Photocopy of Derby Reef Gold Mining Company, No Liability Share scrip No 260. Capital 200,000 pounds in 40,000 shares of 10 shillings each. Issued to J G Stanfield dated April ? 1912.document, gold, derby reef

Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, with gold trim and Napoleon Reefs.NL and Nap.Reef painted on sides in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-compaines-gold mines-napoleon reef

Central Deborah Gold Mining Co. N.L. Cash Book from McColl Rankin & Stanistreet Duration: 7 dec 1939 to 16 Jan 1941 34 double pages (balance pages of book removed)McColl Rankin & Stanistreet

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: This sketch (from the diary of Edward Snell, in the Public Library of Victoria) shows such a pile of washdirt at Bendigo in 1852. Markings: 67 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: (Huyghue) Here is a drawing of part of the Gravel Pits lead in 1854. Show many of the shafts with their awnings over them. Markings: 37 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: These diggers working a lease on the Black Lead at Bendigo (c1860) are pumping water into a race. Picture on slide shows race. Markings: 68 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: . . . Where the sluices were constructed of boxes . . . (picture shows miners getting a channel ready for the water needed for sluicing. Markings: 60 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.haniomunteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Black cast iron company seal for Deborah United Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, black enamelled cast iron with gold trim, painted on one side Deb United in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- deborah united

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: diagram depicts Shepherd claims. These parties sinking. Parties working the lead. - - - in whatever direction they thought the lead might trend. Markings: 52 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

BHS CollectionDiggers & mining. And soon thousands of men were at work on the diggings. Slide shows the diggings at Golden Point,1851. The gold era. Markings 5 994.031 GOL:5. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, East Clarence Gold Mine Company NL, The Bank of England Scottish Australian Bank Ltd Pass Books a/ dated Aug 10, 1934 to May 15, 1940. Inscriptions: East Clarence Gold Mining Coy No Liability Bendigo page 53 789. b/ May 16, 1940 to January 17, 1942. Inscriptions: East Clarence Gold Mining Co NL. c/ Jan 20. 1942 to June 30, 1944. Each has green fabric cover tho a/ appears to have a wax coating.organization, business, gold mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, east clarence gold mine nl pass book the australian scottish & australian bank bendigo

Document : McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet: gold mining lease crown land 10916 Bendigo. Foolscap size document, includes map County of Bendigo, Parish of Mandurang. Dated 1937 between King George VI and John Jepson Stanistreet.person, mining, john jepson stanistreet, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: bendigo, mining, goldmining, john stanistreet

Diggers & Mining. Getting the Gold. Slide: From the original in the Dixon Gallery, Public Library of N.S.W. A whim in Bendigo, 1857. Picture is a sketch of three men working a whim. Markings: 31 994.LIF:4. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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