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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - MINES ACTS, CODE OF SIGNALS
Printed extract from the Victoria Government Gazette, No. 155, dated 17th March, 1948. Regulation details the Code of Signals to be Used in Mines. Signals covered are: Signals for Winding, Firing Signal, Interplat Signals, Signals for Capstan and Pumping Engine and Signalling Rules.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, mines acts code of signals, victoria government gazette no 155 17th march 1948, mr hollway, mr oldham, mr byrnes, the fhonorable john herman lienhop, j c macgibbon, j j gourley -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - NEW WINDING ENGINES
Handwritten quote from Sec. Mines Report 1897. 1897 Quote: 'Several winding plants erected. The most up to-date and worth special mention. The New Chum Railway Company, Victoria Quartz, and Hustlers Royal Reserve No 2. 1899 - Three new winding plants erected. 1900 - Two new winding plants. 1901 - three up to-date winding engines erected.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, new winding engines, sec mines reports, new chum railway company, victoria quartz, hustlers royal reserve no 2 -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - DEFIANCE MINE, SEBASTAPOL
Carbon copy of handwritten quote from Dept. of Mines, Memoirs of Geological Survey of Victoria by W. Baragwanath. Notes include theworkings of the Company, gold yield, dividends and re-organization of the Company.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, defiance mine sebastapol, dept mines, memoirs of geological survey of victoria, w baragwanath, the ballarat goldfield, the cumberland durham and cornish company, sebastapol company, nelson and wellington company, defiance company, a richardson -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - DIRECT-ACTING WINDING ENGINES AT GREAT SOUTHERN EXTENDED LIMITED
Handwritten notes on winding engines supplied by Messrs. Thompson and Company, of Castlemaine, Victoria. Notes give a description of economy, drums, drum brakes, clutches, drum shaft-bearings,Disc brakes, link-motion, dial indicators, stop valve, easing valve spring relief valve and the driver's platform.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, direct-acting winding engines at great southern extended limited bendigo, mines report 1900, w abrahams, messrs thompson and company castlemaine, stephenson's pattern, allen's pattern -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - WAGES, PRICES & STAMP HEADS
Handwritten notes detailing the wages per week S'hurst year 1868, from boys to the General Manager. Also prices for tools, rope, chain, powder, candles, oil, tallow, quicksilver, leather, cleaning and packing materials, and iron and steel. Also mentioned is the weight of the stampers, their cost, the height they fall, the number of strokes per minute, the number of holes in the gratings, the horse-power to drive each stamper, the quantity of water used per stamp-head in crushing and the quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamper and the quantity lost per stamp head per week.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, wages prices & stamp heads, goldfields & mineral districts of victoria, r brough smyth 1869, sandhurst goldfield 1868 -
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Postcard - CENTRAL DEBORAH HISTORIC GOLD MINE, BENDIGO
Postcard - color. Image shows poppet head surrounded by galvanised iron sheds. Three cars parked on RH side. On back of card: ' Bendigo, Victoria, The Central Deborah Historic Gold Mine A Nu Color Vue of Australia.Nu Color Vuebendigo, mining, central deborah mine, bendigo, central deborah gold mine, history, mining -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - VARIOUS NOTES
Handwritten notes and references. Mentioned are 'Bendigo Mac' Lachlan McLachlan, Criterion Hotel, Quartz Outcrops, Small Shafts, Mining Accidents, Mines Regulations Act 1/1/1874, Engine Drivers, Dust, and Big engines in deep mines.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, various notes, 'bendigo mac' lachlan mclachlan, criterion hotel, licence fee, cave & amos, hustler, lazarus, theodore ballerstedt, geo lansell, wittscheibe, gt. comet, mining accidents, mines regulations acts 1/1/1874, regulations bill, ladders, engine drivers, advertiser 1873, angus mackay, dust, dr summon's report 1906, regulations 1908, new chum railway, victoria quartz, ext'd hustlers, central deborah -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - FAMOUS GOLD MINES OF BENDIGO AND EAGLEHAWK
Handwritten notes titled Famous Gold Mines of Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes include gold yields, deep shafts in 1904 and 1911, shafts of more than 4,000 feet, shafts between 3.020 and 3,682 feet and the reef line they were on, wages for different mine workers and a reference to winding engines and air compressors.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, famous gold mines of bendigo and eaglehawk, the victoria quartz, new chum railway, miners wages -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - LEADING AND PROMINENT MINES
Handwritten notes with the first page relating to typing of the notes. Next three pages relate to leading and prominence of mines - the United Devonshire, formed 1873; the Victoria (Reef) Quartz formed 1878, start 1870 as Victoria Reef; and the Hercules & Energetic.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, leading and prominent mines, miss parry, carlisle united, fortuna hustlers, gt extended hustlers, mines dep't, central blue, lady barkly, new argus, new moon, new blue consolidated, south new moon, mr e jackman, united devonshire, victoria (reef) quartz, victoria reef, annals, mr wood, hercules & energetic, hercules, b a g -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - REGISTER OF CLAIMS & SHARES IN E'HAWK & KANG FLAT
Handwritten list of a Register of Claims & Shares in Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat commencing 1/3/1863. Listed is the page number, name of mine, number of yards, owners name and transfer date. Page 2 mentions the new St. Mungo Mine, its dividends, calls and yield.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, register of claims & shares in e'hawk & kang flat, collman & tacchi's claim, morris collmann, john tacchi, colmann collmann, luffsman & co, endeavour, wittscheibe, lady barkley co, st mungo, gov barkley, wearne's claim, st mungo reef, williams, freemantle, samson wearne, princess alice, carshalton reef, ryal dane, waterloo, midway, ballerstedt, passby (pass by co), j cooper, victoria reef, william rae, phoenix, princess alice claim, devonshire reef, young's claim, princess alexandra amalg'd, north victoria reef, la belle, nth dev. reef, todd & co north, new st mungo, 3 m d a r 1910 -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - FOURTH COMPARTMENT INTRODUCED
Handwritten list of mines in Bendigo and Eaglehawk with the depth when the fourth compartment was introduced. Number of Shafts with fourth Compartment. Total at end of year 1908, 22, total at end of year 1909 - 42 - or an increase of 20 for the year. This is approximately 40% of all the working shafts on the year.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, fourth compartment introduced, mines report 1909 page 117, hustlers reef no 1 park shaft, new chum goldfields, goldfields south, north, central nell gwynne, nell gwynne, goldfields consolidated, goldfields north, new bendigo goldfields propy, nell gwynne bdgo g'fields propy, goldfields extended, south concord, lansell's concord, south red white & blue, north red white & blue, victoria quartz, victoria consols, lazarus, new chum & victoria, carlisle, cornish united, united ulster, south concord, new chum railway, red, white & blue ext'd, new golden fleece, north new moon, new moon, south moon, clarence united, new argus, specimen hill, williams united, golden age (shellback shaft), johnsons no 2, confidence ext'd, callman & tachhi, needle shaft, catherine reef ext'd, bruhn's consolidated, new argus, new prince of wales -
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Book - MINING REPORTS - MINES DEPARTMENT CAN WE HELP YOU?
Small, 40 page paper booklet issued by E. Condon, Secretary of Mines, under the authority of The Hon. J. C. M. Balfour, MLA, Minister of Mines. The booklet was printed Melbourne, Victoria 1969. Topics include: Assistance to Mining, Commencing Mining Operations, Concessions to Mining Industry, Miners Rights and Claims, Mining Leases and Licences, Examination Boards, Gold Buying and Selling, Air Conditions in Mines, Cyanide Plant, State Crushing Batteries, Extractive Industries, Petroleum (On Land), Petroleum (Offshore), Pipelines, Explosives, Inflammable Liquids, Gas Meter Examination and Liquified Pertoleum Gas.book, mining reports, mines department can we help you?, e condon, the hon j c m balfour, geological survey of victoria, mines department laboratories, explosives and gas examining branch, minister for mines, depot & core laboratory -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND IT'S HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
... Victoria Reef Gold Mining Coy... George Lansell British & American Hotel Victoria Reef Gold Mining ...Multiple handwritten and carbon copies refering to Victoria Hill. Mentioned in the notes are places of interest between Ironbark and Victoria Hill areas, history of the area and sign posts for the Victoria Hill area.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and it's historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, greek orthodox church, conrad heinz, john brown industries knitwear factory, little 180 mine, george lansell, british & american hotel, victoria reef gold mining coy, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, the ironbark (victoria reef gold), hercules & energetic, midway, wittscheibe, gt central victoria, wm rae, mr and mrs conroy, mrs lavery, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, new chum and victoria mine, p m g repeater station, old chum mine, pioneer, rotary club of bendigo south, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's first open cut, lansell's big 180 mine -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - QUESTION 5 ON VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten notes and carbon copy titled Question 5. Notes refer to Victoria Hill being opended up by Theodore Ballerstedt and his son early in 1854. Theodore Ballerstedt left for Germany having sold his home, crushing battery and mine to Mr Geo Lansell. He called the mine the '180'. Next mine north to the '180' was the Victoria Quartz. Also contains notes on machinery, geological formations and earning from the mines.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, question 5 on victoria hill, theodore ballerstedt, mr geo lansell, fortuna villa, commonwealth survey regiment, the 180, ballerstedt's original open cut, bendigo south rotary club, john wybrandt, north old chum coy, victoria quartz, victoria reef quartz company, mr william rae, a roberts & sons united ironworks, australian mining standard special edition 1899, bendigo advertiser 10/2/1897, a harkness & coy, bendigo advertiser 30/6/1910 page 5, rae's open cut, e j dunn, bendigo saddle reefs, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', roberts & frost, ashley noy & coy, grant & co, woodward & son, couth allen and co, taylor gould and co, crawshaw & co, roberts & co -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND ITS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
... Victoria Reef Gold Mining Company... Victoria Reef Gold Mining Company Manchester Arms Hotel Housing ...Copy and a photocopy of notes titled 'The rich Victoria Hill and its Historical Associations. The photocopy does not have copies of the photos. Notes include Introduction, directions for getting to Victoria Hill, North Old Chum Mine 2310 ft deep, Ballerstedt's First Open Cut, Geographical Features, Lansell's Big 180, Crushing Battery, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle type chimney, Victoria Quartz Mine 4613 ft deep, Victoria Reef Quartz Company, Victoria Quartz Company, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Quartz Roasting, Floyd's small 5 Head Crushing Battery, Great Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft, Ballerstedt's Small 24 yard Claim, The Humboldt, The Adventure, The Advance and Luffsman and Sterry's Claim. Copies of photos include: Victoria Hill from Rae's Open Cut, Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill, the Victoria Quartz Mine and Wm. Rae's Crushing Works.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180, george lansell, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, the ironbark, hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, wm rae, mr & mrs conroy, moorhead's shop, central nell gwynne, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, new chum & victoria, old chum, burrowes & sterry, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's first open-cut, lansell's bit 180 shaft, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, the pearl, inrush of water, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway) shaft, midway no 2, midway north, the humboldt, the adventure, the advance, luffsman & sterry's claim, chinese joss house, fortuna, p m g repeater station, bendigo and vicinity 1895, j n macartney 1st edition 1871, mr rae anderson, 'gill family, annals of bendigo obituary notices 1904, mining records and australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo advertiser 22/6/1871, b m l records mines department, patterson's goldfields of victoria, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, annals of bendigo, bendigo advertiser 24/7/1933, 27/8/1908, 30/6/1910, 16/6/1910, 17/6/1910, mining reports for 1910, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899 p40, bendigo mines ltd, mines department records, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949, wm rae's crushing works -
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Photograph - SANDHURST - VICTORIA, A GOLD MINING TOWN, Earliest c 1885
... SANDHURST - VICTORIA, A GOLD MINING TOWN...B+W Photograph. Copy of 'Sandhurst - Victoria a Gold.... Copy of 'Sandhurst - Victoria a Gold-Mining Town'. View from ...B+W Photograph. Copy of 'Sandhurst - Victoria a Gold-Mining Town'. View from Rosalind Park. Notable BLDOR Shamrock Hotel, St Pauls Church, railway station. Inscription: on RH 'Extract from cement -???'. Photograph shows early Sandhurst with Chimney of Goldmine of R.H.S(R.S.L now occupies this site).place, landscape view, sandhurst from rosalind park -
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Photograph - GOLD MINES BENDIGO 1861, 1861
Copy of photograph of mine site with dwellings to right top, mine buildings, 'whim?' drays, horse and work men. Large brick chimney on right. B+W photo. On back 'Gold Mines Bendigo 1861','Probably, looking NW up New Chum Hill, which was then known as Sth Victoria Hill'.place, mining site, sth victoria hill ?, see also 131.01 -
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Photograph - HORSE PUDDLING MACHINE VICTORIA HILL?, c.1861
Black and white panorama with mine workings (puddling machine and two horses and two workers) with scattered (residential?) buildings in open rough background. Inscriptions: on front - 'horse puddling machine 1861' hand printed across top. On back - 'Gold Mines Bendigo 1861, this could be Victoria Hill'.place, mining site, victoria hill ? -
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Photograph - NEW CHUM HILL?
Black and white photograph of mine site. Mullock heap in background with various mine buildings. Chimney stack and corrugated iron buildings on right. Mine shaft holes in foreground. Whims centre back. Hand written on back 'Gold Mines Bendigo. Probably New Chum Hill. Looking North. Phoenix, later Old Chum Mine at summit. JB Lazarus' claims in foreground. RT. 'Johnsons No. 2' on back - Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch. Circular stamp. History: Prev. ACC. No. MNG 2Batchelderplace, mining site, new chum -
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Photograph - HUSTLERS ROYAL RESERVE NO. 2 (POSTCARDS)
Hustlers Royal Reserve No. 2 (Postcards of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria - Bendigo Branch. 10 identical postcards showing mine and Pall Mall, Bendigo. On reverse: LH side with details of locality, shaft, poppet and engine details, gold yield and dividends. RH Side - blank for addresseeplace, mining site, hustlers royal reserve no 2 -
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Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS (POSTCARD)
Great Extended Hustlers (Postcard series of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria (Bendigo Branch). 8 identical cards. Summary history of mine on reverse, LH side: Location, depth, poppet and engine detail, gold yield, dividends. Blank (unused) on RH side for addressee.place, mining site, great extended hustler quartz mine -
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Book - CHINESE AND THE LAW, THE GOLDEN DRAGON MUSEUM, 2001
Chinese and The Law, the Golden Dragon Museum 35 page bookletBrian Barrow.victoria, history, chinese, gold mines and mining, chinese - history - australia. -
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Book - CAN WE HELP YOU, 1967
... GOLDFIELDS mining laws mining miner's rights Mining laws Victoria ...Can We Help You? Produced by the Mines Department Victoria 38 page booklet. This booklet is an attempt to supply useful and necessary information on the laws relating to mining in the State of Victoria. There is also a summary of certain provisions of the Mines Act as at 1st January, 1964.Mines Department.goldfields, mining laws, mining, miner's rights, mining laws victoria, gold mining, miner's rights. -
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Book - GOLD NUGGETS OF VICTORIA, 1961
... VICTORIA History gold mining geology and gold pros Gold Discovery ...Gold Nuggets of Victoria. This booklet covers: 'The Welcome Stranger', 'The Welcome', The Blanche Barkly', 'The Precious', 'The Canadian', 'The Lady Hotham', 'The Sarah Sands', 'The Viscount Canterbury', 'Blackman Lead, Maryborough', and 'The Heron'. 5 page bookletDepartment of Mines.victoria, history, gold mining, geology, and gold pros, gold discovery, gold mining, gold nuggets. -
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Book - MINES DEPARTMENT VICTORIA 'PUBLICATIONS PRICE LIST', 1970
... VICTORIA History gold mining geology and gold pros mining ...Mines department Victoria, Publications Price List, November 1970. 38 pages, paper booklet.Mines Department, Victoria.victoria, history, gold mining, geology, and gold pros, mining and geology. -
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Book - DEPARTMENT OF MINES - PROSPECTORS GUIDE (VICTORIA), 1936
... VICTORIA History gold mining geology and gold pros Gold Mining ...Department of Mines - Prospectors Guide (Victoria), Third Edition, 1936. Booklet has a brown coloured cover with a cost of 1/-, (one shilling). Marked 'Free Copy'Department of Mines H. J. Green Government Printer.victoria, history, gold mining, geology, and gold pros, gold mining, geology, and gold prospecting. -
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Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS, NUMBER 7, THE ROLE OF MINERALS SEPARATION LTD. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLOTATION PROCESS, c2000
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 7, The Role of Minerals Separation in the Development of the Flotation Process. Paper presented at the Australian Mining History Association meeting, Adelaide 5 July 2000. Publisher: Zlota, Strathfieldsaye, Victoria. 45 pages.Ralph W Birrellgold, goldfields, gold, mineral separation, mining history, australia, minerals separation, flotation process -
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Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS, NUMBER 5,THE MINER VERSUS THE GOLD COMMISSIONER, c2000
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 5, The Miner versus the Gold Commissioner, William Howitt v. Joseph Panton. Bendigo 1853. Publisher: Zlota Press, Strathfieldsaye Victoria. 18 pages.Ralph W Birrellgold, goldfields, mining licences, history bendigo mining, william howitt versus joseph panton, miner gold -
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Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS, NUMBER 4, THE ZEBINA LANES, FATHER AND SON, c2000
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 4, The Zebina Lanes, father and son, Australian Miners, Manager and Mining Entrepreneurs. Publisher: Zlota Press, Strathfiedsaye, Victoria. 15 pages.Ralph W Birrellgold, goldfields, mining, mining history, zebina lanes, entrepreneurs -
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Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS NUMBER 2, THE POWDER MAGAZINES OF VICTORIA, c2000
Australian Mining History Monographs Number 2, The Powder Magazines of Victoria. Publisher: Zlota Press, Strathfieldsaye Victoria. 24 pages.Ralph W Birrellgold, goldfields, powder magazines, mining history, powder magazines, victoria