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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: HERCULES AND ENERGETIC
One page handwritten document titled ' Hercules and Energetic, Mine Manager, J. Roberts Report, transcribed by Albert Richardson. Dates from 1910 to 1911. Extract from text: '30.6.1911, Carpenter has started to pull down the old poppet legs on east shaft'.Albert Richardsonbendigo, mining, hercules and energetic mine -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA HILL MINES
Two page handwritten document titled 'Victoria Hill Mines, Dickers M.R. 23.11.1861. Wittschiebe and Co. Claim. Next north to No. 2, Midway Company' Transcribed by Albert Richardson. Extract from text: 'There are reefs passing through this ground at small intervals in every part of this claim, they all dip north. The mass of leaders struck in No. 4 (shaft) yielded, on an average about 1 1/2 ounces to the ton to the amount, in all, of about 12,000 pounds. From the eastern Victoria, the present proprietors extracted in nine months 55,000 pounds worth of gold.' Owners of mine. Messrs A. Witrtschiebe, A. Sagasser, F. Meison, A. Urban, H. Koch, C. Killian and A. Rudolf. Document details the claim, the shafts sunk, their depth, issues re workings and gold found.Albert Richardsonbendigo, mining, wittschiebe & co. claim -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA REEF, TRY ME WELL REEF AND HERCULES REEF
Three page handwritten document transcribed by Albert Richardson. On top of document: The Victoria Reef, Victoria Spurs, East Victoria Reef, Try McWell Reef and the Hercules Reef. Reference Dickers Mining Record, Vol 1, No. 1 Page g. November 23, 1861. Document details the location of the reef lines and some of the mines and claims along them. For example, page one: 'The main Victoria, really a continuation of the South Victoria, commences at a point to the west of the Mt Korong Road, where the high portion of the ranges is intersected by the head of the Iron Bark Gully, the southern most claim being Ballerstedt and Son's. This line of reef is remarkable from the extraordinary richness of the lodes, not less than from the singular manner in which the gold has been distributed'.Albert Richardsonbendigo, mining, victoria reef line -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: CHEWTON MINE
One page document, extracts from M.G. Journal Vol 6, No. 3, 1958/59, Page 3 and M.G. Journal 1939. Chewton Mine shaft approx 523 feet, south and 45 feet east of Wattle Gully shaft. .Extract includes detail of the main shaft, headframe, winch, compressed air, concentration plant, water for plant. Ten head stamp battery, 1250 lb stamps 5 in drop, 100 drops a minute, Wilfley tables and corduroy strakes. A new change house, smithy and concentrate shed have recently been erected (9.6.1939)bendigo, mining, chewton gold mine -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: WATTLE GULLY GOLD MINE, CHEWTON
One page document. On top of page 'Wattle Gully Mine, Chewton, Mining and Equipment' Document details the main shaft, concentrating plant, drainage water, compressed air and ventilation. Machinery mentioned: Ingersoll -Rand compressor; Ruston-Hornby diesel engine and Jaques jaw crusher.bendigo, mining, wattle gully gold mine chewton -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: A 1 COMPANY
One page document detailing the formation of the A1 Mining Company in 28.8.1918. Company formed by Melbourne investors. Capital of 50,000 pounds in 100,000 shares at 10/- each. Included the Clarence, New Moon and Suffolk on the Garden Gully line. A1 purchased the winding plant at the New Moon and the winch plant at the Clark and Neanger shafts. Clarence, North Argus, Suffolk and New Moon south and east shafts remain the property of the companies.bendigo, mining, a1 gold mine -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MINING CONTRACTS
One page document with information from Dickers Mining Records, Contracts 23.11.1861, page 15. Mine listed are Johnson Reef Gold Mines Co. To put down a winze to 305 feet level. Contract for carting away tailings, contract for putting in x cut and materials. Gibbs and Lazarus Claim, contract to sink the cut East Reef; Londonderry Co's Claim contract to erect horse and poppet heads; Sailors Gully Quartz Mining Co., erection of engine and boiler, brick foundation 15 ft high, fixing bob of pump.bendigo, mining, mining contracts -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: FATE OF MINING COMPANIES
One page document . An extract from Dickers Mining Record, Vol.1 No. 1 November 23, 1861, page 2. The demise of some mining companies is discussed. Companies mentioned are McNair's Specimen Hill and the Nelson Reef with their expensive machinery and brillian prospects but who look for an early dividend. 'Those who have any knowledge at all about mining know how unreasonable such expectations are'bendigo, mining, neson reef, mcnair's specimen hill -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: REPORT ON INSPECTION OF DEBORAH MINES
Two page document ( carbon copy ) detailing report on inspection, mining machinery 17 November, 1971. Report states ' Met Mr. R. Barker, first to Nth Deborah met Frank Vincent at this mine. Inspected Great Southern engine. Other mines mentioned are South Deborah, Deborah Extended. Second page details tyhe mining machinery made and used in Bendigo such as R. Roberts' Winding Engine and Poppet legs at the Central Deborah Mine. Also a Thompson (Castlemaine) air compressor at this mine. Document signed by Albert Richardson 19.11.1971.bendigo, mining, mining equipment -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION DEEP MINES ON THE BENDIGO FIELD
One page document titled ' Secretary for Mine's Report for 1911, Deep Mines page 24. List of mines and depths, The Victoria Quartz 4614 feet, New Chum Railway 4318 feet, Lazarus New Chum 3682 feet, New Chum and Victoria 3579 feet, North Johnson's 3498 feet, Carlisle 3460 feet, Lansell's 180 3365 feet, Clarence 3310 feet, Great Extended Hustlers 3290 feet, Ironbark 3250 feet, Victoria Consols 3114 feet, New Chum Consolidated 3099 feet, Eureka Extended3060 feet, Princess Dagmar 3020 feet, Johnsons Reef No 2 2020 feet.bendigo, mining, deep mines on the field -
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Newspaper - BENDIGO SCHOOLS COLLECTION: GRAVEL HILL STATE SCHOOL
Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' 1938 grade 1a Gravel Hill State School. This photo was taken at the Bendigo competitions, after performing in the ''Action Song for Boys'' section. The teacher was Miss Skinner. Back row, left to right: Bruce Albert, Unknown, Brian Hartley, Max MacLean, Keith Robertson. Centre row: Graeme Norris, Kevin Brennan, Max Stevens, Brian Dellar, Graeme Hyden, Malcom Bush. Front row: Lance Connor, Jim Grubb, Graeme Pascoe, Ian Connor, Peter McPhee, Bill Leggo, Bryan Randall.school, history, gravel hill -
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Document - INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES COLLECTION: DOCUMENTS, 1863-1911
... Inc. History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ...Documents. No. 10 Albert & Alexander, White Hills, Established May 28th 1863. Amalgated with Star of Bendigo, Tent No. 5 1864. Pride of the Hills White hills established July 6th 1906, registered March 9th, 1908. George Dower, John Brown, Fred P. Morris. The Rechabite, July 8th , 1911. Temperance Halls on Crown land. -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: CARSHALTON LINE OF REEF
Five page handwritten document with: 1. details of the Carshalton line of reef and a photocopied extract from an book (not referenced) with information about the Carshalton Gold Mining Company NL 2. Some facts and figures and comments ( about Bendigo mines generally) topics include deep shafts, shafts made safe, men employed on field, cost of firewood, winding ropes - flat and round, size of mining shafts, weekly wages, 'years of pride' and 'years of destruction'. Signed by Albert Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo.March 1968.bendigo, mining, carshalton reef line -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Two handwritten copies of the same document titled 'The Bendigo Goldfield, the City Built on Gold' Many amendments made to the text with pen. Extract: 'Bendigo the City Built on Gold, more than 22 million ounces of it. In only two years and three months, after gold was first found in the spring of 1851 at a spot called 'The Rocks' in Golden Square, over one million ounces oif gold had been won, nearly 662,000 oz of it in 1853. Thousands of diggers' holes and mounds scarred the surface from Golden Gully to White Hills; at Ironbark, Long, California and Sailor's Gullies, and through Eaglehawk to the Whipstick Forest'.bendigo, mining, the city built on gold -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: STATE BATTERY BELLE VUE ROAD, BENDIGO
One page document with map sowing the location of the State Battery Quarry Hill. Visitation times are given, presumably it was a tourist destination.bendigo, mining, state battery -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: TOUR OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELD 1967
Seven page printed document. On top 'Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch. Conducted tour of Bendigo Goldfields.' Easter 1967. Document lists the names and details of mines covered on the tour, including the : Central Deborah, corner Violet and Creek Street North Deborah, Breen Street, Quarry Hill The Deborah, off Adams Street, Quarry Hill The New Chum Railway, Breen Street, Golden Square Eureka Extended South Belle Vue. The Hustlers Hill area history. New Chum Hill history Mines on the New Chum Hill and vicinity: Lansell's 180 New Chum and Victoria The Lazarus New Chum United New Chum consolidated Garibaldi Long Gully mines The Ironbark Carlisle United Hercules Document is signed by A. Richardson.bendigo, mining, mine tour 1967 -
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Newspaper - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: NORTH DEBORAH AND DEBORAH GOLD MINES
Two newspaper articles regarding the dismantling of the North Deborah and Deborah Gold mines. 1. Bendigo Advertiser 4th December 1979. 'Act Now!'. A letter to the paper written by Ken Bice and Trevor Palmer, Students of Eaglehawk High School, making the public aware of the possible dismantling of the mines. ' 2. Bendigo Advertiser 4th December 1970. 'North Deborah' article quoting Mr. G. Maskiel re action to clean up the area at the North Deborah Mine at Quarry Hill.bendigo, mining, deborah mines -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: BIG DEBORAH GOLD MINE
15 page document, photocopied. A collection of mine managers' reports and Albert Richardson's research re the mine known as the 'Big Deborah' on the Deborah line of reef. Contains details of the engine house, the boilers, the winding engine, reconditioning the boilers, the poppet legs, shaft details and underground equipment. The poppet legs are steel and originally from the 'Windmill Hill' mine, Sebastian. The Big Deborah had a shaft depth of 2017 feet, the No. 2 shaft was 240 feet. Mine formed in 1932, ceased operations in 1959, located in Golden Square, near the railway line. Report on diamond drilling at North Deborah.bendigo, mining, big deborah gold mine -
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Newspaper - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: ARTICLE INTEREST IN GOLD HISTORY
Article, Bendigo Advertiser 16th October 1970, on speech given by Professor Brian Lewis, lecturer in architecture, Melbourne University when addressing the Rotary Club of South Bendigo. He believed that ' Bendigo with its genuine gold history and availability of gold mining equipment was ideally situated to deveop this asset as a tourist attraction'.bendigo, mining, tourism -
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Newspaper - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: INSPECTING THE NELL GWYNNE GOLDMINE POPPET HEAD
Newspaper clipping, Bendigo Advertiser 19.10.1970. . Image shows six men, members of the Rotary Club of Bendigo South standing at the foot of the Nell Gwynne Poppet head. Men in image are: Professor Lewis ( lecturer in architecture, Melbourne University) , Don Allen, Albert Richardson, Vic Wodetski, Bill Rodd and Jack Bright. 'Caption reads: Professor Lewis is keen to see Bendigo do something about restoring the surface workings of a goldmine to working condition as a tourist attraction.'bendigo, mining, minimg museum -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MINING MUSEUM
Six page typed document, signed by Albert Richardson, and a handwritten copy of same. Written on top right of typed document: 'These recommendations all adopted by General Meeting Bendigo and District Tourist Association, 30.11.1967' Document describes the 'Central Nell Gwynne area, situated at West Bendigo, approximately 150 yards north of main Calder Highway to Mildura, local section Marong Road, which is a public purposes reserve under Section 14 of the Land's Act 1958. The steel poppet legs donated by the late Jack Barker to the City Council for preservation be a permanent reminder of the gold mining era and containing the engine beds and 20 head crushing battery foundation, be developed as a mining museum for tourists, educational and historical purposes'bendigo, mining, central nell gwynne -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION:VICTORIA HILL NOTES
Thirteen page document with notes about Victoria Hill, some handwritten by Albert Richardson. Mine managers' reports, extracts from mining texts and an undeground diagram of the Hill are included. Dimensions of Lansell's 222 mine poppet head are described and draft notes regarding the possible interpretive signage on Victoria Hill sites for tourism.bendigo, mining, victoria hill -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA HILL
Sixteen page document with details about Victoria Hill, Victoria Spurs, East Victoria Reef, Try Me Well Reef and Hercules Reef. (ref: Dicker's Mining Record 23rd November, 1861) Wittschiebe & Co's Claim Victoria Hill, Victoria Reef Gold Mining Company And Victgoria Quartz are mentioned.bendigo, mining, victoria hill -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF MINES
Five page document, handwritten, detailing the mines along the New Chum Line of Reef. A table of information is attached with data about the early workings on the reef line. Calls, dividends, ounces of gold extracted and depth of shafts are described.bendigo, mining, new chum line of reef -
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Photograph - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: NEW ST MUNGO EAST SHAFT
Black and white photograph. Image shows poppet head legs top left, winding machine in centre. Woman standing beside winding machine, wearing a hat and dress. Appears to be 1950's? Written on back of photo: Central Bendigo? Was the original New St. Mungo East Shaft'bendigo, mining, new st. mungo east shaft -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: EARLY HISTORY OF THE BENDIGO GOLDFIELD
Typed foolscap two sided document with information about the early history of the Bendigo Goldfield. Topics include the first gold discovery, how gullies were worked, quartz reefing, gold cakes, hand dollies and Chilian mills. Some brief statistics of the Bendigo goldfield include the total gold yield of 17,370,561 ounces plus 5,000,000 oz sold outside Bendigo. The greatest depth reached by any mine in the State, 4,593 feet below surface, or 3,700 feet below sea-level, was attained by the Victoria Quartz Company. About 100 shafts exceed a depth of 1,000 feet, of which 40 are between 2,000 and 3,000 feet deep, fifteen are between 3,000 and 4,000 feet and two are over 4,000 feet.bendigo, mining, mines department -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: STATE BATTERIES
Two sided foolscap sheet, written on top in pencil: ' To State Battery, Easter Saturday, 21.4.1973 ( Mr. Bert Terrill).' The operation of the six state batteries is described, including the rates for crushing, the procedure of crushing and treatment, and the clean up. State batteries Group 1 were: Bendigo, Bright, Rutherglen. Group 2 Maldon, Edgerton and Wedderburn.Mines Department Museum, State Offices Annexe, 107 Russell Street, Melbourne.bendigo, mining, state battery -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: WATTLE GULLY GOLD MINE
Black and white photo, faded, laminated. Image shows Ken Bice operating a scraper. On back of image ' Ken Bice operating a scraper in intermediate level 6 metres agove No. 1 level (60m) Wattle Gully Mine 1980 working on Gibbers Reef.'mining, underground equipment, wattle gully gold mine -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: THE PEARL MINE
Typed, 2 page document, detailing the location and history of the operation of the Pearl Mine. The mine was located approximately 2 miles north west from the Bendigo Post Office. The main shaft was put down to 1613 feet and 3 subsidiary shafts were sunk, Information is given about the south shaft, originally the main shaft of the Great Extended Hercules and the east shaft, which was situated on the Sheepshead line.bendigo, mining, pearl company mine -
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Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: PEARL COMPANY SHARE NOTICE
Notice from the Pearl Company , Saturday 24th November, 1900, informing shareholders that 'all shares forfeited for non-payment of 24th Call of 6d per Share will be sold by public auction at the Victoria Hotel, Bendigo on Saturday Nobember 243th 1900 at 4 p.m. Unless previously paid, Without Any Further Notice. Signed S.H. McGowan, Manager, Victoria Chambers, Bendigo, November 21ar, 1900'bendigo, mining, pearl company