Showing 66 items matching " delbridge or mannings shaft"
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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH OF DEVONSHIRE SANDS DUMP
... horse. Machine has plate on side 'Pat No. 3281' A man... the draft horse bridle with other hand on shaft of trailer. Man ...Black and white photograph on board. Image shows machine with conveyor belt emptying sand into a trailer harnessed to a draft horse. Machine has plate on side 'Pat No. 3281' A man is standing holding the draft horse bridle with other hand on shaft of trailer. Man standing (LH side) observing the proceedings is wearing a suit and hat. Man standing with back to camera in bottom RH corner. In background, layered sand. Written on back in pencil 'Devonshire Sands'gold mines, mining equipment, devonshire sand dump -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA MINE MANAGERS REPORTS
Handwritten copies from New Chum & Victoria Mine Managers Reports. 9/11/1888 Cage caught in shaft reported by Wm Grigg. 9/11/1888 More about the cage being caught, reported by Mine manager R Jackson. 4/1/1889 Replaced rings in eastern winding engine. No water for 2 days as main burst at Bendigo Creek. 18/1/1889 East boiler leaking. Boilermakers in. Still leaked. 1/2/1889 East battery repaired. 15/2/1889 Water in shaft 15 galls an hour. Total depth from surface 2,134 feet. Wm Vinnard. M. Man. 7/6/1899 Firewood in stock, at ?indes, 552 tons at battery. Urgently require a 2nd boiler. Can only wind for 20 minutes, then stop for steam to rise before hauling. J Agnew Mine Manager.document, gold, new chum & victoria, new chum & victoria mine managers reports, wm grigg, r jackson, wm vinnard, j agnew -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Great Extended Hustlers Gold Mine Sandhurst, April, 2014
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. This document formed part of the research done at the time by Bendigo Historical Society, of the 100 years commemoration of the mine disaster, held at Hustler's Hill in 2014. Two pages of photocopies of images from the 'Australasian Sketcher' May 17th. 1873, of the Great Extended Hustlers Gold Mine Sandhurst. First page: across top of image 'Quartz Mining - The Great Extended Hustlers Mine, Sandhurst'. Across bottom of image ' General View of the Principal Shafts'. Image shows mine buildings, trestle way, mine dam in foreground, poppet head in background. Mining chimneys in background. Second page: same view as above with five small images of mine operations below; men underground, men in mine cate, man pushing ore truck. great extended hustlers, goldmining, accident, 1873 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - NEW CHUM CONSOLIDATED COMPANY, S'HURST
Handwritten notes from Se? Mines Report Pages 46 & 47 on the Machinery at New Chum Consolidated Company, Sandhurst. Notes include boilers, Compressors, Battery and mentions plans. There are also descriptions of the machinery. A typed copy is also included.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum consolidated company s'hurst, shenandoah, garibaldi, mr john delbridge, pearl company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Nell Gwynne Mine Site, 1934
Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Shed under construction on left hand side of image with a man sitting on a cross beam. ; two sheds in centre, one has a man standing on top of ladder leaning against wall. Wooden poppet head in front of sheds. Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne 15/12/34'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Napoleon Main Shaft, 1935
Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: metal mine cage at level in Napoleon mine. Man standing on right hand side looking directly at cage, with both arms raised. Lengths of timber and rock rubble on floor of level. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Nap. main shaft 22/6/36 opposite No. 10 plat' napoleon gold mine, mine machinery, plat, shaft
