Taken between circa 1920 - 1930 this photograph depicts a Hydraulic water jet in the foreground and a man dressed in dark trousers, a white long sleeved shirt and broad-brimmed workers hat digging around in the Three Mile Mine at Barramutha. The mine was an important gold resource and was typically mined using a method known as hydraulic sluicing whereby high powered water jets are used to dislodge rock or move sediment. The remaining water sediment slurry is directed through sluice boxes to remove the gold. The Beechworth mining district was one of six mining districts established by the governor-in-council on 4th of January 1858 under the provisions of An Act for Amending the Laws Relating to the Goldfields (21 Vic no. 32).This photograph shows cultural and research value into the historical methods of hydraulic sluicing in the Beechworth mining disctrict. It also shows the evolution of the mining methods and has potential for understanding future engineering endeavors in the context of victorian mine goldfields.Black and White rectangular photograph printed on matte photographic paper. Reverse: Copied from original on loan from Webb (QLD)/ Donated Nov 2009/ Barnawatha Three Mile Mine c1920-1950/ Owned by Plain Bros then Parkinsons/ Managed by John Weir, Peter Jenson, Jack Cox/ Slicing. three mile creek, three mile goldfields, three mile beechworth, goldfields, #beechworth, hydraulic mining, hydraulic sluice, burke museum

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Deborah Extended Gold Mines NL. Herbert Jackson Leed & Others with Eric Raymond Grelis and Deborah Extended Gold Mining Company No Liability. Agreement/lease lands in the mining district of Bendigo Parish of Sandhurst County of Bendigo described in Gold mining Lease Number 10902 Bendigo entered into the Register Book Volume 320 Folio 35337 at the office of Titles at Melbourne. Agreement Dated: 24/ 7/1940. Original and copy same Envelope to Mr J Stanistreet, Charing Cross, Bendigo, Vic., 3550 also included.organization, business, mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, deborah extended gold mines nl. herbert jackson leed & others with eric raymond grelis and deborah extended gold mining company no liability. agreement/lease 10902 bendigo 1940

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 September 1966. See Book 2 - Catalogue Number 4530Marbled card covered exercise book with brown tape spine containing handwritten notes by William Baragwanath on Astronomy and astronomical, geodetic, geights and distances, North Line Latitue, Lime, etc., problems . Headings include: Astronomy refraction Correction for Semi diameter Determination of True Meridian Elongation Observation Latitude Determining the TIme Convergence of Meridian Barometric Measurement of Heights Formulae Latitude Observation On the Division of Land Calculations for Observations by a Single Altitude Computations Triginometrical Rations of Two Arcsballarat school of mines, astronomy, william baragwanath

This photo depicts a man standing next to a large piece of mining equipment identified as a hydraulic chisel (alternative name: drifter dill or power rock drill). This piece of machinery was used in mining to place holes in the walls of a mine which were then filled with dynamite or other explosives for rock blasting or to make holes for plug and feather quarrying. The additional tools to the right of the photograph and in front of the machinery can be identified as either picks or as feather and wedges, the latter of which were used to split stone drilled by the hydraulic or power chisel. Depending on the date of the photograph, which is not provided, this chisel was either powered by electricity or by hydraulics. The following is written on the drill "R.C. FORD'S PATENT No91 / MELBOURNE VICTORIA 1879". The man depicted in this photograph wears a wide brim hat, a loose fitting white shirt and loose pants. He wears boots and has a medium sized dark beard. This attire, along with his locality in the mine and proficiency with the mining equipment, identifies this man as a miner working in this particular, but unidentified, mine. It depicts an instance of hydraulic chiseling which makes this photograph valuable for the study of mining techniques from a date c1880.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray the types of machinery used in mining can reveal important information for technology and highlight the methods used to break apart the earth in order to obtain access to gold and other precious materials during the period this photograph was captured. Further research into RC Ford can potentially reveal even further information pertaining to this photograph. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about the methods and machinery used to access gold or mine more in general. It also highlights the size of machinery at the time and allows us to compare this to the size of the person standing besides the machinery to better understand the manpower which would have been required to use and set-up this macinery.A black and white rectangular reproduced photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Reverse: 7816/ copy 1/3gold, sluicing, gold sluicing, hydraulic sluicing, gold and tin mine, mining, gold mining, beechworth, burke museum, melbourne, victoria, hat, mining machinery, machinery, r. c. ford

Two orange covered auction catalogues for sale by Auction at the Golden Gate Amalgamated N. L. at Elaine on 9 February, 1939 of Mining Machinery, Plant, Corrugated Iron Buildings and Equipment and at the Lord Kitchener Gold Mine at Meredith on 9 February, 1939 of Mining Machinery, 4 Head Battery, Oil and Kero. Engines, Corrugated Iron Buildings and Equipment. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers for both auctions.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - golden gate amalgamated n. l., lord kitchener gold mine, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press

Black and white photo copy: Image shows mine site, horse harnessed to puddling machine, shaft in immediate foreground, with pipe extending into top of shaft. Horse harnessed to cart on LH side. Very early image of mining in Bendigo, no poppet heads visible.Batchelderplace, bendigo, mining, bendigo, mining, gold, puddling

'Account Book for Central Deborah Gold Mine Co. from McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet Legal Managers & Accountants Bendigo'. Printed on label 'IN ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited'. Hand writing 'Central Deborah Gold Mining Co N.L.The English Scottish & Australian Bankdocument, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, gold, mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, the english scottish & australian bank, bendigo, business records

Document. Light brown folder containing several typewritten copies: re Lease No 9072 originally known as Red White & Blue. Mine description and proposed extensions. Shares application certificate. Folder stamped with South Costerfield Antimony and Gold Mining Company No LiabilityMcColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, golden age gold n/l, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, red white & blue extended, golden age gold n.l, gold mining, share application certificate, lease no.9072

Two white auction catalogues for a sale at the Bung Bong Gold Mine at Bung Bong (Near Avoca) on 18 December (no year stated) by order of Talbot Alluvials Limited. For sale was mining machinery, buildings, tools and equipment. Auctioneer was J. H. Curnow & Son.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - bung bong gold mine, talbot alluvials limited, j h curnow & son, the cambridge press

Auction for a sale of Mining Machinery, Buildings and Equipment of the Exchequer Extended Gold Mine, Daylesford, under instructions from Mr. H. A. M. Bromfield, Legal Manager, Vincent Street, Daylesford on the 12th August, 1941. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - exchequer extended gold mine, mr h a m bromfield, the cambridge press

William Baragwanath joined the Victorian Department of Mines in 1897, was director of the geological survey (1922-4), Chief Mining Surveyor (1924-43), Secretary for Mines (1932-34), consultant to the Department of Mines (1943-50) . He was born at Durham Lead on 1 August 1878 and was a former student of the Ballarat School of Mines. Baragwanath was president of the Royal society of Victoria (1943-44) and a councillor of the Ballarat School of Mines (1916-1950). After Baragwanath's death on 20 September 1966 the Department of Minerals and Energy (Geological Survey division) donated a number of Baragwanath's items to the Ballarat School of Mines, including this collection. Black and white photograph of E.J. Jack Barker (Ballarat School of Mines Principal) and Phil Day (Head of Geology) standing in front of a cabinet of geological specimens housed in a timber cabinet. ballarat school of mines, geology, ej barker, jack barker, phil day, baragwanath, william baragwanath, victorian mines department

Manilla Envelope containing 3 copies of a Lease agreement between John Taylor of California Gully and John Severn Barker of Jobs Gully for a company called the Garden Gully and Moon Extended Gold Mines NL. These men are the holders of an application for Gold Mining lease 10073 comprising about 90 acres in the Parishes of Yarraberb and Neilborough. The company is being formed to acquire the application for the lease and to carry out mining operations on and in the land comprised in the lease application. Dated 24th November 1933. Also in the envelope is a lease document for mining Lease No. 9993, for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Co. NL which includes a map of the lease. Written in pencil on the front of the lease is : allowed to lapse.gold, mining, lease agreement, gold mining, garden gully and moon extended mines, central garden gully

Two testimonial issued October 17th 1914 to John Lonsdale. One handwritten by the New prince of Wale mine manager certifying that John Lonsdale had been working under ground for seven years and that he has thorough knowledge of mining. The second a testimonial for Second Class Certificate of service certifying that John Lonsdale hs performed the duties of underground foreman at the New Prince of Wales mine in Eaglehawk.person, certificate, john lonsdale

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. In a Ballarat Mine c. 1867. - - - Became the wage-earning miners in the later 1850's and in the 1860's. Slide shows what appears to be the room that the rock is raised up into, and and then carted off in the mine trolleys by the horse (in this case). Walls and ceiling are lined with timber. Floor has either timber or rock laid on it. Markings: 31 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Dr Ralph Birrell (20/3/1927 - 7/6/2014) was a lecturer at the Bendigo School of mines and the author of numerous books about mining in Victoria, particularly Bendigo, and books on various elements of Bendigo history.Set of handwritten land leases books compiled by Ralph Birrell. Book 17: 5156/5573, year 1886. Book 18: 5574/5891. year 1887. Book 19: 5892/6211, year 1890. Book 20: 6212/6531, year 1893. Book 21: 6532/6849, year 1896. Book 22: 6849/71765, year 1897. Book 23: 7166/7390, year 1899.land leases, 1886-1899

Blue hard cover book, red binding on spine, one hundred and eighty eight pages of which forth eight are used. White label on front cover, no name of Company recorded. Inside front cover, affixed to front page, is a letter from Alfred Jorgensen, addressed to the Garden Gully Moon Gold Mining Company with details of his visit to the mine site at Sebastian; further letter affixed to page 2. Subsequent pages contain hand written Mine Manager's reports, by L.C. Bentley, dating from 21st December through to June 19th, 1935. Further reports by Alfred Jorgensen (pages 17 and 19) are inserted in the book. Mine Manager's book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, mccoll, sebastian, l.c. bentley, alfred jorgensen, rankin and stanistreet, legal managers, garden gully and moon gold mining company

Grassmere is a small hamlet about 12 kilometres from Warrnambool. It is a farming area. The Grassmere Gold Mining Company, presumably established by local people in Grassmere, was created in 1898 for the purpose of acquiring from Messrs James and Mewha a lease of a Cassilis gold mine (23 acres). The Manager of the Company was Horatio Dickson of Melbourne and the brokers were McMeekin and Co. of Melbourne and Warrnambool and Dickson and Osborne of Melbourne. This reef mine was one of several in Cassilis, Gippsland, 12 kilometres north west of Swifts Creek. The gold-bearing quartz reefs were discovered in 1885 and worked to 1914. It is not known whether the Grassmere Cassilis mine was a financial success but the mining operations were impeded by the hardness of the stone in the area. William Robinson was a farmer in the Grasmere area. This receipt is of considerable interest as one of only three items the Warrnambool and District Historical Society that is connected to the establishment of the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The gold mine establishment was one of the many minor events in the district in the 1890s. This is an 1899 receipt for William Robinson upon payment of six shillings and three pence, being part payment for shares in the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The buff-coloured paper has black printing and black-ink handwriting. There are two stamps – one is the stamp of ‘H.S.Dickson’ and the other is the stamp of the ‘Grassmere Gold Mining Company, No Liability’. The certificate has silver fish damage at the top and the right-hand side‘May 30th 1899, Received from Mr Wm. Robinson the sum of six shillings and three pence, being the amount of 5th call of 1½ per share, due on 50 shares, nos. 12651/12700 in the above company, H.S. Dickson, Manager’grassmere, grassmere gold mining company, william robinson, warrnambool

The Ballarat School of Mines was the first of its type in Australia. The Albert Street frontage was the 'working end' of the campus with the mining laboratory, gauge tower and caretakers cottage. All the structures in the foreground have been demolished to make way for the Flecknoe Building and the M.B. John Building. Harry Brew, the well known Ballarat School of Mines caretaker, lived in the small weatherboard building to the right of the photograph. He was appointed to the staff at the Ballarat School of Mines in 1936.Printed copy of an architectural plan for the Ballarat School of Mines Gauge Tower as printed in the 1879 Ballarat School of Mines Annual Report.henry caselli, henry richards caselli, architectural plan, ballarat school of mines, gauge tower

Joan O'Shea Collection. Victoria Hill Bendigo Gold Mining on the Richest Quartz Reef in Bendigo, from 1854 to 1916. Colour and Black and White Booklet 16 Pages. Includes Maps of the Victoria Hill Area, photographs of the remains of a twenty head crushing battery, burnt ground from quartz roasting, The Victoria Quartz Mine Photograph from Australian Mining Standard June 1899, The compressor beds and concrete foundations for the poppet legs all that remain today of the Victoria Quartz Mine deepest mine on Bendigo Goldfield 4613 feet or 1406.04 metres. Also included photograph of the view of Victoria Hill from The New Chum Hill in the 1870s. The Location of the 3 mines Ballerstedt's open cut, North Old Chum and Lansell's 180 are marked. A depiction of Rae's Open Cut gives an understanding of the primitive nature of early workings on the Goldfields. The Booklet also provides a brief history of Victoria Hill itself.Bendigo Trust Publication March 1972. Printed in Bendigo Cambridge Press.bendigo, mining, victoria hill

Robert Carr - correspondence to BHS and life history information sent back to writer re Carr (Great Extended Hustlers). Robert Carr was born Magherfelt Ulster 1833 and educated in agricultural pursuits. He arrived at Eaglehawk (part of Sandhurst) 4 miles from Bendigo in 1853 and began alluvial mining in 1855. Robert was on the committee to establish the Presbyterian Church at Eaglehawk. Robert began reef mining at Hustlers and Extended Hustlers mines and was manager in 1881. Robert was also a past Secretary of Oddfellows. In the years 1871-2 the mine yielded marvellous cakes of gold. He was a model mine manager. During 1872 he was on the committee of School of Mines. In the year 1873 he fell 60 feet down an abandoned shaft and not badly hurt. Robert died in May 1893, aged 60 years, and at the time of death was director of Great Extended Hustlers, Hustlers Company. 'A person of uprightness, frankness and integrity.'person, individual, robert carr, presbyterian church eaglehawk, hustlers, extended hustlers and great extended mines, oddfellows, school of mines bendigo.