo flat gold mine, 2000, swan decline, machinery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - INRUSH OF WATER AT THE VICTORIA QUARTZ
Two handwritten extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser 17/6/1910 regarding the inrush of water at the Victoria Quartz Mine. 'When the inrush of water came on Tuesday night, the men had to make a hurried exit from the bottom of the shaft and 4254 ft. plat. The working equipment left below consists of three rock-drilling machines, air-winch, two trucks, about one ton of drills, while rails, air-pipes, etc, below the 3224 ft. plat are not likely to be recovered'. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, inrush of water at the victoria quartz, bendigo advertiser 17/6/1910 page 3, ar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: HANDWRITTEN report ROYAL HUSTLERS RESERVE
Hand written letter signed by A. Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo - 03/02/1970. Royal Hustler Reserve No. 2 (lift) shaft. Depth 1660 feet. Memorial Hall in Pall Mall covers site. Steel poppet legs, 60 ft high (lattice-steel garden type). Winding engines built by Roberts and Sons, Bendigo. Pair of 24 in. clear cylinders, 5ft stroke, 10ft ? drums. Note 3rd wheel on poppet legs for pumping equipment to be raised or lowered. Gold yield from this shaft 9,009 ounces.person, mining, albert richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - MODEL OF MINING CAGE
... order. Equipment MODEL OF MINING CAGE ...A lot of safety cages were developed in 1800s. Grippers on the cages acted to prevent the cages from "free fall" when the cables broke.Model of mining cage, metal construction, with safety cage not in working order.bendigo, gold mining, mining cage model -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Equipment - MODEL OF MINING CAGE
... the cables broke. BENDIGO Gold mining Mining Cage model Model ...A lot of safety cages were developed in 1800s. Grippers on the cages acted to prevent the cages from "free fall" when the cables broke.Model of mining cage, metal construction, with safety cage in working order with ore truck. Made by Benedict Branch, won a medal at the Juvenile Tasmanian Industrial Exhibition (1883)bendigo, gold mining, mining cage model -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINE WINDER HOUSE
Black and white photograph. Mine winder house, poppet head, ore bins, chimney and shed. Residences adjacent to mine and streets. Poppet heads visible in far background. surface equipment, surface site, bendigo, mines and mining, mine, mining, poppet head, transport, dray, mining landscape, landscape -
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