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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES, C 1896
black and white photograph 3 copies : view across mining area showing at least 9 poppet heads, at least 11 chimneys and many buildings associated with the mines. Centre to left - flume, wood stacks, mullock heaps. In image ' Duchess Tribute' on weatherboard building at centre. Handprinted above image ( on earlier copy of this image of which this is a photograph ) ' Devonshire Group of Mines/Snob's Hill and Mungo Mines in Background. Printed below image ' Ducches Tribute' ' South Devonshire' ' West United Devonshire ' ' Phoenix' ' Duchess of Edinburgh' ' United Devonshire 'organization, business, devonshire group of mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - EXTENDED HUSTLERS FREEHOLD
black and white photograph of Great Extended Hustlers Freehold poppet head, now at Wattle Gully, Chewton ( james Lerk 26.22.1999 ) Poppet head in front of mining buildings, stacks of sawn timber tonight. Great Extended Hustlers/locality/Hustlers Hill Nth. Bendigo/ formed 1865/last production 1921. Depth of shaft 3,470 ( 1045 m ) Poppet legs, steel 70 feet high ( 21.08 ) Gold very rich, total yield 300,000 ozs. Dividends 675,000 pounds sterling ( $1,350,000 )organization, business, great extended hustlers mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS MINE
black and white postcard. Great extended Hustlers poppet head, now at Wattle Gully, Chewton ( J. Lerk 26.22.1999 ) Poppet head in front of mining buildings, stacks of sawn timber to right. Written on back ' Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch, printed across top. Great Extended Hustlers/locality/ Hustlers Hill, Nth. Bendigo/Formed 1865/Last production 1921/Depth of Shaft 3470 feet/Poppet Legs - Steel, 70 feet high. /Winding Engine: First motion 8 ft. drums/Gold Very Rich/Total Yield - 300,000 ozs. / Dividends $675,000. 'Post Card' printed on RH side.organization, business, great extended hustlers mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL, 1860's ?
... PLACE Landscape view victoria hill Black and white photo - mines ...Black and white photo - mines and mining. At centre front - deep trench. At centre shed, poppet legs, wood pile, building with chimney at right. Wood pile, Building with chimney at back. At back, poppet legs on horizon, trees, building ( house ) buildings with chimney, trees, behind trees large 2 storey building ( Gold Mines Hotel ? ) other large buildings on horizon to right. ' Mining - Bendigo Vic. View of Victoria Hill taken from Old Chum Hill' written on back of photo.place, landscape view, victoria hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA HILL, approx 1875
Black and white photograph showing 2 poppet heads, 3 chimneys, dam, 2 wood stacks, associated sheds, mine manager's house, few trees. Copy of photograph ' New Chum Reef - looking north N.J. Caire photo 1875 - copy J. Lerk, 11.2.2000'N.J. Caire ?place, landscape view, new chum reef -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - BENDIGO LANDSCAPE: LOOKING SOUTHWEST 1856, C 1856 ?
Black and white photograph of mines at Bendigo. 'Bendigo Tin' on side of building, 'Hay and corn store' at rear. Poppet heads and dams visible. In foreground - larger buildings, mostly weatherboard with corrugated iron or zinc rooves. Left centre appears to be stable with loft doors. Middle distance - many buildings with heaps of dirt/rock. Far distance - many small buildings ( houses ) chimneys, trees hills. James Lerk 11.2.2000 ' C 1856 looking southwest , Forest St. ( tin smith ) going to the right.place, landscape view, bendigo mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DEVONSHIRE GROUP OF MINES, late 1800's
black and white photograph - landscape with 9 poppet heads, buildings, mullock heaps, 5 chimneys. Written on bottom of photo : Duchess Tribute, West United Devonshire, Phoenix, Duchess of Edinburgh, United Devonshire, South Devonshire.. On top of photo: Devonshire Group of Mines. Snob's Hill and Mungo Mines in background.unknownorganization, business, devonshire group of mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - HORSE PUDDLING MACHINE VICTORIA HILL?, c.1861
Black and white panorama with mine workings (puddling machine and two horses and two workers) with scattered (residential?) buildings in open rough background. Inscriptions: on front - 'horse puddling machine 1861' hand printed across top. On back - 'Gold Mines Bendigo 1861, this could be Victoria Hill'.place, mining site, victoria hill ? -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NEW CHUM HILL?
Black and white photograph of mine site. Mullock heap in background with various mine buildings. Chimney stack and corrugated iron buildings on right. Mine shaft holes in foreground. Whims centre back. Hand written on back 'Gold Mines Bendigo. Probably New Chum Hill. Looking North. Phoenix, later Old Chum Mine at summit. JB Lazarus' claims in foreground. RT. 'Johnsons No. 2' on back - Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Bendigo Branch. Circular stamp. History: Prev. ACC. No. MNG 2Batchelderplace, mining site, new chum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE MINE
Black and white photo. Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mine in West Bendigo. Closed December 1949. This mine is part of the Victoria Hill area.organization, business, central nell gwyyne mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, FROM OLD CHUM HILL
Black and white photo ( copy ? ) of view of Old Chum Line of Reef from Old Chum Hill. Lansell's '222 Mine' tallest poppet legs on the Bendigo Field. Golden Square in the distance. Corner of 'grounds at right ( Geo. Lansell's mansion )place, landscape view, new chum line of reef -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEWS OF BENDIGO - QUARTZ REEF
Black and white 'Views of Bendigo' No. 7. Excavation of Quartz Reef, near Ironbark Hill. Panorama of Mullock heaps and four mine sites. Copy of frames photo?. Inscriptions: Mine sites named - 'Lansell's 180 claim', 'Victoria and New Chum Company', 'North Old Chum Claim', 'Old Chum Mine'.NJ Caire, Sandhursttopic, mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VICTORIA QUARTZ - NEW CHUM LINE OF REEF, c.1890
Black and white photograph. Poppet head on LH side, stone building, centre, tall brick chimney, RH side in front of timber building. Inscriptions: on front - 'Victoria Quartz'. On back - typewritten description as follows: 'Situated on the rich Victoria Hill, Ironbark. Steel girders? rams type poppet legs - 60ft high. Vertical winding engines; pair of 24' dia. Winding drums. Made and erected by Roberts & Sons, Bendigo, in 1897. Then one of the best in the state. In 1910 it was the deepest gold mine in the world, having reached a depth of 4,613 ft in the winze. The shaft was then sunk to a depth of 4,588 ft. in an endeavour to reach a depth of 4,870 ft. to effectively work the deepest gold bearing reef in the world. On the night of June 14th, 1910, the mine was flooded out by the rising waters from the deep New Chum mines to the south, all of which had either ceased operations or had returned back to shallow workings. For details of the mine's record, see 'The Historical Guide to Bendigo'. Mine details completed by A Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo.place, mining site, victoria quartz -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - VIEW OF BENDIGO MINES, c.1905
Black and white postcard photograph of scenic view labelled 'Bendigo Mines' including building, poppet head, chimney, trestle way, hills in background. Small letter on back. Inscriptions: 'Bendigo Mines'. On back - letter to Miss Annie Case.place, mining site -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FIRST SINKING, DERBYSHIRE MINE (FORMERLY WHIPSTICK GM CO.)
Black and white photograph, mounted on board, of First sinking of Derbyshire Mine, then Whipstick GM Co. Windlass over shaft. Woman in long dress to left of photo. Six men standing on top of excavated soil and rock - to right of windlass. Inscriptions: 'First sinking Derbyshire Mine then Whipstick GM Co', 'NW Harrison, Gladfield Park, Pyramid Hill.place, mining site, derbyshire mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - COATH'S VICTORIA MINE, BENDIGO, c.1852
Black and white copy of photograph (in acid free sheets in folder) of eight men in foreground, three behind 'airsail' for mine ventilation. Men are wearing trousers, white shirts, with kerchiefs tied around their heads, straw boaters. Man on RH side dressed in darker clothing, standing on boards ( over a shaft ? ) Piles of mullock on LH side, wheelbarrow and dogs.. History: James Lerk 24/3/2000 - Coath's claim on Victoria Hill (a Fox photo?)place, mining site, coath's victoria mine, 'gold discovery' jas flett p244 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - NEW CHUM GOLD MINE, c.1911
Black and white photograph of shift of miners, New Chum Mine. Four rows of men against background of timber building. Inscriptions: on back - 'The photo of the New Chum Gold Fields Min Diamond Hill, Bendigo was taken about 1911. The manager Wilfred Rickards seated in centre---', 'GH Furness, 116 High Street, Kangaroo Flat'.place, mining site, new chum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - LOOKING SOUTH FROM NEW CHUM HILL, 1873
Black and white photograph, looking south from New Chum Hill. 1873. The Golden Square Methodist Church can be seen in the background. The rich Lazarus New Chum Mine in foreground. Note Flat Manilla Ropes. The New Chum - Bonatti - Menzies and Ellesmere Claims in background.place, mining site, new chum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - FORTUNA COLLECTION: OLD CHUM MINE AND FORTUNA
Black and white photograph of Old Chum Mine and New Chum Hill and Lansell's Fortuna with villa and lake. Lake in foreground.place, mining site, new chum -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Norman Penrose collection: Views of Bendigo No.7
BHS CollectionBlack and white photograph. Views of Bendigo No.7, Excavation of Quartz reef, near Ironbark Hill. The photo shows a large mullock heap in the foreground and four mines: Mr. Lansell No. 180 claim, Victoria and New Chum Company, the North Old Chum claim, Old Chum claim. Photo by N.J. Caire photo Sandhurst.J.W. Forbes, agent. Welch, typoviews of bendigo, n.j. caire, ironbark hill, sandhurst -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - PHOTOGRAPH FORTUNA VILLA AND MINES
Black and white photograph of Fortuna Villa mining sites, showing on foreground water dam, poppet head and chimney, Victoria Hill on the left. There are two copies one sepia colour.bendigo, mining, fortuna mine sites -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DEBORAH GOLD MINE, GOLDEN SQUARE
Black and white photograph of Deborah Gold Mine, Abel Street, Golden Square. Image shows large mining sheds (engine house, boiler room) with tramway and poppet head at rear. Two ore bins on RH side. Large mullock hills at RH rear of ore bins. Written on back of photo 'Deborah Reef Gold Mines NL 20.3.37' Paper with photo states:' The Deborah Gold Mine, Abel Street. The poppet head was moved from the Windmill Hill mine Long Gully. This photograph was taken in March 1937 after a further 10 heads had been added to the battery'bendigo, mining, deborah gold mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: BLACK FOREST COMPANY
Five page handwritten and typed document with information about the Black Forest Gold Mine on the Hustler's line of reef. The Black Forest mine was situated one mile north of the Eaglehawk Post Office. To the west was the South New Moon on the Garden Gully line of reef and to the east was the Lightning Hill line of reef worked by open cutting to a depth of over 100 ft by Pascoe and Simonds. A party of Germans named 'Rothacker and Party', first worked the claim on the Black Forest mine approx 1860. Other mines worked on the Hustler's line north of the Black Forest were: Martha Company. Johns and company and Meaner (unclear) and Co.bendigo, mining, black forest gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MONUMENT HILL CONSOLIDATED NL, 1934/42
Book: Light brown Bullion book with black cloth spine. Pages printed in an account system includes Weight, Amount of Advance, Weight after melting, Mint Charges, Standard weight, Value, Balance of Assay, Pyrites, Plates. In 1939 includes Names of Tributors and Cattery cleaning etc.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mine accounting., mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS MINE - NOTES ON HUSTLERS ANTICLINE
Two copies of two pages of hand written notes (one in blue pen and one in black pen) on the Hustlers Anticline. They are numbered Page 266 (Great Extended Hustlers) and Page 267 (Latham and Watsons). Notes give name of company, depth of shaft, the years, Calls, Divs, Tons, Ozs of Gold, Authority and Remarks. Black copy has: Copied 25-10-68 written on it.mine, gold, great extended hustlers., great extended hustlers mine, hustlers anticline, hustlers hill co., tuff & joseph, rigby peterson & co, james kershaw & co, garibaldi co, messrs finnigan & co, scott & smith, stewart & co, ulster coy main no 1& no 2, south hustlers great extd co, londonderry co, great extended hustlers, great extended hustlers trib no 1, g. b. both co, great extended hustlers maria trib, j b hustlers trib co, bendigo amal goldfields, jonathan harris claim (hustlers or mac's hill), latham watson & hustlers, latham watson & sibley (sibley & co), latham & watson, latham & watson's nos 1 & 2 tribs, great hustlers co, great extended hustlers reef g m no 1, koh-i-noon co -
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Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS MINE - PHOTOGRAPH OF STANFIELD LEGS
Black & white photograph of Stanfield Legs at the Golden Carshalton Mine and was later at Wattle Gully. Photograph shows the legs on a hill top with some bushes and grass. Cross braces on legs have a circular plate where the braces cross.mine, gold, great extended hustlers., great extended hustlers mine, photograph stanfield legs, wattle gully -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE - HISTORICAL RECORD
Hand written notes on the Historical Record of the Central Deborah Gold Mine written various size paper. It mentions the machinery, Miners' Wages, Price of Gold, Predictions of Victor Pabst, mining correspondent of the 'Bendigo Independent'.Other mining machinery. Written by A Richardson, dated 21/10/1971. Written in black pen - Written for Jim Sullivan - Central Deborah. Handed in on 20/10/1971.mine, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, mining machinery, history of the central deborah gold mine, victor pabst, bendigo independent, the bendigo goldfield - resources of the central area, new monument battery, golden carshalton battery, north deborah, state battery, victoria hill, price of gold -
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 -
Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute (BMI Ballarat)
Gasworks
... school of mines black hills Gasworks ...This photograph is from the Max Harris Collection held by the Ballaraat Mechanics' Institute. Please contact BMI for all print and usage inquiries.ballarat, gasworks, school of mines, black hills -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - DUCHESS TRIBUTE MINE
Black and white photograph: Gold mines, looking towards Snobs Hill. In the centre: Duchess Tribute Company of the Devonshire Mining Group. At least 8 poppet heads and 6 chimneys can be seen. The original is glued to cardboard. A copy of this photograph is in a black paper photo holder. On the back in pencil a sketch of where duchees tribute was located: between Alexander Street, Upper Road and Vinton Street, California Gully.business, mining, duchess tribute