Typed copy of recount by Albert Richardson of a fire at Unity Mine on Tuesday 8-10-1907. Report from the Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday October 9th 1907. Notes mention Fire Brigade, miners, how the fire started and how the men down the shaft escaped when the rope crash down the shaft. On the back is a handwritten carbon copy of notes titled Famous Gold Mines of Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes give yields of gold for alluvial and quartz mining. Deep Shafts in 1904 of which there were eleven with a depth of more than 3000 feet and 53 over 2000 feet and two which were more than 4000 feet. Wages for 1911 for Engine Drivers and Firemen and Boiler Attendants. Note on winding plants and air compressors.document, gold, ulster gold mining coy no liability, ulster gold mining company no liability, unity mine fire 8/10/1907, bendigo advertiser 9/10/1907, garden gully reef hotel, wm addicoat, louis pabst, edward morris, conrad inglefinger, edward fuller, frederick allen, wm whitford, mr jewell, carlisle mine, famous gold mines of bendigo and eaglehawk, new chum line, garden gully line, hustlers line, victoria quartz mine, new chum railway, mines report 1911 p15, albert richardson

Maroon soft cover book. Inside front cover 'Journal' printed in black pencil. Six pages of financial records entries for Catherine Reef Extended Mining Co. dating from December 12th, 1905 to 17th April, 1911. One page of financial records for Kingsleys Reward Mining Co. N.L., showing unalloted shares, uncalled capital and mine account . Mine Manager's book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, legal managers, mine manager, east moon gold mining company n.l., e.g. robertson mine manager, alfred jorgensen contractor, paddy's gully shaft, derby shaft, hustler's shaft,

Document. Envelope contains: - Dept. of Lands and Survey Permissive Occupancy agreement & receipts, Fire Policy, Cert. of Inspection of Boiler, Insurance Policies, Crown Land Receipts. Right No. 4827 Eaglehawk. Pressure Gauge readings from Russell & Russell, manufacturer of Steam Vacuum and Compound Gauges dated 25th August 1939.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, gold mine, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, north hustlers gmc nl, gold mining, dept. of lands & survey permissive occupancy agreement, fire policy, state accident insurance mine policies

Gold stick pin, gold nugget attached to top. Possibly used as tie/cravat or lapel pin. Gold nugget has black section - black mineral unknown. Donated by Harris family estate, Axedale.costume accessories, jewellery, gold tie pin, jonathan harris was the founder of gold on the hustler's hill. he sold his claim to thomas hustler in 1853.

Ten page typed copy titled The Flooded Mine - John M'Caviston's Wonderful Escape by G. Mackay. The shift boss, John M'Caviston went to let water in the old workings of Latham and Watson's mine run more freely. He used the pick and removed a boulder. No sooner had he done this, the water burst in on him with a tremendous roar, blew his candle out and pushed him away. He escaped and warned the men as he ran. He then remembered four men at the bottom level and he went down to warn them. He descended the ladder and found them gone. He tried to get back up the ladder but could not. He went to a place where the floor had been built up. On the surface they thought he had been lost, but they started pumping and also baling. When the water level had dropped, men went down and on reaching the level one of them, Richard Williams, thought he heard a noise, and called out 'Jack'. They had found him alive.document, gold, hustlers reef mine, hustlers reef mine, john m'caviston's wonderful escape, the flooded mine, g mackay, hustlers reef company, latham & watson's mine, mr r jackson, hustlers reef mine, john m'caviston, j hooper, t o'connor, j derby, stanlake, cahill, richard williams, walter chapman

BHS CollectionNine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner

Handwritten reports dated May 1968 by A. Richardson. On the 4th May visitors from Hobart toured the Central Nell, Victoria and New Chum Hill areas. Also on the 4th, a visit from Mr Geo Lambert who gave him a geological report of the Victoria Hill area. On the 13th May, a visit from Mr K W Smith who showed him slides of derelict W. A. mines. Also plans for the preservation of Mining in Bendigo at Victoria Hill and the preservation of the Central Nell Gwynne poppet legs.document, mining reports, mining reports by a richardson, mr geo lambert, hon j c balfour, mr n wakefield, mr k w smith, le fevre boy's tech high school, mrs f leak, mr perry, gt extended hustlers, central nell gwynne, the pioneer, gunther & party, lansell's fortuna, mt alvernia hospital, a richardson, devonshire mines, bendigo & district tourist association, mrs checcucci, mr jackman, mr greenway, r a c v, cl gerry, eureka extended, bendigo branch historical society

Handwritten list by Albert Richardson, with typed copy of same, of some Bendigo Mines and their Legal Managers, as at September 30th, 1906. Document is part of the Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, miner's right, mining reports, list of legal managers, j h craig, j h mccoll, g a petrie, h birch, b crofts, h y north, h kirkwood, s h mcgowan, g j keogh, c moore, w g blackham, w b walker, j humming, g h green, catherine reef united, carlisle, clarence united, central ellesmere, collman & tacchi, confidence extended, cornish united, daly & westons, don, ellenborough, extended southdevonshire, eureka, fortuna hustlers, fosterville, garden gully united, g g consolidated, garibaldi, great southern, great northern, great extended hustlers, great columbian, great central victoria, golden age, golden pyke, goldfields north, goldfields consolidated, hercules & energetic, hustlers reef, hustlers reef no 1, hustler's royal reserve, ironbark, johnson's reef, johnsons extended, koch's pioneer, lancashire, lazarus new chum, lady barkly, lightning hill, mcduff amalgamated, morning star, new chum consolidated, new chum railway, new chum & victoria, new red white & blue consolidated, new hopeful, new st mungo, new argus, new moon, new prince of wales, north lady brassey, new victoria catherine, new chum goldfields north new moon, north argus, north johnsons, pearl, princess dagmar, phoenix, railway prince of wales, shamrock, st mungo, sadowa, sea, stewart's united specimen's hill, south st mungo, south new moon, south devonshire, suffolk united, south prince of wales, spring gully junction, true blue, thomas united, united devonshire, unity, united hustlers & redan, united ulster, victoria consols, victoria reef quartz, victory and pandora, virginia, victoria proprietory, williams united

Albert Richardson had a life long interest in Bendigo's mining. He wrote broadly about the practical aspects of mining and the history of many of the mining companies. One handwritten and typed copies (3 of page 1, 3 of page 2, 2 of page 3 and 2 of page 4). Notes, written by Albert Richardson, include an introduction which mentions the noise of the mining activities, all the machinery being made in Bendigo by the local foundries and the end of the mining.There are explanations of poppet legs or heads, landing brace, intermediate brace, safety brace, pulley wheels, boilers, winding engine, types of engines and air compressors.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, bendigo mining reports, a. roberts & sons, h.harkness and coy, horsfield's, south new moon, central deborah, great extended hustlers, wattle gully mine chewton, big deborah mine, royal hustlers reserve no 2 shaft, the city, johnsons reef no 2, lansell's comet, south devonshire, great southern, victoria quartz, lansell's big '180', little '180', new moon, big blue, central blue, central nell gwynne, lansell's sandhurst or 'needle' mine, eureka extended

Handwritten notes (copy) 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

Typed notes on the description of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine Area and the Victoria Hill Area. Also mentioned are the Victoria Quartz Mine, Lansell's 'big' 180, Ballerstadt, George Lansell, Adventure and the Cinderalla. Also recommendations for tourist purposes. (2 pages)mine, gold, central nell gwynne mine, central nell gwynne mine, victoria hill, victoria quartz mine, new chum line, lansell's 'big' 180, ballerstadt, george lansell, fortuna, a. h.q. survey regiment, adventure, rae, wittscheibe & co., luffsman & sons, lazarus mine, latham & watson's mine, great extended hustlers

Handwritten notes, with typed copy, listing 14 reports on mines and locality plans. If it was decided to have postcards of some famous mines, there is a suggestion of how they could be set out. Also a paragraph thanking the Mine's Dep't, Miss Parry and Mr. E. Jackman for work they have done.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, report on mines dec 1st 1966, carlisle united, central nell gwynne, central red white and blue, fortuna hustlers, garden gully united, gt extended hustlers, lady barkly, new argus, new chum railway, new chum syncline, new moon, new red white and blue consolidated, south new moon, united hustlers and redan, mine's dep't, miss parry, mr e jackman

Black and white photograph of mine site. Metal poppet head in centre, engine room buildings on LH side. Brick chimney extreme left. Large mullock/sand heap on RH side. Mine dam in foreground, three geese floating in water. In front of poppet head, horse drawn wooden cartbendigo, mining, hercules and energetic mine