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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CAROL HOLSWORTH COLLECTION: GEOLOGICAL REPORT BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Four page document, an extract from the Geological Report on the Bendigo Goldfield. On front page, a line drawing of a puddling machine. Contents include: alluvial mining, reef mining, the boom years, deep sinking, decline of mining, modern exploration, physiography, the hills, the valleys and the soils. A table demonstrates the development of graptolite structures, including the Lancefieldian, Bendigonian, Chewtonian and Castlemainian graptolite species. Two diagrams demonstrate saddle and bedded reefs and fault reefs. Written on top of the document: C.E. William and H.E. Wilkinson, 1992. Geological Survey Report No. 93.bendigo, mining, geological bulletin 93 -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Mine holes, Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead, 20/03/1996
historic, miningColour photo, Mine holes and mounds in open field, dry grass, gum forest in valley below. Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Leadmining, green hills, sandy's hill rd., durham lead -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Site of Mine holes and mullock heap, Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead, 20/03/1996
historic, miningColour photo, Site of Mine holes and mullock heap, Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead, mining, green hills, sandy's hill rd., durham lead -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Mullock heaps, Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead (on private land), 20/03/1996
historic, miningColour photo, Mullock heaps, Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead (on private land)mining, green hills, sandy's hill rd., durham lead -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Historical Society members excursion to Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead (on private land), 20/03/1996
historic, miningColour photo, Historical Society members excursion to Green Hill Diggings, Sandy's Hill Rd., Durham Lead (on private land)mining, green hills, sandy's hill rd., durham lead -
Clunes Museum
Photograph, DIAMOND DRILL NO. 7 L
MINING IN CLUNESWOODEN FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH UNDER GLASS MOUNTED ON MATT BOARD. DIAMOND DRILL NO. 7L. DRILLED 17 HOLES AT CLUNES BETWEEN OCTOBER 1885 AND APRIL 1887. PRINTED EXPLANATION AT BOTTOMRINGWOOD FRAMING GALLERY STICKERmining, equipment, 18990, diamond drill no 7l -
Buninyong & District Historical Society
Photograph - Original Photograph, Historical Society members in private garden, during excursion to Green Hill Diggings, 20/03/1996
historic, miningHistorical Society members Judy Weller, Frank Loudon and Ray Willis, in Willis' garden, during 1996 excursion to Green Hill Diggings.mining, green hills, sandy's hill rd., durham lead -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Archive - Maps, Victorian Government, Bailliere's Country Atlas of Victoria, 1866
Stawell is on Wimmera & Loddon MapLarge Boxed Volume of Maps in Book Burgandy Coloured BoxUnder the Supervision of the Mining and Survey Department -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, J. Wee Tow, J. Wee Tow, Llanberis No. 2 receipt, c1908, c1908
Llanberis No 2 was a mine in Ballarat associated with the Chinese.Handwritten paper regarding a parcel of pyrites sent to the Ballarat School of Mines by J.Wee Tow of Llanberis No. 2J. Wee Tow llanberis No 2 3 to 4 ton Pyrites To be sampled Thursday mining. Cheque Saturday. wee tow, j. wee tow, llanberis, llanberis no 2, ballarat school of mines, pyrites, mining, chinese -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Archive - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON
Mining Box: metal box, painted dark blue, formerly box number 472 - Now Central Napoleon Mining Box 3. Tag affixed to front ' box 472' Printed on door in white paint ' Central Napoleon'. Box contains various documents relating to Central Napoleon Mine. Documents are individually catalogued within box.mining, parish map, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Archive - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL DEBORAH MINING BOX
Mining Box: metal box, painted dark blue, formerly box number 481 - Now Central Deborah Mining Box 1. Tag affixed to front ' Box 481' Printed on door in white paint ' Central Deborah'. Box contains various documents relating to Central Deborah Mine. Documents are individually catalogued within box.Central Deborah - printed on doormining, parish map, central deborah gold mine, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, mining, goldmining, central deborah gold mine. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Archive - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: NAPOLEON REEF MINING BOX
Mining Box: metal box, painted dark blue, formerly box number 489 - Now Napoleon Reef Mining Box 5. Tag affixed to front ' box 489' Printed on door in white paint ' Napoleon Reef'. Box contains various documents relating to Napoleon Reef Mine. Documents are individually catalogued within box.mining, parish map, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MINING BY-LAWS 1915, 1915
Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet - mining bylaws 1915. Buff coloured document, front page (index) is in poor condition. 35 pagesorganization, mining, mining by-laws, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, bylaws -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION: FORTUNA VILLA AND MINES
Black and white photograph ( copy) showing Lansell's Fortuna Villa in centre, lake in front. Elaborate gardens and steps leading to lake. On left hand side, mining chimney and elevated tramway leading to sheds. Large chimney on LH side. RH side of image: poppet head, tramways and mining chimneys (needle). Three poppet heads visible in background.bendigo, mining, fortuna mine sites -
Federation University Historical Collection
Ephemera - Document, Wightwick and Wright, Clarke & Co. Battery Owners Invoice, 1910
Printed invoice from Clarke and Co., Battery Owners to reward Gold Mining Company.clarke and co, battery, wighwick and wright, h. clarke, mining, assay -
El Dorado Museum Association Inc.
Photograph (item) - Digital Image
Cocks Pioneer Barge with new pump and punt. Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold & Tin Mine Company was formed in 1899. The company's first power station, located at the eastern end of the valley began operating with its 340 Kilowatt steam-powered generator. By 1909, from 2,500,000 cubic yards worked, reported recovery was 17,284 ounces of gold and 224 tons of tin ore. By 1909, Cocks Pioneer’s power plant had become inadequate and uneconomical. The barge was floated downstream about a mile, but lost time caused the operations to cease. Following testing, a new mine was established by diverting Reid's Creek at a cost of £25,000. Settling dams were built, one of which held 1,935,900 cubic feet. Sold earth banks, built against a wall of stringy bark saplings constructed and laced with vertical props, were built. In 1914, the company was reformed as Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL, another power station was constructed at the western end of the township, near the junction of Clear and Reid's Creeks. From 6,800,000 cubic yards of material processed, the returns were 64,397 ounces of gold and 855 ton of tin. Cocks Pioneer mine then moved the barge downs stream and continued sluicing. In 1929 Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold and Tin Mining Company ceased operations due to a drop in values. Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL carried on large-scale hydraulic sluicing operations until 1941. mines, mining, gold, tin, gold mining, tin mining, watercraft, punt, boats, men, cocks pioneer, el dorado, eldorado -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MINING & GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL 1, NO.4, 1939
Mining & Gelogical Journal Vol.1, No.4. January 1939 published by the Department of Mines Government of Victoria, 72 pages with photographs, illustrations, maps & advertisements. Articles on mining including some Bendigo & district mines.Name on cover A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Department of Mines Victoria.magazine, organization, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, bendigo mines.central nell gwynne. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: MINER CHECKING MINE ROOF
Black and white photo of miner Ray Beer,wearing hard hat and mining lamp checking mine roof at Central Deborah Mine, Bendigo..mining, business, central deborah gold mine -
El Dorado Museum Association Inc.
Photograph (item) - Digital Image
Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold & Tin Mine Company was formed in 1899. The company's first power station, located at the eastern end of the valley began operating with its 340 Kilowatt steam-powered generator. By 1909, from 2,500,000 cubic yards worked, reported recovery was 17,284 ounces of gold and 224 tons of tin ore. By 1909, Cocks Pioneer’s power plant had become inadequate and uneconomical. The barge was floated downstream about a mile, but lost time caused the operations to cease. Following testing, a new mine was established by diverting Reid's Creek at a cost of £25 000. Settling dams were built, one of which held 1,935,900 cubic feet. Sold earth banks, built against a wall of stringy bark saplings constructed and laced with vertical props, were built. In 1914, the company was reformed as Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL, another power station was constructed at the western end of the township, near the junction of Clear and Reid's Creeks. From 6,800,000 cubic yards of material processed, the returns were 64,397 ounces of gold and 855 ton of tin. Cocks Pioneer mine then moved the barge downs stream and continued sluicing. In 1929 Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold and Tin Mining Company ceased operations due to a drop in values. Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL carried on large-scale hydraulic sluicing operations until 1941. gold, tin, mining, sluicing, gold mining, tin mining, cocks pioneer, el dorado, eldorado -
Clunes Museum
Newspaper - NEWSPAPER CUTTING, THE ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS
THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY JOHN UNDERWOODPHOTOSTAT COPIES OF NEWS PAPER COLLECTION CUTTINGS FROM ILLUSTRATED AUSRALIAN NEWS. JUNE 17 th.1873. PHOTOSTAT COPY 1;RESERVOIR AND DAM OF CLUNES WATER SUPPLY. 2;SHAFT & SURFACE OF NEW NORTH CLUNES MINING CO. 3;UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF NEW NORTH CLUNES MINING CO.17 JUNE 1878local history, document, newspaper cutting, mining -
El Dorado Museum Association Inc.
Photograph (item) - Digital Image
Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold & Tin Mine Company was formed in 1899. The company's first power station, located at the eastern end of the valley began operating with its 340 Kilowatt steam-powered generator. By 1909, from 2,500,000 cubic yards worked, reported recovery was 17,284 ounces of gold and 224 tons of tin ore. By 1909, Cocks Pioneer’s power plant had become inadequate and uneconomical. The barge was floated downstream about a mile, but lost time caused the operations to cease. Following testing, a new mine was established by diverting Reid's Creek at a cost of £25,000. Settling dams were built, one of which held 1,935,900 cubic feet. Sold earth banks, built against a wall of stringy bark saplings constructed and laced with vertical props, were built. In 1914, the company was reformed as Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL, another power station was constructed at the western end of the township, near the junction of Clear and Reid's Creeks. From 6,800,000 cubic yards of material processed, the returns were 64,397 ounces of gold and 855 ton of tin. Cocks Pioneer mine then moved the barge downs stream and continued sluicing. In 1929 Cocks Pioneer Electric Gold and Tin Mining Company ceased operations due to a drop in values. Cock’s Pioneer Gold and Tin Mines NL carried on large-scale hydraulic sluicing operations until 1941. mining, gold, tin, barge, sluicing, gold mining, tin mining, cocks pioneer, el dorado, eldorado -
Warrnambool and District Historical Society Inc.
Document, Share Certificate
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). £5000 was to be raised in shares of five shillings and one shilling each. 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 Grassmere district. This certificate is of considerable interest as one of only three items the Warrnambool and District Historical Society has that is connected with 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 a small buff-coloured certificate detailing the shares of William Robinson in the Grassmere Gold Mining Company (1898). The certificate has green printing and black-ink handwriting. The bottom section (Form of Transfer) is not filled in. There is a stamp of the Grassmere Gold Mining Company with the words ‘No Liability’. There is a decorative pattern in green on the left margin with the address of the company and the name of the printer. ‘This is to certify that Wm. Robinson of Grassmere is a member of the above-named company and the proprietor of fifty (50) shares, numbering 12651/12700 therein, upon which the sum of one shilling has been paid up, subject to the Rules and Regulations of the Company. Dated this 15th day of September, 1898. W.J. Roland, Director, .H. (es) Dickson, Manager.’grassmere, grassmere gold mining company, william robinson, warrnambool -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph (black & white), Ballarat School of Mines Students visit the New Normanby Mine, 1899, 1899
In 1875 John Rowe enrolled at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) where he studied Metallurgy and Assaying. In 1880 the Britannia Mine closed and John Rowe moved to Launceston working as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned to Ballarat two years later to manage the Long Gully United Gold Mining Company. In 1885 John Rowe sought work in New Caledonia followed by South Africa. While in South Africa he received an offer from SMB to lecture in Practical Mining, an instructional innovation which involved weekly visits to some of the principle mines in the district. John Rowe took up this position in 1994, but it appears to have been a short lived innovation ending in 1996, possibly due to John Rowe's failing health. (http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Rowe,John.shtml)Nineteen men, some Ballarat School of Mines students, pose outside Ballarat's New Normanby Mine. Some hold picks and candles. The man in the centre wearing a waistcoat is John Rowe, experienced miner and lecturer in Practical Mining at the Ballarat School of Mines. The June 1899 Ballarat School of Mines Magazine records: "The mining class visited the Britannia Gold Mine, and were kindly shown over the surface and underground workings by Mr. Harvey."candle, ballarat school of mines, safety cage, john rowe, new normanby gold mine, mining alumni, pick -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MINING & GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL. VOL,4. NO,4, 1951
Mining and Geological Journal, Volume 4, No.4. September 1951. Published by Department of Mines Victoria with 65 pages of articles on gold, coal & oil mining, Illustrations, maps, photographs including photographs of Bendigo mines. Name noted on front A.E.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriamagazine, organization, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, bendigo mines. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Tool - Picks, Miner's Pick
This type of pick used in mining and tunnelling.Metal, slightly curved sharp end with hammerable top end. Open hole for handle which would have been wood.mining, pick, tools, trades -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Domestic object - Mortar and Pestle
Ùsed for engineering purposes possibly mining.Brown painted solid metal mortar and a separate pestle.mining, crushing & milling, medicine, pharmacy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MINING COMPANIES ACT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1899 - 1907
Document: enclosed in brown cover, written in blue ink ' Mining Companies Acts of New South Wales' 1907..William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1913organization, mining, n.s.w. mining companies act, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: mining companies acts -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, American Mine Accounting, 1913, 1913
Red hardcovered book of 367 pages including index. Contents include: Minie Iron Ore; Mining and Milling Natice Copper; Mining Copper Ore; Mning Coal and Making Coke; Mining and Milling Gold Ore; Engineering and Geological Data. mining, accounting, economics, america, mining iron ore, mining native copper, mining copper ore, mining coal\mining gold ore, portland gold mining co, cripple creek, arizona mining co, utah fuel co, oliver iron co, ojibway mining co -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Hoisting and Hoisting Appliances, 1900
Brown, half leather bound book including sections of hoisting, prospecting, placer and hydraulic Mining, Preliminary Operations at Metal Mines, Metal Mining and Surface Arrangements at Metal Mines. The book includes illustrations and an index.mining, tools, tunnels, timbering, illustrations, ventilation, hoisting, prospecting -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - HELL BELOW - LEADER, 1959
'Hell Below'. The romance of gold - fictional story of mining at Bendigo, told from the viewpoint of a man who worked below. Reference to known mines and locations in Bendigo.W Snowdenbendigo, mining, conditions at the time.