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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Parties working... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Parties working claims. New claims shepherded on probable trend of lead. ''Shepherding'' would then be commenced in advance of the claims being worked. Markings: 55 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: HISTORIC & ECONOMIC: GOLD MINING REPORT, 1916
... & ECONOMIC: GOLD MINING REPORT... and economic factors re gold mining during World War I. Missing pages 7... factors re gold mining during World War I. Missing pages 7 - 10 ...Documents: Typed document, 11 pages, foolscap abut history and economic factors re gold mining during World War I. Missing pages 7 - 10. Found with board minutes Central Red White & Blue Mining.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, central red white and blue mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Deep sinking... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Deep sinking was dangerous work; the shaft was, of course, timbered, nevertheless shafts sometimes caved in, and in this way diggers were often injured, and sometimes killed. Markings: 47 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1855
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide:Horse Puddling... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide:Horse Puddling Machine, Forest Creek, 1855. Thus a horse puddling ''machine'' replaced the puddling tub. Slide: shows horse puddling machine in action. Markings: 43 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerrard... & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerrard) Deep sinking, Ballarat, 1853. Usually the wasdirt was raised in the shaft by a windlass. Slide shows mining site at the diggings with a windlass and awing. Markings: 28 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Working The Long... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Working The Long Tom. . . . .while the small cradle was replaced by a much larger type: the ''Long Tom''. Picture shows 2 men working the Long Tom. Markings: 44 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This very old... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This very old photograph - it was taken in the 1850s shows diggers at Mount Alexander working deep shafts. Photo shows how close the mining sites were. Markings: 41 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: The next four... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: The next four frames contain a description of deep sinking at Ballarat in 1853, taken from William Howitt's book, ''Land, Labour, and Gold'', which was published in 1855. Markings: 32 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerard... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (von Guerard) Deep Sinking, Ballarat, 1853. Shafts were generally covered with canvas awning. Why? Slide shows canvas awnings over mine shafts. Markings: 25 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: others would... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: others would purchase limited supplies of water from water carriers; Picture from Mitchell Library (by S T G) shows miners of the gold field. Markings: 66 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: For all... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: For all these operations, the digger was completely dependent on adequate supply of water; if a creek dried up, some diggers would move to another gully; some would go home for a holiday; Markings: 68 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Photograph - GOLD PICTURES MINING INFO
... GOLD PICTURES MINING INFO...DVD. Gold Pictures. Mining onfo. Ray Swinnerton. Swan Hill..... Gold Pictures. Mining onfo. Ray Swinnerton. Swan Hill ...DVD. Gold Pictures. Mining onfo. Ray Swinnerton. Swan Hill. -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NORTH VIRGINIA GOLD MINING COMPANY NL, 1933
... GOLD MINING COMPANY NL...McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, North Virginia Gold Mining... Virginia Gold Mining Company NL. a/ Application for Mining Lease ...McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL. a/ Application for Mining Lease No. 10027, agreed to purchase from Executors in the Estate if the late W H Millet Allotments 164 & 165 Section (A) for the sum of 40 pounds, Executors agreed to sell North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL, Executors and beneficiary Herbert Jackson Leed consented to the sale. Dated 17/8/1933 Signed by: H J Leed & S Millett. b/ Letter dated 11/8/1933, an agreement to sell Allotments 164 &165 Section (A) Parish of Nerring County of Bendigo to the North Virginia Gold Mining Company for 40 pounds. Signed by S Millett. c/Typed receipt for 150 pounds as cash consideration for the purchase and transfer of leases No 10027 and 10150, Bendigo. Dated 21/8/1933. Signed J J Hall. Stamp Duty Stamp 3 pence. d/Particulars And Conditions Of Sale of Freehold Property, by private sale on 23/8/1933. Land allotments 168 & 159 of Section A Parish of Nerring County of Bendigo. Harry Eastwood Jones the vendor sold to North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL purchaser. Signed by Harry Eastwood Jones, Albert L Biescher, J Michelsen, Stanistreet. e/ Particulars And Conditions Of Sale of Freehold Property, by private sale on 23/8/1933. Land allotments 160 of Section A Parish of Nerring County of Bendigo. Charlotte Jones the vendor sold to North Virginia Gold Mining Company NL purchaser. Signed by Charlotte Jones, J Michelsen, Albert L Biescher, Stanistreet. f/ Written on blue paper. Received from McColl Rankin & Stanistreet for 200 paid up shares in North Virginia Cold Mining Co NL distinctive numbers 49801/5000. Signed Scott Bently. Dated 26/9/1933. Pinned to Typed receipt: 50 pounds and 1800 Fully paid up shares in North Virginia Gold Mining Co NL. Dated 13/1/1933 between H J Veale and J J Hall, J A Michelsen, J J Stanistreet date signed 15/9/1933. Stamp Duty Stamp 3 pence.organization, business, gold mine -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, 1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: A whim and horse... & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: A whim and horse-puddling machine (location unknown). Do you remember Edward Dyson's poem 'The Old Whim Horse'? Shows miners at work and puddling machine being worked by horse. Markings: 46 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This picture... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This picture (by Gill) Shows deep sinking at Newstead, near Castlemaine, in the middle 1850's. Picture shows miners puddling and panning for gold, awnings erected over mine shafts in the background. Markings: 40 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.haniomunteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SUMMARY OF GOLD MINING, 1851 - 1915, 1917
... MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SUMMARY OF GOLD... of Gold Mining in Bendigo from 1851 to 1915. Missing pages 2 - 6...; Typed document 39 pages foolscap. Summary of Gold Mining ...Documents; Typed document 39 pages foolscap. Summary of Gold Mining in Bendigo from 1851 to 1915. Missing pages 2 - 6. (Special report: Local paper 1//07/1917?). BM 20/07/1917. Found with Central Red White & Blue Mining Board Minutes.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, central red white and blue mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Document - RULES AND REGULATIONS DERBYSHIRE GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1865
... RULES AND REGULATIONS DERBYSHIRE GOLD MINING COMPANY... with stitched cotton spine. Rules and regulations of the Derbyshire Gold... of the Derbyshire Gold Mining Company and certificate of transfer signed ...Original handwritten document booklet on parchment paper with stitched cotton spine. Rules and regulations of the Derbyshire Gold Mining Company and certificate of transfer signed by shareholders, containing signatures of shareholders. This document is a copy as it does not have any signatures. There are nine pages of which only the front page has been scanned.organization, business, mine -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Deep sinking... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Deep sinking was soon fairly general on the earlier fields, it was adopted immediately by more experienced diggers. Along with the development of deep sinking went the introduction of devices to allow of the treatment ''stuff'' in larger quantities. Markings: 42 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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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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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: But labour... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: But labour - saving devices for raising the dirt were soon being used - the whip (some whips were worked by hand, others by a horse walking towards or away from the shaft. (Picture displays a whip.) Markings: 29 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1860
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Map of Victoria... aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Map of Victoria. Victoria - Government reservoirs on the goldfields, 1860. Letters on map relate to the position of the reservoirs standpipes. And from these standpipes the diggers took water to their claims, either by carting it or running it through small races. Markings: 72 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: AGREEMENT PURCHASE GOLD MINING LEASE NO.100068, 1932
... PURCHASE GOLD MINING LEASE NO.100068... Stanistreet and New Don No Liability. Agreement to purchase gold... to purchase gold mining lease from the Crown No. 10068. Document ...Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet. 2 copies, foolscap 4 pages typed document titled ' Adopting Agreement with Modification' Agreement between Clifford Bary King and John Jepson Stanistreet and New Don No Liability. Agreement to purchase gold mining lease from the Crown No. 10068. Document prepared by Ford, Aspinwall & DeGruchy.Ford, Aspinwall & DeGruchyorganization, business, new don no liability, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, bendigo, gold, goldmining, lease. ford, aspinwall & degruchy -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: In the early... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: In the early 1850s, Ballarat was the most important field for deep sinking. But in the later years of the decade, the diggers were working important leads on many other fields; e.g., Maryborough, Dunolly, Ararat, Indigo, Amherst, and McIvor. Markings: 39 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1857
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Sketches... as a teaching aid. Slide DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: Sketches at the Gold Fields. This cartoon (from the Melbourne Punch, Aug, 27, 1857) illustrates what frequently happened on crowded leads. Depicts miners digging their tunnels only to end up digging into the next lead. Markings: 27 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINING CO. - LEDGER, 1940/51
... GOLD MINING CO. - LEDGER..... East Clarence Gold Mining Company No Liability.... covering the mine shaft. East Clarence Gold Mining Company ...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 -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1853
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This led... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This led to the practice of ''shepherding'' which was particularly widespread at Ballarat from 1853 to 1855. When a lead had been found, parties quickly marked out claims in advance of the furthest point at which the gutter was being worked - - - Markings: 51 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Slide - DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD, c1850s
... DIGGERS & MINING. GETTING THE GOLD...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (Huyghue... EDUCATION Tertiary goldfields hanimount Diggers & Mining. Getting ...Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (Huyghue) The Red Streets, Ballarat. A lead might stretch to mile; but it was never very wide; and hence shafts were often sunk very close together. Slide shows tops of shafts and awnings in background, very close together. Markings: 26 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields -
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Financial record - St. Mungo Gold Mining Company
... St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef ...Book of shares receipts. The receipts are numbered from 1751 to 2000 only the first four are detached, all are blank. The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef, Eaglehawk. Registered under the mining companies' act, 1871. Capital: pounds 7,500 in 30,000 shares of five shillings each.st.mungo mine, gold mine, shares receipts -
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Financial record - St. Mungo Gold Mining Company
... St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef ...Book of shares receipts. The receipts are numbered from 1701 to 1750 only the first seven are detached, all are blank. The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef, Eaglehawk. Registered under the mining companies' act, 1871. Capital: pounds 7,500 in 30,000 shares of five shillings each.st.mungo mine, gold mine, shares receipts -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NEW MONUMENT GOLD MININING CO. NL, CHEQUE BOOK, 1960 - 1964
... new monument gold mining company nl...McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, New Monument Gold Mining Co NL... ORGANIZATION Mining new monument gold mining company nl McColl Rankin ...McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, New Monument Gold Mining Co NL, cheque book. Hard cover containing butts and unused cheques of New Monument Gold Mining Co NL. Unused have been signed by C J Michelsen. Markings/inscriptions: 'New Monument Gold Mining Company NL' stamped on front cover 'Final Distribution' hand written front cover. Item date:1960-1964organization, mining, new monument gold mining company nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet new monument gold mining co nl cheques