Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Large group of workers in front of poppet head and winding engine shed. Oriental mine in background.Smokestack Poppet Head and winding machinery shed with men posing in foreground. Card and horse at lower right of photo. stawell gold mining

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Group of mine workers c1890 against the background of the mine. The wooden ramp built on trestles was used by horse drawn drays to deliver the Quartz for treatment in the cyanide vats.Dark photo of mine workers lined up in front of ore ramp. Horses and drays would go up the ramp to dump the crushed sand into the cyanide vats. Building is on right."Elite" Studio Co. Melbournestawell gold mining

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Group of miners standing near lift cage at bottom of poppet headCloseup of group of miners in front of mine infrastructure stawell gold mining

William and Mary Hobbs became wealthy mine owners in Stawell particularly from the Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Two B/W portraits of man in suit leaning on pedestal., and Woman in hat and collared dress.On Portrait of male. Stewart & Co 219 219 Bourke Street East Melbournestawell

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Magdala Cake Baked at Victoria Bakery Patrick Street by Mr J. Walker. C1881stawell, streetscape

Iron Triangle Gong purchased from Magdala Mine when mine closed by Mr Garnet Hatelystawell

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The Ballarat School of Mines was the first School of Mines in Australia and was established in 1870. 22 page booklet titles 'The Ballarat School of Mines: A Statement of the Objects and Resources of the School.' The book has a number of illustrations including the interior of the Ballarat School of Mines Laboratory, and the former Ballarat Circuit Court House. It includes a statement of the formation, progress, and present position of the School of Mines, Ballaarat. The image of the Ballarat School Mines Assay Room shows assay furnaces, crucibles, chimney, and teacher Joseph Flude on the far right. This room is now is a building known as the 'Old Chemistry Building'. Plan and elevation of the new Metallurgical Laboratory and Proposed Chemical Laboratory is depicted.On front cover "Recorded in M-A" "1873"ballarat school of mines, assay, courthouse, joseph flude, crucible, furnace, flude, warrington rogers, brough smyth, harrie wood, wood, james bickett, bickett, redmond barry, somerville learmonth, metallurgy, chemistry, laboratory, examinations, mining engineer, assayer, inorganic chemistry, underground managers, captains of shift, engieners, enginedrivers, louis balhausen, james campbell, l.s. christie, j.j. casey, alexander dempster, g. higinbotham, james martin, alexander millan, malcolm morrison, band of hope and albion, city of ballarat mining company, city of canterbury gold mining company, egerton mining company, el dorado gold mining company, golden reef gold mining company, happy valley company, hope quartz mining company, long tunnel gold mining company walhalla, hopewell quartz mining company, imperial quartz mining company, student numbers, fees, magdala quartz mining company stawell, mariners and sloane's quartz mining company, new north clunes company, park company, temperence quartz company, tookey quartz company new zealand, walhalla gold mining company, matthew seal, harrie woodmuseum, duke of cornwall claim, john lynch, robert m. sergeant, engineers, f.w. niven, william henry barnard, ballarat school of mines museum, museum, ballarat school of mines library, donations of specimens, mining

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Wide view of mine with Grampians Mountains in background.Mine with snow. The Cyanide plant was constructed in Sept 1900 and became the largest in Victoria. Just in front of the large tree a ramp can be seen and a horse and dray going up the ramp. Just below and to the left of the tree the cyanide vats can be seen. On the right is the poppet head of the Magdala and Oriental and North Cross Mine. The fire station is on the left in the far distance. with the W S Heal & Sons Coachbuilders Corner of Lazelle and Byrne Street businessMagdala Cum Moonlight Mine. Herbert's Studio. Stawellstawell gold mining

Beginning of Decline made by Stawell Joint Venture Mining Stawell 1981. Stawell Joint Venture. The Magdala gold mine was officially opened by -Hon David White M.L.C. Minister for Minerals and Energy on Friday 5th Oct. 1984. Gold production 1984. Gold by July 1991 approximately 142,500 ounces. Length of decline 4 Km's. Approx. length of development 18 Km's.Black and white photograph of a long trench with fence either side of the trench. Buildings in the background behind bush setting.stawell

Portrait - Thomas Kinsella c1895 part shareholder Moonlight and Magdala Mine. Half shareholder Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Photo taken at back of old Kinsella house in Patrick Street before the brick house was built.Copy of original photo held by family. Mr. Thomas Kinsella seated wearing bowler hat and double breasted jacket over white shirt and tie lighter trousers. Seated in cushioned chair. Black curly haired dog on bent wood chair. Both in front of ivy terrace , showing part of house.stawell