Coloured Printing outline of lease of Gold Mine Horizontal Drives shown in BrownStawell Gold Mine. Scale 1:7500. Fri 13 June 2003mining

Eleanor Hinde (1842-1902) was born in Lancashire England. In 1858, Eleanor married Richard Reynold in the Forest St Wesleyn Methodist Church in Sandhurst. They both gave their address as Sailors Gully Goldfields. They had seven children together. Richard was a skilled tradesman and after he died in 1872 from lung disease, Eleanor married Arculus Opie. Eleanor owned a property on the corner of Gladstone and Stanley Streets which later became an electrical substation. She sold poultry and eggs and preserves. One of Eleanor's sons, William John, married Anna (Annie) Jorgensen, and one of her daughters. Amelia, married Anna's brother Thomas Joynes Jorgensen. The Jorgensens founded and managed Jorgensen and Sons foundry and engineering works. Peter Jorgensen (1849-1914), was a mining contractor, he lived at, "Bro," Russell street, Quarry Hill. His firm was Jorgensen and Sons, mining contractors. He was a native of the Island of Alsen, Denmark. He left Denmark in the year 1861, embarking at Hamburg in a small sailing Ship. Amelia Honorah Reynolds was the first grandchild of Richard Reynolds and Eleanor Hinde. Born 13th May,1890 in a log cabin at Eureka Creek (near Herberton) North Queensland. Her father Charles was tinmining in the area. Her parents, mother Ellen Kemp and Charles Alban Reynolds were both born in Victoria. When she was four years old the family returned to Victoria, where they spent a few weeks with Grandma Opie/Reynolds. They had a stop-over at the Swan Hill Pub then went to Lalbert where the Kemps had property - 1000 acre wheat farm. This farm was given up through drought about 1904. Robert was born at Lalbert in 1894. After a few short moves they settled at Mandurang where she spent most of her childhood attending a one-teacher school. (Mr. Casey) She was now the eldest of four children - a sister Louisa and brothers Robert and Hector. Her final school years she spent staying with her Aunt Kate at Sth.Melbourne. After this time the family sold the property at Mandurang and bought a house at Albert Park. Amelia had started working in the city as a Tailoress - later employed by Epstein. Amelia met and became engaged to Charles Frank Greenaway. Her brother Robert died from pneumonia in 1916 and the family moved from Albert Park to Auburn ( E. Haw.) Amelia and Frank married at St. Columbs C. of E. Glenferrie, 24.11.1917 They stayed with Frank's father at Clifton Hill for four years then purchased a home at West Richmond. Here their first daughter Iris was born in 1922. Upon the death of Amelia's mother, Amelia and family moved back into the home at Auburn to look after her father Charles. At this time Amelia wanted to buy a home at Surrey Hills but her father did not want to move and Frank did not want to move "into the bush". In 1930 daughter Ruth was born. The family stayed at Auburn. During the war years Iris joined the Airforce and Hector and family stayed for six months while waiting for tenants to release their home. In 1948 Charles Reynolds died at Auburn. Amelia died at Templestowe aged 95 in 1985, she is buried at Coburg with mother, husband and brother Robert.The four folders contain family history documents and photos of the descendants of Eleanor Hinde. Notes on the life of Amelia Reynolds - Contact the Society for detailsbendigo, sandhurst, peter jorgensen, eleanor hinde, eleanor reynolds, eleanor opie, reynolds collection, amelia reynolds

Seven men were killed at the Great Extended Hustler's mine disaster on 2nd May 1914 by an explosion of dynamite occurring as the men were waiting at the plat to ascend the mine at the end of their shift. No blame was attached to anyone in the findings of the inquisition. It was unknown what caused the dynamite to explode. Three page typed document written by Albert Richardson. First page: Great Extended Hustler's including. Great Extended Hustlers Tribute of Pups Shaft, Hustler's line of reef. Mine formed in 1865, closed down 1925 or 1926. Locality, area of lease, depth of shaft, plant , early history, prominent and leading mines and best gold obtained from the mines is discussed. Poppet heads of the Great Extended Hustlers to the Stanfield mine at Long Gully and then to the Wattle Gully mine at Chewton.great extended hustlers, goldmining, accident, quartz, mining, k.k. mine, comet mine, hustler's line of reef, old comet, united hustler's, redan, poppet head, chewton, stanfield gold mine, wattle gully gold mine

Koch's Pioneer Quartz Mining and Crushing Company was officially registered on June 30th., 1871 (Government Gazette No. 45, 1871). It operated at Long Gully, the first Manager was Andrew Lewis. Nominal capital was 90,000 pounds in thirty thousand shares of 3 pounds each. The initial partnership in a quartz crushing plant between Henry Koch, Simon Albert and Charles Wallin was dissolved in 1860 with Koch becoming the sole owner. In 1866 the crushing plant consisted of a 50 hp engine and 48 stamping heads capable of crushing 600 tons of quartz per week. By 1902 there were 72 stamps and this was by far the largest crushing plant in the area, serving many quartz mines. Henry Koch (1800-1889) was a German sailor who signed off when his ship reached Melbourne in 1851. Having heard of the gold discovery he proceeded to Bendigo where he was initially employed in puddling in the Myers Flat area. He was soon employed and then made partner in a quartz crushing plant that he became sole owner of in 1860. He was also landlord at the British and American Hotel and the Silver Mines Hotel. HE also started the Perseverance United gold claim. He married Anna Maria Theresia Heinz in 1857. In 1872 he sold the crushing plant for 75,000 pounds and took his family back to Germany. He resumed his trade as a ship builder although he maintained many Bendigo mining interests.Two sepia coloured images on paper, possibly taken from book. Top image: Koch's 'Pioneer' Quartz Crushing Works - Long Gully, printed under image. Image shows mining dam in foreground, large two storey mine building in middle background, two mine chimney on right hand side. Bottom image; interior of crushing battery. Printed on bottom ' Quartz Crushing Batteries & etc. Koch's Pioneer'. gold mining, koch's pioneer crushing battery, long gully, perseverance g.m. co., henry koch