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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINING CO. - LEDGER, 1940/51
Book; Hardbound ledger book with entries from 19/4/1940 to 24/1/1941. Loose documents in back of book, workings. Notice of general meeting 28/10/1949, invoices and expense sheets, letter from Mines Department recovering costs covering the mine shaft. East Clarence Gold Mining Company No Liability.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, accounting., mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. THE CHINESE ON THE GOLD FIELDS, C1867
Diggers & Mining. The Chinese on the Gold Fields. Slide: In a Ballarat Mine C. 1867. Only a few were employed in gold mines, and they usually did only surface work, Why? Picture; depicts miners pushing a loaded trolley, many of them have a shovel in hand. Markings: 17 (smudged number). Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Gold for the Taking-A Pictorial History of the Heyday of the Walhalla-Wood's Point Gold Belt: 1860's-1960's, 2007
A pictorial history of the heyday of the Walhalla-Wood's Point gold belt in the 1860's-1960'sHardcover. The cover is a gold colour. The front cover has a photograph of a group of miners in front of the entry to a mine. On the top entry timber piece is a sign saying "Old Mine". The beginning of the wording is obscured by one of the miners standing in front of the entry. There is also an old mining trolley standing on tracks which lead into the mine.There is also an old gold mining dish sitting on a rock to the left of the entry into the mine.On the back cover is a photograph of Walhalla in modern times as well as a photograph of the publisher of this book. There is also a blurb about the publisher.Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold fields, gold mining, a1 mine settlement, aberfeldy, beardmore, black river group, coopers creek, donnellys creek, enochs point, fulton creek, gaffneys creek, gooleys creek, jamieson, jordan valley, kevington, knockwood, matlock, ten mile, walhalla, wood's point, history, victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL, 1860's ?
Black and white photo - mines and mining. At centre front - deep trench. At centre shed, poppet legs, wood pile, building with chimney at right. Wood pile, Building with chimney at back. At back, poppet legs on horizon, trees, building ( house ) buildings with chimney, trees, behind trees large 2 storey building ( Gold Mines Hotel ? ) other large buildings on horizon to right. ' Mining - Bendigo Vic. View of Victoria Hill taken from Old Chum Hill' written on back of photo.place, landscape view, victoria hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - THE BENDIGO MINING REGISTRY
Photocopy of The Bendigo Mining Registry or True Investors guide to all the Bendigo Mines in 1851 and up to 1883. Contains an original poem, Index, names and addresses of Legal Managers, names of Companies and Mining Managers, and reference page to a description of every mine in Bendigo, with length, size, depth, machinery, dividends, capital, number of shares, paid-up, and historical and scientific sketches - past and present - of the main situations. Twelve Lines of Reefs. The Gold Problem Scare Solved. Success of Deep Sinking. E - W & N. S. Parallelograms.document, gold, bendigo mines 1851 - 1883, the bendigo mining registry, r a murray, hay kirkwood, wm welch, district survey office, geological survey of victoria -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE GOLD MINE, WEST BENDIGO
Slide. Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine, West Bendigo. Large mining buildings on RH side of image, poppet head in centre. Buildings have elevated tramways and ore chutes. Mullock heaps on LH side.No. 33 printed on bottom of slidecottage, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Archive - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: BLUE MINING BOX - NEW DON MINE
Object: blue metal mining box. 'New Don' printed on front of box in white paint. Box contains documents relating to New Don mine. Tag affixed to front of box, (formerly ) box number 475.mining, parish map, new don, mining, bendigo, gold, gold mining, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, new don -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - EASTERN STAR GOLD MINING CO
Catalogue for an auction sale of the Eastern Star Gold Mining Co., Granya (Vic.) on 9th December, 1941. For sale was Machinery, Plant and Equipment. Sale by order of the Secretary for Mines. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - eastern star gold mining co, the secretary for mines, j l jamieson & co, the cambridge press -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Mine Looking North West & with 2 miners using a modern rock drill 1902
Mining Scene of Drilling in Underground Magdala-Cum-Moonlight Mine 1902. A stope in rich stone looking North West. Some of the miners on the Magdala mine had early versions of the modern rock drill. Two of the miners are pictured here drilling in the rock face.Two miners underground working a rock drill stawell mining -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph, est. 1860-1875
In 1875, the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Company Ltd was created, utilising the previous Rocky Mountain claim for the area near Lake Sambell. The company employed A.L Martin to survey an area for a tunnel underneath Beechworth and Johnson Stephens to dig it. The tunnel was built at a rate of 40 feet a month and eventually measured 800 metres. The tunnel was a true accomplishment both in the present and during the 19th century. It was considered to be a marvelous engineering feat. Beechworth is renowned for its hydraulic sluice method of mining. This involved soil being exposed to torrents of water from high-pressure hoses. From 1876 until its closure in 1921, the mine produced an astounding 47,926 ozs of gold. Companies like this were the source of income for many Chinese gold-diggers who sought to make their fortune on the goldfields of Beechworth. During the height of the rush, the town had around 7,000 Chinese inhabitants living on the outskirts of town as they were not permitted to live within Beechworth itself.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portrays an open-cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold in 1910. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertaken which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done. This image of the Rocky Mountain mine is historically significant as the mining complex is now non-existent, with the only remains being the tunnel built in 1880 by the company, which was considered one of the greatest engineering feats of the time. The image also provides a first-hand look into the social and cultural networks at play during the 19th century with racial segregation of the Chinese at the 'Chinese Camp', as well as an insight into Beechworth's origins during the Gold Rush.A sepia rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper as a postcardReverse: Historic Beechworth / 7792.1 / ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINE / Viewed from the “Chinese Camp”, shown partly in the foreground, we see the central plant of the famous Rocky Mountain Mining Company. This extensive complex, of which nothing remains, was situated between Silver Creek and the present Lake Sambell area. The company was responsible for a tunnel cut through solid bedrock underneath the town of Beechworth and surfacing near the keystone bridge on the Wangaratta side. Completed in 1880 it was declared to be one of the greatest engineering feats in Australia. The tunnel is still basically intact today. / Series by Wooragee Graphics: Historic Beechworth. / COPYRIGHT BURKE MUSEUM / No.72 beechworth, rocky mountain mine, sluicing, gold rush, mining, gold -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Stanley B. Hunter, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria No 7., The Deep Leads of Victoria, 1909
Pink paper covered book by Stanley Hunter, Engineer in Charge of Boring Operations. Contents include tunnelling, deep sinking, the Chiltern Method, the Ballarat Method, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West Leads, Berry-Moolort-Loddon Lead System, Clunes, Creswick, Bullarook Affluent, Corinella, Daylesford-Castlemaine Tributary, Majorca-Carisbrook tributary, Huntly, Coliban, Campaspe, Rutherglen., Smythesdale, Durham Lead, Tanjil, Evolution of Mining Machinery, size of claims, Definition of a Deep Lead, Discovery of Gold in Victoria, Geographical Position of Deep Leads, Water in Deep Leads, Methods of Deep Lead Mining, Cost of Deep Lead Mining, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West, Berry, Springs Hill, Loddon Valley, Charlotte Plains, , Timor, Burn Creek, Huntly, Colinan, Goulburn, Ovens Valley, Chiltern, Indigo, Morrison's Lead, Plans include: geological Map of Stawell, ararat, Raglan and Landsborough; Kempson's Freehold Mine, Stawell; Geological Map of Beaufort, Avoca, Maryborough, Ballarat west, Berry-Moolort, Loddon, Creswick, Marong, &c; Cardigan Propriety Gold Mine; Working Miners United Gold Mine, Homebush; Hepburn Deep Lead Plan; Madame Berry West Mine; West Berry Consols Mine; Spring Hill and Central Leads; Berry Consols Extended Mine; Loddon Valley Goldfields; Chalk's No 3 Mine; Charlotte Plains Considated Mine; Duke United Mine; Geological Map of Bendigo, Huntley, Campaspe, Malmsbury, Kyneton, trentham, &c; Geological Map of Chiltern, Rutherglan, Eldorado, Beechworth, &c; Chiltern Valley Gold Mine; Wallace Chiltern Valley Consols Mine; great Southern and Chiltern Valley United Mine; great Northern extended Consols; Prentice and Southern deep Leads; Glenfine South Gold Mine; Geological map of Pitfield, Rokewood, Mt Mercer, Ballark, Meredith, &c.; McEvoy Mine; Dargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mining, deep leads, squire, tools, gold panning, gold cradle, cradling, puddling, tubbing, mining shaft, shaft sinking, whip, horse whip, whim, horse whim, chalk's no. 1 mine, maryborough, mining cage, shaft, mining trucks, maryborough, washdirt, puddler, tunnelling, deep sinking, chiltern method of working, ballarat method of working, sampling washdirt. gravels, balmoral, mt william, stawell, moyston, great western, ararat, raglan, wimmera valley, landsborough, cardigan, haddon, beaufort, waterloo, avoca, lamplough, caralulup, ballarat west, ballarat, smythesdale, glenfine, illabarook, durham lead, morrison's lead, bullengarook, berry-moolort-loddon system, clunes, creswick, spring hill, bullarook, castlemaine - daylesford, majorca, carisbrook, timor, burnt creek tributary, tarnagulla, marong, rheola, inglewood, huntly, coliban, campaspe, goulburn lead system, ovens valley system, mitta mitta, kiewa valley, tarago, tanjil, moondarra, bogong, dargo high plains -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: WATER IN THE VICTORIA QUARTZ
Photocopy of a newspaper article titled Water Continues to Rise in the Victoria Quartz by James Lerk. Article mentions the water problem in the Victoria Quartz Mine and where they believed it was coming from. Also mentioned is the mining inspector William Abraham. There is a short history of his working life up to the time of his qualifying as a mine manager after studying part-time for ten years at the Bendigo School of Mines. There is a dark photo of William and his horse.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - water in the victoria quartz, james lerk, victoria quartz, william abraham, new chum reef, matthew stevens, south bellevue, new chum and victoria mine, lazarus, new chum drainage association, william abraham snr, druid, mary kane, lady miltoa, ballarat freehold company, the wallaby, richard grenfell, bendigo advertiser, bendigo school of mines, confidence extended mine, george ellis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - JOHN HALL COLLECTION: GOLDEN SQUARE MINES, 2013
Watercolour painting of Golden Square area, framed in gold timber frame with cream mount. Painting shows poppet heads and mining chimneys in foreground, housing in background. Pasted on back of frame is copy of print showing names of some of the mines. From left to right: Lazarus Mine, Lily Street; George Lansell's 222, Chum Street; New Chum Railway Mine (one of the deepest). Names presumably written by John Hall, artist.John Hallbendigo, mining, golden square -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - PURDY COLLECTION: BIG BLUE ( NEW RED, WHITE AND BLUE CONS. ) MINE IMAGE
Newspaper or magazine page: image shows New Red, White and Blue Consolidated mine, ( sign on side of building ) Writing on building states 'the Big Blue mine in its heyday'. This picture was taken before the fire in May of 1938 and shows mining in full swing. It was located near the present Bendigo City Council depot. Image shows mine chimney on LH side, poppet head behind building in centre, stamper on RH side.bendigo, mining, new red white and blue mine -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter, Ballarat School of Mines Correspondence, 1910, 1910
... Ballarat School of Mines Correspondence, 1910 ...Correspondence of the Ballarat SChool of Mines * Yarraville Chlorination and Ores Reduction Works * Gordon Technical College letterhead * Jennings Tin Mining Co Letterhead * Ballarat City Board of Advice * Scot's Hotel Steiglitz from G. Straight * Jubilee Mine, Italians from Elsie Alcock * State Parliament House LEgislative Assembly * State Forests Department 0 Creswick Forestry School - Classes taught by Ballarat School of Mines lecturers; yarraville chlorination and ores reduction works, jaques fisher, ponsonby carew smyth, telegram, a. anderson, a.h. walsh, j.m. edgar, charles w. frost, gordon technical college, ballarat city board of advice, w. coulthard, stephen chambers, s. radcliff, photography, d.c. newman, john wilsmith, j. worthington, elaine post office, j. laughman, meredith police station, h.h. smtih, incorporated institute of accountants, w. nixon, electric supply company of victoria, h.c. spencer, david melvin, walter t. ingpen, canadian finanace securities, scott's hotel steiglitz, g. straight, jubilee mines italians, elsie alcock, w.a.t. davies, morgan's gold mining company, h.g. taylor, myles b. webster, mourning letterhead, s.s> antill -
Federation University Historical Collection
Booklet, Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, June 1900, 1900
... Ballarat School of Mines Student's Magazine, June 1900 ...Table of contents: Editorial - the Minister of Mines on Mining Education, News and notes, A contribution to the mining geology of Kalgoorlie, W.A. by F. M. Krause, Summaries & notes from the Australian mining standard, Monthly progress reports of the geological survey, Electrical notes, Students' Theatre party, Opening of the new buildings, Students' Association, Relief of Mafeking, A critic criticised, Things we eat and drink, Editorial notices.Pale brown booklet of 12 pagesballarat school of mines, students' magazine, a. r. outtrim, f. m. krause, dr carty-salmon -
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 - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL RED WHITE AND BLUE - BUNDLE OF PAPERS, 1912
Documents: Whitelaw Central Red White and Blue Mine Bendigo. 28 pages summary of gold mining correspondence - mortgage mining leases 943689340, contract of sale to Central Blue Gum GM 1933, leases with mining rights, treatment of pyrites agreement 1917 - J. Edwards & Co, Helen Streader - release of liability after being paid (pounds)125 by mine due to accidental death of husband 1912. Another for Ellen Lane 1916, list of titles held by Co , lease agreements Filcock and Manning, Andrew Harkness 'winding plant at mine' 1923, notice to perform agreement to Manning's 1916, Edwards Metallurgical Works 1917, map for 9777 Bendigo, contract for explosives with Dalgety & Co 1917, new scrip for lost shares 1917, Miner's Right 1911, sale of land Ra. A. Rankin 1910.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANISTREETorganization, mining, central red white and blue, mccoll rankin and stanistreet. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - NEW CHUM MINES THE DRAINAGE QUESTION
Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser Jan 2nd 1911. ''In absence of Mr McBride, Minister for Mines in the country, officers of the Mines Department were inclined to-day to say much about unwatering the deep Bendigo mines, which is again a pressing problem. Owing to the breaking of the steel wire rope at the victoria Quartz mine, the trouble was intensified. An arrangement had been made by which the companies affected along the line should contribute, but two of the companies, it is stated, suspended operations. A scheme has been placed by Mr Stanfield before the parties interested, and the officers of the Mines Department expressed the hope that for the sake of the future of deep mining, some arrangement should be come to. Unless the companies show a disposition to help themselves substantially, the officers do not think it likely that the Government will co-operate. There are, it was added certain provisions of the Mines Act, and covenants in leases can be enforced, but there is no desire to compel the companies which have carried on in the face of great difficulties, to do anything reasonable.'' Albert Richardson Mining History Collectiongold, drainage problems, drainage problems, new chum mines the drainage question, bendigo advertiser 2/1/1911, mr mcbride, mines department, victoria quartz mine, mr stanfield, mines act, albert richardson. -
Federation University Historical Collection
document, letter from James Bickett to Ballarat School of Mines, 26/10/1898
... letter from James Bickett to Ballarat School of Mines ...James Bickett was the mover of a motion of the Ballarat Mining Board to start a School of Mines in Ballarat. See more information at http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Bickett,%20James.shtmlpaper with handwritten text and letterhead from James M Bickett Mining Agent.In red '616' (correspondence number) -
Clunes Museum
Pamphlet - LEAFLET, CRESWICK ADVERTISER
CLUNES RIOT OCCURED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH 1873 WHEN THE DIRECTORS OF THE LOTHAIR GOLD MINING CO. DECIDED TO ENGAGE CHINESE MINERS TO WORK THE MINE BECAUSE OF A MINERS' STRIKE.2 LEAFLETS OF LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE CRESWICK ADVERTISER ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLUNES RIOTlocal history, document, pamphlet, mining -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Exercise book, The Metallurgy of Gold and Ore Dressing, 1908
William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 august 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966.Black covered exercise book containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on metallurgy of gold & orr dressing Headings include: Orr dressing Battery practice Physical properties Copper Gold Assaying ballarat school of mines, mining, william baragwanath, gold, copper -
Federation University Historical Collection
Exercise Book, William Baragwanath, William Baragwanath's Exercise Book, 1898, 1898
William Baragwanath studied at the Ballarat School of Mines, obtained a Geology certificate in 1911. He was born on 01 August 1878 at Ballarat. He joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897 and was Chief Mining Surveyor from 1924 to 1943. Baragwanath died at Prahran on 20 Septemeber 1966.Marbled blue card covered exercise book with yellow tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on dividing land problems, earthworks, refraction, etc; Headings include: Tom Joe Smith ballarat school of mines, earthworks, land problems, refraction, william baragwanath, -
Clunes Museum
Document - MEMORANDUM
.1 MEMORANDUM OF TRANSFER NO. 3115 BETWEEN JOHN HOLDEN, GLENDARUEL AND DAVID MCDONALD, TOURELLO. ALLOT. 43 SECTION B, SMEATON. DATED 7 SEPT. 1894 .2 APPENDIX 1 (RULE 24) PART II OF THE MINES ACT 1890 MINING LEASE ON PROPERTY SITUATED TOURELLO. OWNED BY LACHLAN MCLENNAN APPLICANT FOR MINING LEASE FREDERIC GODFREY HUGHESfrederic godfrey hughes, john holden, donald mcdonald -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Painting - Sand Pit Fortuna, Norman Penrose
Born in 1903, Norman Penrose studied at the Bendigo School of Mines. A painter and a teacher, he lived in Bendigo most of his life.Watercolour painting by Norman Penrose titled "Sand Pit Fortuna." It shows a mining sand pit and the Fortuna mine in the background. The painting is signed on the bottom right-hand side. The painting is under glass in a dark brown wooden frame. On the back: Penrose Norman William 14 Barkly Terrace east Bendigo. Price: - guineas. Title: Sand Pit Fortuna. For: drawing, watercolour and graphic art exhibition. Victorian Artista Society 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne bendigo, mining, norman penrose, artist, teacher, fortuna -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GLASGOW REEF WORKINGS DIAMOND HILL
One page document detailing the Glasgow Reef workings on the Napoleon Reef, Diamond Hill. Report prepared by David Bannear. Mining companies mentioned in the report are Glasgow Reef Co., Golconda Battery and the Glasgow Golconda Consolidated Mine.bendigo, mining, glasgow reef workings -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION:TWO MEN IN MINE
Black and white photo of two men talking in mine,father and son both named,Clive McNamara . Men are wearing mining gear, hard hats and lights, standing in front of a skip. Pictured at Central Deborah Goldmine,Bendigo.mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - BETHANGA MINE
Paper catalogue for an auction sale on the 1st June 1944 at the Bethanga Mine, Bethanga, Vic. For sale was Mining Plant, Buildings and Equipment.Sale conducted by permission of the Director of Machine Tools and Gauges. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - bethanga mine, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson, w g wedd, director of machine tools and gauges, the cambridge press -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - MORNING STAR GOLD MINE
Three red covered auction catalogues for a sale of electrical mining machinery, 20 head battery, plant, mine building, equipment and stores held on 3rd to 6th February, 1964 at the Morning Star Gold Mine at Woods Point, Victoria. Some descriptions of electrical equipment, plant and buildings. Auctioneers were J. H. Curnow & Son Pty. Ltd.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - morning star gold mine, j h curnow & son, lane printing pty ltd -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINE SITE, SLUICING
BHS CollectionBlack and white photo: image shows mine site, chimney in background, corrugated iron shed in middleground, man operating sluice on bottom RH side. Men inside engine house looking on and two beside sluicing operation RH side. Large pile of sand or mullock on RH side. Mining dam in background, barely visible. Unidentified mine.bendigo, mining, mine site