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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
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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Document - MINING ACCIDENTS - BOILER EXPLOSION AT LANSELL & MUELLERS COMET MINE
Handwritten extracts on a boiler explosion at Lansell & Muellers Comet Mine. 'Everything had been alright and there was plenty of water in the glass. When the boiler exploded it damaged a small part of the engine-house and tore the flue from end to end. The cause of the explosion could not be found, although it had stood the tests.'document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, boiler explosion at lansell & muellers comet mine, mining statistics, mines report 1884 page 43 & 44, william benson, james hall -
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Document - MINING ACCIDENTS - SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT WILSON'S REEF
Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser dated Friday 6th Feb. 1874 Page 2 when Thomas Bromley, engine driver at Wilson's Reef Coy, Marong was killed when he got caught in the flywheel. He had set the engine going pulling up a cage of mullock, then went away from the engine, One of the cages was pulled to the top of the poppet heads without him knowing. The wire rope broke and the cage fell down the shaft, no one was injured. The engine was still going, the braceman ran into the engine-room and told Bromley what had happened. Bromley stopped the engine to reverse the gear. He had loosened the screws and was rising from a stooping position when he was caught by the flywheel. It was thought that Bromley had started the engine, the rushed to the boiler to throw in a few pieces of wood and before he got back the cage had gone to the top of the poppet heads.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, shocking accident at wilson's reef, bendigo advertiser 6/2/1874, thomas bromley -
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Document - MINING ACCIDENTS - SENSATIONAL WINDING ACCIDENT AT THE HUSTLER'S RESERVE NO 2 CO
Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser 5/12/1893 where three miners had a narrow escape in a winding accident at the Huster's Reserve No 2 Company's Mine, in Pall Mall. At the change of shift, three miners, William Merrin, Frederick Willoughby and E. Johns got into the cage on the western compartment to be lowered to the 845 ft. plat. The Driver Russel lost control of the engine and hauled the empty cage in the eastern compartment to the poppet heads. Cage went up with a crash, but the safety hooks caught it and let the rope go. The men in the cage in western compartment were very alarmed has cage hit the bearers on the 845 feet plat with considerable force. If it had crashed through the bearers they would have landed in the water below. The shaft was 1070 feet deep. The Mine Manager, S. T. Glanville ordered the driver off the mine; another rope re-attached and the men hauled to the surface.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, sensational winding accident at the hustler's reserve no 2 co, william merrin, frederick willoughby, e johns, driver russell, s t glanville -
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Document - MINING ACCIDENTS - MAN FALLS DOWN GOLDEN FLEECE SHAFT
Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 29/5/1873. Mr A. M. McHugh, Surveyor of Admiralty Dep't fell down the Golden Fleece Shaft on 28/5/73. The undergr'd Manager, Mr Thomas Mann, was showing him around. They had been at the 300 ft level and the cage was below them. Mann knocked for the cage wich stopped about four feet above the plat. Mann knocked the cage down, but it stopped about 10' or 12' above the plat. Mann said the cage had not stopped, and before he could remove his hand from the knocker, he saw Mr McHugh fall down the shaft. He died. There was a space between the edge of the plat and innermost edge of the cage.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, man falls down golden fleece shaft, mr a m mchugh, bendigo advertiser 29/5/1873, mr forbes, mr henry cook, mr thomas mann -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND IT'S HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS
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
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 - MINERS OUTSIDE CLARENCE UNITED MINE BENDIGO, 4/8/1902
Sepia photo of mine workers outside Clarence United Mine Bendigo, mounted on white board ~70 Males. In Image on board in front of men 'Clarence United 4/8/02'. On Back Inscription: 'Clarence United 1902' Miss S Stephens Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawkplace, mining site, clarence united mine bendigo -
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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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Album - FORTUNA COLLECTION: ALBUM - PHOTOGRAPHS OF FORTUNA, BENDIGO
Fortuna Villa George Lansell purchased Ballerstadt's claim on Victoria Hill for £30,000. The purchase included a two story villa. Lansell extended the building in the following years with the last major additions in 1904 - 1905. Architects included Vahland and Getzschmann, W.C. Vahland and William Beebe. Contractors include J.K. McLean and W.H.Johns.Album, covered in blue fabric. Printed in gold lettering on front 'Photographs of 'Fortuna' Bendigo". Album contains 48 black and white photos of George Lansell's home, Fortuna, taken in late 1800s, ranging from photos of the interior of the house, the garden and the lake.place, fortuna, photo album, george lansell, gold mining, ballerstedt, victoria hill, historic building -
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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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Photograph - MYERS CREEK DIGGINGS, c1867
Sepia Photograph: Myer's Creek Diggings 'Bachelder Photo Sandhurst'. 6 male 'Diggers' gathered around a windlass at a mine opening amongst the trees in a paddock. Inscription Markings: Myers Creek Diggings 1867place, mining site, myer's creek diggings -
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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 - GOLD NUGGETS OF VICTORIA, 1961
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 - PATTERSON'S GOLDFIELDS OF VICTORIA 1862, 1863
Patterson's Goldfields of Victoria 1862. Photocopies of the chapters, 6(six) to 8(eight) inclusive, dealing with Bendigo (or Sandhurst).bendigo, history, city history. the goldfields., goldmines and mining. -
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Book - MINES DEPARTMENT VICTORIA 'PUBLICATIONS PRICE LIST', 1970
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
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 - DEPARTMENT OF MINES VICTORIA, PROSPECTOR'S GUIDE 1958 FOURTH EDITION, 1958
PROSPECTOR'S GUIDE 1958 FOURTH EDITION. Produced by Department of Mines, Victoria. Hard cloth covered bookDept. of Minesgold, prospecting guide, gold, gold mining, prospecting, victoria. -
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Photograph - GOLDFIELDS UNITED, c1930's
'Goldfields United' mine. Large corrugated iron shed (on right), defunct boiler in front of shed. Poppet head behind. Smaller shed on left hand side. Approximate c1930's. Physical description: Unframed unmounted print.organization, business, goldfields united mining -
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Photograph - NEANGER MINE EAGLEHAWK, c1900
Black and white photograph. Image descritption: Foreground - piles of tin sheets? Wood stack, corrigated iron buildings, poppet head and chimney in background. Loose photograph. Inscription: Neanger Mine Eaglehawk, hand written on back.place, mining site, neanger mine -
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Photograph - WINDING ENGINE AT DEBORAH MINE
Black and white photograph of winding engine at Deborah Mine (now at Central Deborah). Manned by Jack Moorhead. Inscriptions: on back - 'Jack Moorhead at Deborah, Winding Engine'. 'This engine late at Central Deborah'. 'Date Received photo 21/04/67'. 'A Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo'.place, mining site, deborah -
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Photograph - NORTH DEBORAH GOLD MINE, c.1920
Black and white photograph. Pool in foreground, mullock heap, poppet head, mine buildings, chimney, trees and town buildings in background. Mounted on masonite. Inscriptions: 'North Deborah' on back.place, mining site, deborah -
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Photograph - DEBORAH MINE, c.1900
Black and white photograph. Deborah Mine. Mullock heap, poppet head at left. Buildings centre and left. Square chimney in front.place, mining site, deborah -
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Photograph - DEBORAH GOLD MINE, C.1900
Black and white photograph. Deborah Mine. Poppet head, buildings to right. Square chimney in background. Inscriptions: on back - 'RHSV, Bendigo Branch', '1960', '261'.place, mining site, deborah -
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Photograph - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, c.1890
Black and white photograph. Poppet head on LH side, stone building, centre, tall brick chimney, RH side in front of timber building. Inscriptions: on front - 'Victoria Quartz'. On back - typewritten description as follows: 'Situated on the rich Victoria Hill, Ironbark. Steel girders? rams type poppet legs - 60ft high. Vertical winding engines; pair of 24' dia. Winding drums. Made and erected by Roberts & Sons, Bendigo, in 1897. Then one of the best in the state. In 1910 it was the deepest gold mine in the world, having reached a depth of 4,613 ft in the winze. The shaft was then sunk to a depth of 4,588 ft. in an endeavour to reach a depth of 4,870 ft. to effectively work the deepest gold bearing reef in the world. On the night of June 14th, 1910, the mine was flooded out by the rising waters from the deep New Chum mines to the south, all of which had either ceased operations or had returned back to shallow workings. For details of the mine's record, see 'The Historical Guide to Bendigo'. Mine details completed by A Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo.place, mining site, victoria quartz -
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Photograph - VIEW OF BENDIGO MINES, c.1905
Black and white postcard photograph of scenic view labelled 'Bendigo Mines' including building, poppet head, chimney, trestle way, hills in background. Small letter on back. Inscriptions: 'Bendigo Mines'. On back - letter to Miss Annie Case.place, mining site