A mining firm was established by Hugh McColl in 1871. It was taken over by his son and later another son becoming McColl Bros. Prior to 1896 Ronald Alexander Rankin, who had worked as a clerk in the company from boyhood was made a partner and the firm became McColl and Rankin. In 1911, john J Stanistreet was also promoted to partner and the firm was called McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet. The partnership was dissolved in 1917 upon the retirement of McColl although the company continued under the same name. The company provided legal management of mines, insurance brokerage and legal services and eventually operated from their newly built premises, Commercial House, in Charing CrossBook: list of employees, address and number of dependents, presumed to be Red White & Blue Extended. Cardboard cover - patterned, red spine, loose pages inserted giving names, trade, or occupation, days worked, remarks.MCCOLL RANKING & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining staff, mccoll ranking & stanistreet, red white and blue extended gold mine

Patterned blue hard cover, black binding on spine. New Oswald Gold Mining Co. Gold Book. Entries date from November 28th. 1924 to 29th June 1929. Gold Book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Mining Collection. Entries include gold entries from the battery, tributors and cyanide. Affixed inside front cover, documents: 1. Bank of New South Wales, Maldon. Pale blue bank forms. Records of money paid for gold advances. Signed by Geo Kingsley. 2 New Oswald Gold Mining Co., with Bank of New South Wales, Maldon, gold advances, tributors. 3. Royal Mint gold records paid in. bendigo, margaret roberts, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, assayed, melted, gold, bank of new south wales, maldon, new oswald gold mine

Newspaper article in Bendigo Weekly by Jack Perry. Mentions Diamond Hill and Golden Gully, Phillips Water Wheel, and Stafford Mine.diamond hill, phillips water wheel, jack perry, stafford gold mine

Handwritten notes with typed copy of same:- Deborah Mine now North Deborah No 2 Shaft. 1st Winding engine. 2nd Winding Engine Roberts & Sons built 191-. Shifted to Deborah. Poppet Legs - Tubular Steel with four rivetted flanges. Came from Sebastion where they had not been erected, and originally from the Windmill Hill Mine, Long Gully. Built by Thompson & Co Engineers, Castlemaine. Ref. for poppet legs - Annual Reports 1895 Page 61. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, notes on the north deborah mine, north deborah no 2 shaft, roberts & sons, windmill hill mine, thompson & co engineers castlemaine

Two handwritten pages (typed copies of same) and carbon copies on Lancashire Boiler and Cornish Boiler At North Deborah No 1 Shaft and two Cornish boilers at the North Deborah No 2 Shaft (Big Deborah). Notes show the markings on the boilers and various dates. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, notes on boilers at north deborah mines, north deborah no 1 shaft, north deborah no 2 shaft (big deborah), cornish boiler, lancashire boiler

BHS CollectionNewspaper article from The Sun, Thursday 8/1/70. Article mentions rise in the price of shares. Attached is a letter to the shareholders them newly-created shares of a nominal value of 25 cents each. The funds raised would liquidate temporary loans of $12,500 which was the money owing in regard to ;\'Mobile Prospecting Plant' and 'North Hustlers Mine' purchases. Albert Richardson Collection.newspaper, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, newspaper article on price rise on shares at north deborah mine, mr c maskiel, the sun 8/1/70, melbourne age 31/10/68, the stock exchange of melbourne, tingha tin project, mobile prospecting plant, north hustlers mine, j stanistreet jnr, mccoll rankin & stanistreet

BHS CollectionFour handwritten pages. Copy of correspondence from Thompsons (Castlemaine) Limited to Mr McCann, Manager, North Deborah Mine, Bendigo re the setting of the valves in the Roberts Winding Engine. As they have not got any records of the design of the machine, they suggest dismantling part of the machine so that a reasonable setting can be determined and a chart made to which the fitters will have to adjust the Valves. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, letter from thompsons (castlemaine) ltd, mr mccann, john g burnell, roberts steam winding engine, north deborah mining company no liability, mr j g browne, j j stanistreet

Handwritten notes and typed copies of same, on Great. Southern Engine housed at Nth Deborah. 'For details, see copy of Catalogue of Sale, 10th April, 1947. Have checked these figures:- Cylinders 22 in dia. Catalogue figures 24 in dia. Stroke 5 ft 0 ins. Length of cyl 5 ft 6 ins. Size of Engine Bed at the St Southern Mine. Length of Bed 23 ft 6 ins. Width across Centres 14 ft 2 ins. Bed made of bricks. A Richardson. For comparison, Big Deborah - Length of cylinder 3 ft 6 ins'. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, gt southern engine housed at north deborah mine, gt southern mine, a richardson, big deborah

BHS CollectionHandwritten notes and typed copy of same, on the East Boiler and the West Boiler at the North Deborah No 2 Shaft. Mentioned are size of plates, test pressure and work pressure, dates when tested and receiver number and size. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, boilers ar the north deborah no 2 shaft

Typed account from Miller & Co (Machinery) Pty Ltd to The North Deborah G. M. Co. Account is dated 30th June 1948 and lists items purchased on the 1st, 4th, 7th, 11th, 15th and 17th of June. Items include Sheet lead, tomahawks,file, bolts, candles, raw linseed oil, saws, shovels, nails, brooms and Bickford Fuse. Decorative heading at the top of the page around the name. Albert Richardson Collection.document, gold, the north deborah gold mine co, north deborah mine, account from miller & co (machinery) pty ltd

Silver plated tea service presented to Henry Muncey by his colleagues at the The New Chum Mine on his marriage to Eliza Brooks in 1898. The service consists of a silver coffee pot, a silver tea pot, silver sugar bowl and silver creamer. All items are decoratively engraved with scroll work, floral emblems and punch work. The coffee pot is engraved with the words " Presented to H Muncey by employees New Chum Railway GMC on his marriage 3.2.98".A lozenge with the letters EP with a reclined S in a diamond. William Mammatt & Sons Sheffield.henry muncey, new chum gold mine, eliza brooks, 1898, marriage

Handwritten carbon copy of notes on the Victoria Hill Project. Notes contain recommendations and some history of the area. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, victoria hill project, mr eric wilkinson, wittscheibe's 'jewellers shop', the adventure, luffsman & sterry's, ballerstedt's open cut, j n macartney, bendigo goldfield registry for 1870, australian mining standard june 1st 1899 special edition, gold mine hotel, new chum hill (once known as the south victoria hill), central deborah, albert richardson

BHS CollectionFive page index of applications for mining leases taken out in Sandhurst, 1859-1862. Attached are print-outs of Government Gazette pages, showing entries that relate to applications for mining leases during the period 1858-1862. Slip of paper attached to front page reads: Applications for Mining Leases in the Mining District of Sandhurst 1859-1862, (Index prepared by staff at the Bendigo Goldfields Library) Note: no leases listed for Sandhurst from 1.1.1859-11.7.1859. Victorian Government Gazette, October 10, 1862, Issue 121, p 1954. Listed in index for 1862, but no leases found on that page. Document from the Phyllis Toy Collection.Government Gazette entries are described in pencil on side of Gazette page, example: Vic Govt Gazette, 13/9/1859 Issue 146, p 1936.adventure gold mine, mine leases 1858-1862, sandhurst, goldmining

Light brown leather cover share register, burgundy border on bottom of cover, three hundred and fifty two pages. Written on spine in gold leaf: ' Share Register, Ulster G.M.C. No Liability.' Index is missing from front of register. Inserted between cover and front page, two pages of shareholder names, shares held and sold to. Entries from 1924, in alphabetical order in register. Affixed to page 352 is an account of sales by James Andrew & Co., Sworn Valuators, Auctioneers and General Salesmen, of forfeited shares sold on account of the 'Ulster Gold Mining Company No Liability on September 16th., 1924, for an amount of twenty two pounds, nineteen shilling and two pence. Register is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records. bendigo, margaret roberts, goldmining, ulster gold mine, share register

Three-page typed document plus map. Document details location and history of the New Chum Railway Mine, Golden Square and includes: depth of shaft, size of lease, locality, poppet legs, winding engine, engine houses, crushing battery, best gold obtained, prominence, and total gold production and dividends. References provided. Document forms part of research referred to in Albert Richardson's paper 2264.70.bendigo, mining, new chum railway gold mine

BHS CollectionBlack and white photo, No 2 tram passing Ironbark Mine on Mt. Korong Road, (now Eaglehawk Road ) Long Gully. Tram has two signs on side - ''You'll cook better electrically' and 'Wedding Album Photography, Leo A. Hughes, Eaglehawk'.Written on back in blue pen - 4'' wide, 85#.'4" wide, 85#'basil miller, long gully, ironbark gold mine, bendigo tramways

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph : image shows metal headframe at Carshalton mine site. Mine sheds in background. Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil: 'Carshalton headframe 14.6.35'carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor, winder

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph : winder machinery inside shed.Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil: 'Carshalton winder ready to start 14.6.35''carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor, winder

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph : image shows Carshalton headframe and erection of trestle way. Image shows erection of supports for trestle way. Man standing on track of trestleway.Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Carshalton trestles erected 22.8.35 'carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor, winder, trestle way

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph : image shows Carshalton headframe and erection of trestle way.Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Carshalton erecting trestles 21.6.35 'carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor, winder, trestle way

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph : image shows Carshalton headframe and trestle way. Electric power line and pole in foreground. Pile of mullock at end of trestleway.Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Carshalton showing completed trestle 5.9.35 'carshalton gold mine

Newspaper article and photo from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 12/7/68. Article mentions Victoria Hill, behind John Brown Industries Factory, will be the site for the mining and historical museum. Photo shows two visitors looking at the open cut area of Victoria Hill.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, victoria hill, site for mine museum, john brown industries, bendigo city council, bendigo and district association, cr t r flood, victoria quartz gold mine, lansell's 180 mine, theodore ballerstedt, mr george lansell, heather champness, shirley leersen

Six page document plus map, dated 21st September 1940, between the Crown and Herbert Jackson Leed, for the land shown on the accompanying map 'indicated by yellow colour' Depths indicated on lease document. On map: Mining District of Bendigo, County of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst. No. 11081. Net Area 24 acres, 3 roods, 3 perches. Signed by Herbert Leed and ?Walsh, Warden Clerk, Bendigo. Map shows lease holding 11081 coloured yellow. Other leases: no's. 9882 11081, 11034, 11080. Streets: Fletcher Street, and Belle Vue Road. Gullies: Derwenters Mistake Bully and Pig Face Gully on lease 11081. Quarry Hill Recreation Reserve marked and some residential allotments. Water race indicated on map. On back of document: ; Deborah United Gold Mining Company No Liability of Charing Cross Bendigo is now the proprietor of the within described estate by transfer registered on 21st November 1940 and numbered 1795202.bendigo, mining, deborah united gold mine, herbert jackson leed, deborah united gold mining. major general sir winston joseph dugan

Black and white photograph. Poppet head, trestleway in background. Small mullock heaps in foreground.central nell gwynne gold mine, goldmining, trestleway, poppet head

Black and white photograph of Central Nell Gwynne. Side image of poppet head with processing plants. Inscriptions: 'Central Nell Gwynne Mine' written on bottom front of photographmining site, central nell gwynne gold mine, poppet head

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

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 small shed immediately in front of the large shed. Two sheds in centre of image with poppet head in foreground. An ore bin is on the ground in far left of image. Soft top 'Tourer' car in foreground. Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne '5/12/34'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of a 350 cubic foot diesel compressor at Carshalton mine site, 1934. Written in pencil on back of photograph in pencil: 'Carshalton Compressor 14/6/35'carshalton gold mine, diesel compressor

Nell Gwynne (B.M.L.) Mine Manager's Report 12th January 1935: Main Shaft - advanced 35 ft to 147 ft below collar and timbered to 131 ft. Progress through W. dipping bed with quartz spurs between 120 and 125 ft. Erection of 1000 cfm compressor unit nearing completion. Sinking winch foundations being placed. (Sun News Pictorial, 12th January 1935) Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Image shows three sheds on mine site, metal headframe with four levels constructed in front of sheds and over the shaft. Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne '5/2/35'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft, mining, gold mining

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph of Nell Gwynne mine site. Image shows sheds on mine site completed, three men in front of shed left hand side; metal headframe under construction on right hand side of image. Cow grazing in foreground.Written in pencil on back of photograph in black pen: 'Nell Gwynne '5/12/34'nell gwynne gold mine, shaft