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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LISTS OF ITEMS AUCTIONED AT BENDIGO MINES
Typed copies of catalogues of items to be auctioned at the following mines: South Red, White and Blue 12th April 1938 Central Blue 28th October, 1941 at 11 a.m South Virginia Extended (found inside Central Blue catalogue) Big Blue 21st November, 1939 at 10.30 a.m Golden Transverse Bendigo 3rd September 1941Yandoit Co 19th April 1939 Chapman's Gold Mine Chewton 8th February 1939 Ross Creek Extended G.M. Coy 18th August 1938 Ross Creek Extended G.M.Coy Ross Creek Mines Account Mines Dept Pitfield Plains, Glenfine South Shaft Adelong Dredge and leases 10th February 1943 Bright Valley Dredge 9,10th February 1943 Exchequer Extended North Chewton 18th October, 1939 Talbot Alluvials Norbury's No. 2 shaft 5th May 1941 Gordon Gold Mine Inglewood 30th April 1940 Postg Office Hill Mine Chewton 7th February 1940 Carlisle & Whittaker Plant Buninyong Rand Yandoit Mine North Chewton 19th October 1939 Spring Gully Mine Chewton 14th Decembert 1938 Eureka Central Chewton 26th February 1941The Golod Mine Clunes 15th March 1941 Guildford Plateau 20th Novemer 1940 New Long Tunnel Walhalla 12th February 1941 Napoleon BML 28th October 1941 Alfords Battery Hercules No. 1 Mine 12th February 1942 Ramrod Gold Mine Bendigo 19th March 1942 Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Limited 10th and 11th August 1938 Virginia South Extended 1st June 1938 -
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Document - GARDEN GULLY LINE OF REEF, LEASE BLOCKS 5360 AND 5361
Two page document titled ' Report on lease blocks Nos. 5360 and 5361 Garden Gully line of reef, Bendigo. Produced by the Department of Mines 1899. The area described is about 'one mile and a quarter southeast from the centre of the city of Bendigo, immediately south of the Great Southern Gold Mining Company's workings and is intersected by two auriferous gullies ... Salomon's Gully and Derwenter's Gully'. The alluvial deposits, the Garden Gully line, the Great Souther Co.and old workings are discussed in the paper. A map of the Garden Gully line of reef is attached to the report, showing claimholders and mine names along that section of the reef. Mines named on the map: Great Southern Garden Gully United Ulster Londonderry Burrows Horwoods Sea Amalgamated Garden Gully United Victory and Pandora Unity Carlisle and Garden Gully and Passbye United Cornish United Koch's PioneerJames Stirling, Government Geologistbendigo, mining, garden gully line of reef mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - GEOLOGICAL MAP OF BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
Map of Bendigo gold field showing anticlines, synclines, shaft, alluvial deposits and contour lines. Map is in two sections. This map forms part of the Geological Survey of Victoria, Structure of Bendigo Goldfield report, No. 47, 1923. H.Herman, late Director of Geological Survey.Geological Survey Victoriabendigo, gold mining, geological map -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - DEPARTMENT OF MINES VICTORIA : PLAN SHOWING PORTION OF THE BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
Department of Mines Victoria. Plan showing portion of the Bendigo Gold Field. On the back is written, in ink, J. J. Tyler 1937 Northern Area. (He was a teacher at Bendigo High - see donation notes). Across the bottom of the map is written ' M. Hill cr. Myrtle & Barnard' .The named reef lines have been numbered with ink across the bottom of the map. The gullies have been coloured with green pencil and a red pencil line is drawn through the western side of the map. Additional information: anticlinal axial lines at surface, alluvial workings, shaft sites, area of Main Goldfield, Deepest mine workings, Gold output of field to 1935, and Dividends paid 1870 - 1935.bendigo, gold mining, bendigo gold field. gold mining. tyler, j. j. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - AUCTION SALES - MINING CATALOGUE AUCTION SALES
Yellow and white patterned, spring back Spirax Students No. 594 Note Book containing extracts from mining Catalogues loaned by Mr. Dyett (J. H. Curnow's). Mines mentioned include Ramrod Gold Mine, Hercules No. 1, Central Blue, South Virginia Extended, Alfords Battery, South New Moon,The Gold Mine Clunes, Guildford Plateau, Big Blue, Spring Gully Mine at Chewton, Eureka Central at Chewton, Bdgo Amalg. Goldfields Limited, Koch's Air Station, Cornish Mine, Carlisle Battery, Victory & Pandora Mine, Garden Gully, Londonderry Mine, Princess Dagmar, Golden Age, Suffolk United, Virginia South Extended, South Red White & Blue, Pitfield Plains Glenfine South Shaft, Adelong Dredge & Leases, Bright Valley Dredge, North Chewton (Chewton), Talbot Alluvials Norbury's No. 2 Shaft, Gordon Gold Mine Inglewood, Post Office Hill Mine Chewton, Carlisle & Whittaker Plant Maldon, Bunninyong, Yandoit Mine, North Chewton, Golden Transverse Bdgo, Yandoit Co., Chapman's Gold Mine Chewton, Ross Creek Extended G. M. Coy (Ballarat).book, bendigo, mining auction sales, auction sales mining catalogue auction sales, j h curnow, mr dyett, a richardson, ramrod gold mine, hercules no. 1, central blue, south virginia extended, alfords battery, south new moon, the gold mine clunes, guildford plateau, big blue, spring gully mine at chewton, eureka central at chewton, bdgo amalg. goldfields limited, koch's air station, cornish mine, carlisle battery, victory & pandora mine, garden gully, londonderry mine, princess dagmar, golden age, suffolk united, virginia south extended, south red white & blue, pitfield plains glenfine south shaft, adelong dredge & leases, bright valley dredge, north chewton (chewton), talbot alluvials norbury's no. 2 shaft, gordon gold mine inglewood, post office hill mine chewton, carlisle & whittaker plant maldon, bunninyong, yandoit mine, north chewton, golden transverse bdgo, yandoit co., chapman's gold mine chewton, ross creek extended g. m. coy (ballarat). -
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Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT INC GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS ETC 1938
... are District Gold Statistics for alluvial and quartz mining, No of men... are District Gold Statistics for alluvial and quartz mining, No of men ...handwritten notes from the Annual Report.Mines mentioned ae: Central Nell Gwynne, Deborah, New Chum Syncline and the South Virginia. Carshalton B. M. L. closed down. Also mentioned are District Gold Statistics for alluvial and quartz mining, No of men employed in mining in Bendigo. Also mentioned are tons crushed, gold yield, fees rec'd, concessions allowed and free trial crushings at the State Battery for Bendigo and Eaglehawk. The London price of gold per ounce is mentioned and also the number of 1st class and 2nd class e'driver Certificate issied for the years 1937 ad 1938.Albert Richardsondocument, gold, mining reports, mining reports, annual repport inc gold & mineral statistics etc 1938, central nell gwynne, deborah, new chum yncline, south virginia, carshalton b m l, state battery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: GEOLOGICAL MAP - BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
Copy of a Geological Map of the Bendigo Gold Field. Map shows Lines of Reef, Anticlines, Synclines, Shafts, Alluvial Contours Gullies and some street names. Copy is hard to read. There are two pages.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - geological map - bendigo gold field, mines department, h herman, lightning hill line, hustlers line, derby line, paddy's gully line, garden gully line, deborah line, sheepshead line, new chum line, nell gwynne line, british and foreign line, napoleon line, carshalton line, thistle line, christmas line, lancashire line -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Memorabilia - GOLD NUGGET COLLECTION: THE PLATYPUS
A plaster replica of the 377 ozs gold nugget that was discovered in March 1861 in Robinson Crusoe valley at a depth of 5 feet by Mr John Knott and his son. It was the largest nugget found on the field. Value in 2016 $595,463. An article by the Bendigo Advertiser on Saturday 16 March 1861 describes the discovery "One of the largest pieces of gold that have been turned out of the ground on Bendigo, was yesterday brought to light in a small gully called Dead Bullock Gully, on the Kangaroo Flat side of Robinson Crusoe. The fortunate discoverers of the treasure are in this instance, as is generally the case, "fossickers," and where the nugget was found is in some old ground that has no doubt been turned over times innumerable within a few feet of the spot where the prize was lying hid. The exact weight of the nugget is 377 oz 6¾ dwts of as pure gold as ever came out of the ground. The finders are Mr John Knott and his son; the latter,a lad, being the party who actually found it, which he did under rather peculiar circumstances. He was down below in the old hole, putting a drive into an old pillar that had been left, when he drove his pick into the mass of gold, and partially discovered it. Under the excitement of the moment he cried out loudly, and his father, who was on top, immediately jumped down the hole, under the impression that his son had met with an accident, but fortunately found that he only required assistance in extracting the welcome stranger. The following is a description of the nugget. Length, twelve inches; width, six; while in some places it is of about two inches in thickness, in others it is only about half an inch. It has that peculiarity of form which from the days of the early finders of nuggets has enabled one to discover a resemblance to something either common or uncommon. We have had nuggets resembling frying pans, legs of mutton, dampers, and other articles in use in the rosy days of the diggings. In the present instance several parties who have seen the nugget assert that both in shape and size it is very much like an Australian Platypus, one of the ends of the nugget being exactly in formation like the snout of the animal. It will be exhibited today in the gold office of Mr Bannerman, and will, no doubt,attract the gaze of a crowd. Mr Knott states that at breakfast, before going to work in the morning, the boy mentioned to his mother that he had dreamt on the previous night that he would find a large nugget. May the similar dreams of every alluvial miner come as true as this realization of a prize worth between fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds in value."It has a sticker on it that says 'The Platypus 112'mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87375584 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - YIELDS FROM ALLUVIAL & QUARTZ REEFS 1897
Handwritten notes give details of alluvial and quartz yields from the Sandhurst and Eaglehawk gold fields. Ref. Sec. Mines Report 1897, Page 13. Also a report from the Sec. Mines Report1905 Pages 116 & 117 mentioning the number of men employed at Kochs Pioneer, Confidence Ex'td, North Johnsons and Princess Dagmar Mines. Report by G Hawke, Acting Inspector of Mines E'Hawk No 10 Dist.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, yields from alluvial & quartz reefs 1897, sandhurst gold field, g hawke, kochs pioneer, confidence ex'td, north johnsons, princess dagmar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEWS OF BENIDGO: LOOKING EAST FROM ST.PAUL'S CHURCH, 1875 copy~1970
Sepia photo on a cream board. Shows houses viewed east from St.Pauls Church. Inscription: 'Views of Bendigo|No.41.'. Below, 'Scene taken from St. Paul's tower, looking Eastward.', 'N.J.Caire Photo, Sandhurst'. Bottom, 'Casey & Wenborn's Print Forbes & Holmes, Agents',' This view represents the locality of the Back Creek gold digging, and though at present almost deserted, was once a scene of activity, in consequence of the rich patches of alluvial ground it contained'. Nicholas CaireN.J.Caireplace, bendigo, view east from st.paul's church, see: 'views of bendigo' by n.j.caire, 'mp?' -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - GEOLOGICAL MAP OF BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
Two framed laminated maps (a,b) of Bendigo goldfield reef lines, map (b) is a continuation of the reef lines in map (a). On map(a) written in black on top: 'Geological Map, Bendigo Gold Field', Scale of chains, anticlines, synclines, shafts, alluvial and contours marked. Map (b) is continuation of (a). Written on the bottom RH corner of map: 'Prepared in 1923 in the Bendigo Office Mines Department under the direction of H. Herman, Director of Geological Surveys, from surveys by H.S. Whitelaw, Fiield Geologist, assisted by E.S. Usher & J. J. Moore. Re-issued in 1936.'H. Herman, Director of Geological Surveys, from surveys by H.S. Whitelaw, Fiield Geologist, assisted by E.S. Usher & J. J. Moore. Re-issued in 1936.'bendigo, mining, geological map. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - GOLDEN GULLY ALLUVIAL WORKINGS DIAMOND HILL TO MCCORMICK'S BATTERY AND CYANIDE WORKS, 1992
Book 1, report on investigations into the significance of the mining sites 1.1 - site 8.6 ( as detailed in index of book ) White cover with spiral binding. Reports prepared for the North Central Goldfields Project: Bendigo Goldfield.David Bannearbendigo, mining, goldfields report, bendigo, gold, goldfields, history. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - NEW CHUM & VICTORIA LINES OF REEF - NOTES ON THE VICTORIA REEF GOLD MINES COY
Handwritten notes describing the journey along Eaglehawk Road from the houses, poppet heads and mine tailings, etc. When the alluvial diggings were showing signs of exhaustion, and the fear arose that Bendigo was 'about done', two 'darkies' One named Dido,struck golden stone. They sold out ot Ballerstedt and Son, and thus gold mining was revived. These areas were remarkable for the extraordinary richness of the lodes, and the singular manner in which the gold is distributed.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, notes on the victoria reef gold mines coy, gavan duffy, victoria hill, black lead, prince alfred, dido, ballerstadt & son, goldfields registry, mr macartney, wittscheibe, ?oys, luffsman -
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Document - ROBERT CARR: CORRESPONDENCE AND LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION
Robert Carr - correspondence to BHS and life history information sent back to writer re Carr (Great Extended Hustlers). Robert Carr was born Magherfelt Ulster 1833 and educated in agricultural pursuits. He arrived at Eaglehawk (part of Sandhurst) 4 miles from Bendigo in 1853 and began alluvial mining in 1855. Robert was on the committee to establish the Presbyterian Church at Eaglehawk. Robert began reef mining at Hustlers and Extended Hustlers mines and was manager in 1881. Robert was also a past Secretary of Oddfellows. In the years 1871-2 the mine yielded marvellous cakes of gold. He was a model mine manager. During 1872 he was on the committee of School of Mines. In the year 1873 he fell 60 feet down an abandoned shaft and not badly hurt. Robert died in May 1893, aged 60 years, and at the time of death was director of Great Extended Hustlers, Hustlers Company. 'A person of uprightness, frankness and integrity.'person, individual, robert carr, presbyterian church eaglehawk, hustlers, extended hustlers and great extended mines, oddfellows, school of mines bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - BENDIGO GOLD FIELD - MAP OF PORTION OF THE BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
... Map showing portion of the Bendigo Gold Field showing... DOCUMENT Bendigo Gold Field Department of Mines Lines of Reefs ...Map showing portion of the Bendigo Gold Field showing Alluvial working, shaft sites , streets and lines of reefs.Department of Mines, Victoria. Many mines, lines of reefs and gullies are on the map. Blue Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch stamp on the back.document, bendigo gold field, department of mines, lines of reefs, gullies, mines -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE BENDIGO DIGGINGS, PRELIMINARY DRAFT FOR BROCHURE
Nine typed pages of notes on a preliminary draft for a brochure on the Bendigo Diggings. First part is the objective which is to preserve the mining history and to have exhibits in the places they were used, e.g. quartz mining machinery exhibited in a quartz mining area, not on an alluvial field. Part B is historical notes on the area. Part C is the Site - Victoria Hill area. Part D is Stage One which consists of carpark area, technological museum, restaurant, mineral haulage line, picnic ground, earthworks and planting over the area. Part E is Stage Two which will consist of the open-air exhibits, in the area surrounded by the mineral haulage line, and the Central Nell Gwynne mine on the west side of the site. Part F is Stage Three which will consist of the winery, the steam tram track, the lake, the wildlife sanctuary and various buildings associated with gold mining. Part G is Costing with the prices to be filled in. Parts H and I are the Appeal and the Committee. Details to be filled in.mining, marketing, victoria hill, victoria hill, the bendigo diggings - preliminary draft for brochure, aust national travel association, tullamarine jetport, emu bottom homestead, kyneton historical museum, chinese joss house, eaglehawk museum, whipstick scrub, cairn curran reservoir, castelmaine historical museum and market hall, national trust, ballarat hiatorical park, echuca's hopwood gardens, swan hill folk museum, gibson's mount alexander no 2 squatting run, captain brown, chief commissioner wright, hustler's reef, thomas hustler, mining board, drainage of reefs act 1862, first world war, bendigo amalgamated goldfields, second world war, sandhurst, w c vahland, battery trams, horse trams, steam trams, electric trams, central nell gwynne mine, theodore ballerstadt, george lansell, new chum hill, ballerstadt's open cut, 180 mine, new chum syncline battery, william rae, victoria quartz, wittscheibe's 'jeweller's shop', luffsman and sterry, gold mines hotel, adventure, bendigo and district tourist association, bendigo city council, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, professor brian lewis, school of architecture and building at the university of melbourne, taylor horsfield, lord robert cecil, south australian gold commissioner -
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Book - MINERS COTTAGES OF THE GOLDFIELDS OF MOUNT ALEXANDER, 2007
Miners Cottages of the Goldfields of Mount Alexander. A Mount Alexander Shire Publication. This guide is about the miners huts, shelters, tents and cottages of the early gold seekers who rushed to the Mount Alexander alluvial goldfields in central Victoria Australia during the mid-nineteenth century.Published by Mount Alexander Shire, 23 pages with coloured photographs & illustrations.castlemaine, gold, miners cottages, mount alexander shire, gold miners cottages, mt alexander goldfields. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - MERCURY BUCKET
Cast iron mercury bucket, used to hold mercury, potentially in the process of recovering minute pieces of gold mixed in soil and sediments. See research page for description of one process of using mercury to extract gold.gold mines, mining equipment, mercury bucket, miners used mercury in a number of ways to amalgamate gold, with each mill or battery operator having their preferred method depending on the nature of the ore. by the late 1850s the most common way of crushing goldbearing quartz ores or consolidated alluvial cements was in a stamp battery. the battery featured heavy iron stamp heads held in a frame, with each head often weighing up to 500 pounds (226 kg) or more (see msv 1880, page 45) (birrell 2005). stamp heads were lifted and dropped by a rotating overhead cam shaft driven by a steam engine or water wheel. ore was fed into a large cast-iron battery box, mixed with a steady stream of water, and pulverised by the stamp heads. in some batteries, mercury was placed in the base of the boxes to amalgamate with freed gold. the violent agitation of the mercury in the mortar box, however, could cause the mercury to break into myriad tiny globules that were carried away by the water with the tailings, thus losing a certain amount of gold in the process (thompson 1867; ritchie & hooker 1997). the water and sand slurry was splashed by the falling stamps from the box through fine mesh screens and onto inclined wooden tables below the mortar box (figure 2). the tables were covered with copper sheets or plates coated with mercury, which caught and amalgamated with a portion of the gold. the grey putty-like amalgam was periodically scraped off the sheets and retorted in a furnace to collect the gold and recover the mercury for reuse. mercury was inevitably lost from the plates, while poor maintenance resulted in further losses of gold and mercury in the tailings. mercury use and loss from gold mining in 19th century victoria. peter davies1, susan lawrence, and jodi turnbull, department of archaeology and history, la trobe university. -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Kinsella Family Lubeck, Cahill Mine Stawell c1896, 1896
Cahill Reward Gold Mine Company. Building still under construction c 1896 closed 1901. Thomas Kinsella had photo. In 1907 the Pleasant Creek Alluvial Mining Company reused the shaft digging down to 200 feet to work the ground and sank a second shaft nearby.Group of people standing under Poppet Head in front of partially constructed Engine House