Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Some other mines in the Walhalla area were the North Long Tunnel, . . . The slide shows the North Long Tunnel in a gully. Markings: 35 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This shows a section of quartz reef about 3.500 feet down in the Long Tunnel Mine. Markings: 34 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Horizontal and vertical shafts were used to reach and follow the roof in the Long Tunnel Mine. Later as inclined shaft was used. Markings: 33 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The mine was almost in the main street. Photo shows the town and the mine in a valley between the mountains. Markings: 33 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The Long tunnel operated almost continually from 1863 to 1914 and produced 301/2 tons of gold worth over £3,000,000. Markings: 31 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. This is the Long Tunnel Gold Mine in 1910. The tram-line roamed the hill was used for carrying timber to the mine. Engine House, Inclined Shaft, Battery, Boiler House and Firewood stacks are marked on the slide. Markings: 30 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. The Gold Mines. Altogether there were over a dozen mines operating in Walhalla. The Long Tunnel Mine became famous as the richest gold mine in Victoria. Markings: 29 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. Photo with the caption 'Today, Walhalla is served by a modern bus service'. It can be seen in the photo that Walhalla is very mountainous. Vehicles appear to be made in the 1930s to 1940s. Markings: 28 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and miners. After 1861, many new fields were discovered - e.g., Walhalla (1863), Landsborough (1864), Alexandra (1867), Rheola (1868), Turton's Creek (1872; and new diggings were established on some of the older fields - e.g., Cathcart (near Ararat) in 1864, and at Fiddler's Creek (Avoca) in 1868. But these rushes do not belong to the gold era proper. And both before and for many years after 1861, there were scores of small diggings - after 1861, there were scores of small diggings - too numerous to mention - in Victoria. Markings: 16 994:LIF I. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. Some of these fields were the scenes of remarkable rushes, comparable with the great rushes of 1851 and1852. For example, it was unofficially estimated that there were 50,000 on the Maryborough field in 1854, over 50,000 at Fiery Creek (Beaufort) in 1855, 40,000 to 50,000 at Dunolly in 1856, 60,000 at Ararat in 1857, and, in the last of the great rushes of the' fifties', 30,000 at Back Creek (Amherst) in 1859. Markings: 15 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. R. W. I. L. S. R. Ck. Y. D H. W.P. New fields established 1858-1861. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. S.A. D. Ar. F.C. S. New fields established 1855-1857. Markings: 13 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. . . . But the digger worked for himself - individually, or (more usually) as a member of a party who shared the proceeds of their work. Markings: 9 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Bendigo. The miner is employed by a mining company - and works for wages; . . . Photo shows the Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Bendigo. Markings: 8 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. . . In creeks and gullies where the weathering of auriferous quartz veins had deposited gold-bearing sands and gravels. He worked in the surface alluvium. Picture shows diagram of this. Markings: 7 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. (Trutt) Digger's tent and equipment. But the digger worked with the primitive implements of the prospector; . . . Photo shows miners and their tent and equipment. Markings: 6 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. Miners at Bendigo. Gold mining is carried out with elaborate and expensive machinery; . . . Photo shows miners at work drilling. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. (Tulloch) Forest Creek, Mt. Alexander . . . But the digger worked at or near the surface. Picture shows lots of diggers at work. Markings: 4 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. The gold miner works down to great depths; . . Photo shows a miner being placed in a cage to be lowered down to his work level. Markings: 3 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. At the outset, we must be clear as to what diggings was. A gold diggings was. A gold diggings was not a gold mine, or a group of gold mines, and the digger was not a miner as we know him - though, right from the beginning of the rush, the words ''mines'' and ''miners'' were used to describe ''diggings'' and ''diggers''. Diggers and Miners. Markings: 2 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. Unit 6 LIFE AND WORK AT THE DIGGINGS Section I DIGGERS AND MINERS Markings: 1 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The construction of the railway required many miles of cuttings on the steep slopes of the hills. Photo shows that the hills are approx. 45 degrees. Markings: 24 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This is all that remains of the Long Tunnel Mine. The photo shows a tunnel on the right of picture and possibly another in the top left corner there are 2 man made structures, the front one appears to be a chimney. Markings: 35 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Your town has a history tool How much of its story can you write? Markings: 62 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The hills, once almost bores of timber for the mines, are returning to their natural state, giving Walhalla a natural scenic beauty which attracts many tourists. Markings: 61 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Today Walhalla is a quiet little village almost hidden in the valley of Stringer's Creek. Photo shows the town in the valley. Markings: 60 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Walhalla grew to such an extent that, with a population of over 4,000 people. It became a borough and the centre of the Shire of Walhalla. After gold mining ceased and the population had dwindled away, the shire was broken up and Walhalla was left with little of its former glory. Markings: 59 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. Charity Sunday was an important annual event. The Mountaineer Band provided musical supper. Picture shows a gathering of people in the heart of Walhalla near the rotunda. Markings: 58 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. This fact is recorded on a tablet on the former strong room, all that remains of the bank. Picture shows the strong room half surrounded by vegetation with a cow and some people in the front. Markings: 57 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Diggers & Mining. Diggers and Miners. The Bank of Victoria, which purchased most of the gold from the Walhalla mines, is estimated to have handled £10,000,000 worth of gold. Markings: 56 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields