Nell Gwynne (B.M.L.) Mine Manager's Report 12th January 1935: Main Shaft - advanced 35 ft to 147 ft below collar and timbered to 131 ft. Progress through W. dipping bed with quartz spurs between 120 and 125 ft. Erection of 1000 cfm compressor unit nearing completion. Sinking winch foundations being placed. (Sun News Pictorial, 12th January 1935) Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Image shows three sheds on mine site, metal headframe with four levels constructed in front of sheds and over the shaft. Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne '5/2/35'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft, mining, gold mining

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Image shows sheds on mine site completed, three men in front of shed left hand side; metal headframe under construction on right hand side of image. Cow grazing in foreground.Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne '5/12/34'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Bottom level of metal headframe on left hand side of image, three men working on wooden construction immediately in front of headframe.Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil:' Erecting Nell Gwynne Sinking Winch 16/2/35'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft, gold mining, sinking winch, headframe

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne shaft showing the installation of a temporary pump at No. 3 level on 17.9.1935. Pump is supported by a metal framing.Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil:' Erecting Nell Gwynne Sinking Winch 16/2/35'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of a 350 cubic foot diesel compressor at Carshalton mine site, 1934. Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil:' Portable 350 cu ft. compressor (diesel) at Carshalton 4/12/34'.carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor

Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday 18th July 1894: The Christmas Reef Gold Mining Company's intended place of operation is at Bendigo and Marong. The registered office of the Company will be in Bendigo. The name of the Manager is William John James, the Solicitor is Frederick Douglas Jones.' Dark green hard cover share register, brown fabric spine and page corners. Written on spine in gold leaf: 'Share Register' and 'Christmas Reef Gold Mining Company'. Three hundred and eighty pages of which sixty-five have share transaction entries. Index in front detailing shareholder names and relevant page numbers. Entries in register date from 1914 to 1923. Inserted between pages, five documents, two detailing shareholder names for the Kingsley Reward Mining Company, and three balance sheets for the Kingsley Reward Mining Company, all dated 1929. Register is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records. bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, christmas reef gold mining company n.l., kingsley reward mining company

Brown leather bound journal. 'Share Register' printed on spine in gold leaf. Label underneath has 'Mount Douglas Syndicate' handwritten in pen. Purple stamps on front page of journal:' Southern Goldfields Mining Company' Index of shareholder names in front of journal. Two hundred and fifty-three pages of which one hundred and fifty-three are used to record share transactions. Dates range from 1905 to 1921. Share register is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records. bendigo, margaret roberts, goldmining, mount douglas syndicate, southern goldfields mining company

In the early 1980s the firm of Watson, James & Rogers merged with the partnership of Every & Every and became the iconic “Rogers & Every” as known today. The firm is still located on Bull Street. https://rogersevery.com.au/about/* Mining lease payment receipts from F G Buckell re Lease nos. 5586, 5569, 5570, 5621 and 6557. Dates from 1898 - 1900. Nineteen receipts. * Mining lease payment receipts from J Rennick re Lease numbers 6557 - 1898,1899 and 1900. * Receipt of Mortgage payment from A Turner. Mortgage of Lease 5568/9-7, 5621 -5557 July 1899. * Letter re lease 5569 from Dept of Mines re payment of rent. October 1901. * Office of Titles notice November 1902 re mining lease Vol. 156 - 18911. * Memo from Office of Titles, October 1902, re payment of rent to Eddy., * Mining lease indenture 30 April 1895, to John Rennick, lease 6557. Later transferred to Bendigo Golden Star Co., then Commercial Bank, then Thomas Eddy. Signaturesleases, eddy, rennick

This table was installed originally in the front office of the Soldiers Memorial Institute Bendigo 1921 funded by the "Australian Mining Comforts Fund". It was still in use up till approx 2012 when the office was renovated. After the renovations to SMI in 2016 - 18 it was installed in what is now called the "Building and RSL History Room"Office desk, heavy timber construction rectangular shape, has two pull out side drawer's that originally had a filing system in, one pullout drawer central in the sit position. Side drawers have steel handles, central one timber.brsl, smirsl, comforts

BHS Collection12 photocopied pages. Page four has acknowledgements, Page five mentions Pen-Portraist by Raly Wallace and Kevin Vallence, Page 14 mentions some rich areas: White Hills, Red Hill (now Virginia Hill), Eaglehawk, Golden Gully, New Chum Gully, Long Gully, Spring Gully, Derwent Gully, California Gully, Sailors Gully and Peg Leg Gully. There are two sketches on the page: Windless, by W. Ralston, Australasian Sketcher 20/12/1879 (D O'Hoy Collection) and a sketch of some miners in a tent with some mining equipment in front of it. There are two men in front of a fire at the front of the tent. Page 16 has a sketch of an old brick house with iron lace on the veranda and a picket fence at the front. Page 17 mentions the school and some Friendly Societies and Church. Page 22 mentions Quartz Mining. There is a Lithograph of a Quartz outcrop, New Chum Gully 1852 by George Rowe and a View of Surface Workings 1861, a Batchelder Photo. Page 23 mentions Edward Nucella Emmett, a pioneer gold digger who became involved in many important public issues. Page 25 mentions Company Mining and Crushing. It has a sketch of a Primitive Quart Crusher. Page 37 Mentions Richard Pope, a Miner who tramped from job to job in Bendigo and eventually followed the rush to Broken Hill. Page 38 mentions the Eaglehawk Brass Band and Friendly Societies in Eaglehawk. Page 39 is headed Miner's Cottage. It mentions stone miners' cottages. Page 40 has a sketch of a Georgian Style Sandstone Cottage Harvey Town. Page 41 mentions men sweeping the road to get gold, Bull Family grocery shop and a blacksmith. Page 42 is headed St. Augustine's. Page 43 has a sketch of St. Augustine's Church. Page 59 is headed Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields (B.A.G.) Edward Clarence Dyason was largely behind a new company set up in 1917 to work the Bendigo field in an entirely new way. (B.A.G.) wished to take over all existing mining companies, and place them under a single management structure.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - some historical information, mr l hooley, mr l bennetts, mr w watson, mr w heraud, mr d m davies, mr w perry, mr h harvey, mr a llewellyn, mr e oates, chook temple by mr alan llewellyn, mr f cusack, tracey ipsen, ray wallace, bendigo field naturalists' club, eaglehawk tree lovers' society, bendigo historical society, university of melbourne, kevin vallence, monash university, bendigo technical college, south australian writer's fellowship, windlass, w ralston, australasian sketcher 20.12.1879, d o'hoy, mechanics institute, california gully school, bell topper hill, i.o.r. (rechabites), cobden tent, refuge tent, sutton tent, m.u.i.o.o.f.'s loyal darling, bible christian church, california hill wesleyan methodist church, saint jude's anglican church, quartz mining, e n emmett, jonathan harris, haris' claim, j hustler, george rowe, batchelder, la trobe library, cave, amos, new chum line of reef, edward nucella emmett, bendigo city council, all saints, william westgarth, latham and watson, hustler's line of reef, bell and irons, ballerstedt and son, young and company, nicholas and bassit, ensor, thomas carpenter, quartz crusher, goldfields and mineral districts of victoria, richard pope, daniel webster mine, isaac dyason, old chum mine, north old chum mine, young chum mine, george lansell, lazarus, silicosis of the lungs, eaglehawk brass band, victoria hotel, mr williams, eaglehawk branch of the australian natives association, loyal catherine lodge, mr james, odd fellows in the loyal catherine lodge branch no 4935, richard harvey, thomas harvey, moonta copper mines, harvey town, national trust of australia, eaglehawk tree lovers society, saint mungo's methodist church, clark's beehive battery, world war 1, kee-young, lady barkly hotel, prankhurst, bull family, cousin jack, st augustine's, myers, nicholls, john o'brien, around the boree log, the rev dean hayes, st kilian's, bendigo amalgamated goldfields (b.a.g.), edward clarence dyason, r h s abbott, hercules and energetic, south new moon, new chum goldfields, central red white and blue consolidated, brown john, the life and times of long gully, bendigo press, val white, megan snoop

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: winder metal bedplates in position; winder inside corrugated iron shed. Concrete footings on right hand side. Written in pencil on back of photographs in pencil: 'Napoleon winder bedplate in position 4/5/35'. napoleon gold mine, winder, bedplate

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: winder metal bedplates in position with winding wheel far end installed. Winder inside corrugated iron shed, metal framing on right hand side of image. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Napoleon winder during erection 14/6/35'. napoleon gold mine, winder, bedplate

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: six workmen positioning the metal sinking cage over the Napoleon shaft. Cage is suspended by ropes from the cross beams of the headframe. Two railway tracks leading to shaft, presumably to transport the sinking cage to site. Workman on left hand side has a hammer inserted on his belt.Written in pencil on back of photograph : ' Cage being put in Napoleon shaft 9/3/35'. napoleon gold mine, sinking cage, shaft

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: metal mine cage at level in Napoleon mine. Man standing on right hand side looking directly at cage, with both arms raised. Lengths of timber and rock rubble on floor of level. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Nap. main shaft 22/6/36 opposite No. 10 plat' napoleon gold mine, mine machinery, plat, shaft

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: Mine cage being maneuvered into position within headframe and over shaft by three workmen. Rope attached to bottom front of cage to assist in steadying the cage.Written in pencil on back of photograph : ''... (illegible) cage in Napoleon main shaft 31/8/35'.napoleon gold mine, safety cage

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: sinking winch machinery supported on concrete block, underground at the Napoleon (BML) gold mine. Two men, one standing at back of machinery left hand side, and one standing on concrete platform operating a pulley.Written in pencil on back of photograph : '....(illegible) sinking winch No. 10 plat Napoleon 15/9/36''napoleon gold mine, sinking winch, plat

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photographs: winder. Winder inside corrugated iron shed. Two winder wheels, metal framework on right hand side. (a) Winding wheels erected 1/7/35, three men inspecting various aspects of the machinery. (b) Winder in shed, side view with two men putting on winder ropes. Written in pencil on back of photographs : (a) 'Napoleon winder 1/7/35. (b) Napoleon winder putting on ropes 30.8.35. napoleon gold mine, winder, bedplate

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photographs: metal headframe on Napoleon mine site on left/centre of image, corrugated iron mining sheds in background and right of image. Top section of headframe still under construction. Power line in background. Written in pencil on back of photograph : Napoleon main shaft 5/2/35. napoleon gold mine, winder, bedplate

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: concrete winder foundations within corrugated iron shed. Leaning on wall in background circular 'lifebuoy' shape white object with 'London, Henley' written around the edge.Written in pencil on back of photograph : ' Main winder foundation 28/4/35'napoleon gold mine, mine machinery, winder, foundations

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: manifold being installed at Napoleon gold mine. Written in pencil on back of photograph : ' Installing manifold at Napoleon 28/4/35'napoleon gold mine, manifold, mine machinery

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: two sections of trestle way, power poles in foreground. Rock pile almost directly directly under trestleway. Wall of mine shed right hand side Low forested hills in far background.Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Napoleon trestles completed and first truck tipped 14/9/35'. Further date unattributed 17.9.35'napoleon gold mine, trestleway, ore

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline. A typical anticline is convex up in which the hinge or crest is the location where the curvature is greatest, and the limbs are the sides of the fold that dip away from the hinge.Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: rock formation, anticline with an archlike shape in centre of image. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Napoleon anticline Golden Square'.napoleon gold mine, anticline

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: framework for ore bins at Napoleon (BML) Gold Mine, being erected alongside head frame at mine site. Trestle way visible in extreme top of image. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Erecting ore bins at Napoleon 27/8/56'napoleon gold mine, anticline

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: base of head frame with mine at top of shaft. Rail trcks in foreground.Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Napoleon main shaft 2/9/35''napoleon gold mine, anticline

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: pump machinery in underground at Napoleon (BML) Gold Mine. Image shows machinery, with steel control box at far left hand side. Safety rail in front of machinery. Rock wall behind. Written in pencil on back of photograph : '....(illegible) pump No. 10 plat Napoleon 15/9/36 ''napoleon gold mine, plat, pump

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of five men standing on surface starting to dig a mine shaft. One man is wearing a jumper with 'CFC" (Carlton Football Club ?) on front. String lines are set out to define the boundary of the shaft. In background, weatherboard house depicted in (11032.11 and 11032.12), and a cow standing alongside house. Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne main shaft starting 26/9/34'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft