The first company to make a success of hard-rock (quartz) gold mining at Black Hill was the Black Hill Company, formed in 1859. Mining from the open-cut mine probably commenced in 1860 and by 1861 the company had erected the largest stamping mill in Victoria. The mill ran 24 hours a day until the end of 1864 and 12 hours a day in 1865. Open cut mining then ceased. Underground ore extraction continued at Black Hill until the early twentieth century.Photographic image of the abandoned open-cut mine at Black Hill, Ballarat, c1904 ballarat, black hill, mining, open cut, gold

Wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 1/2 inch head. Handwritten inscription across side of racquet head on obverse: LOUIS A. RENFROW. Surname also written across outside of head. Inscription across neck of obverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company logo 'LEE' on neck of reverse, and stamped on leather butt cap. Butt cap has a red and gold sticker adhered over it, advertising a St.Louis sproting company which originally strung racquet. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with the numbers '500', 'FS78' and '14 1/2' punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 1/2 inch head. Inscription along neck and stem of obverse: WAVERLEY. Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company logo 'LEE' imprinted in gold on leather butt cap. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Paint, Gut, Leather, Metaltennis

A wooden racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: SPECIAL. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown leather butt cap has company monogram 'NMCO STANDARD' stamped in gold. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Nylontennis

A wooden racquet with a 13 inch head. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/THIRTY. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/PAWTUCKET, R.I. Brown leather butt cap has company monogram 'NMCO STANDARD' stamped in gold, however, the address featured is that of its former Providence, R.I. factory. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Gut, Plastic, Cloth tapetennis

A wooden racquet with a 13 inch head. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/FORTY. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./NMCO/STANDARD/PROVIDENCE, R.I. U.S.A. Burgundy leather butt cap features same trademark, stamped in gold. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Gut, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/FIFTY. Company trademark across stem of obverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PAWTUCKET, [R.I.] Inscription along the throat of reverse: DRIVER. Company symbol (an arrangement of triangles and squares) in centre of stem of reverse. Company logo 'NMCO STANDARD' is stamped in gold onto red cloth butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Gut, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/SIXTY. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PROVIDENCE, R.I. Company logo 'NMCO STANDARD' is stamped in gold onto brown leather butt cap, but is obscured by sticker advertising original gut string supplier. The handle features a bound, white cloth grip. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat and grooved handle. The throat of obverse features the inscription: NEWPORT. Below inscription is the Horsman 'centaur' trademark in black and gold. Inscription across right side of stem: MANUFACTURED EXPRESSLY FOR/JORDAN MARSH COMPANY. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Painttennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and a grooved, octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: AZTEC. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also impressed in gold upon brown butt cover. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, String, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and an octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: HARVARD. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also features on blue butt cover, impress in gold. Handwritten inscription across handle on reverse reads: WILMA D. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Paint, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and an octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: JUNIOR. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also features on blue butt cover, impress in gold. Almost illegible, handwritten inscription across both sides of the stem, and the four sides of the handle: SAUL WOLFERN. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Paint, Cloth, String, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and an octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: COLLEGIAN. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also impressed, in gold, onto black butt cover. Inscription across left side of stem: DUCO PERMANENT/HIGH POLISH FINISH. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Paint, Cloth, String, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, and bulbous handle butt. The throat on obverse features the decal inscription: PRINCESS. The throat on reverse features the decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within and below device: D & M/.../SPORTING GOODS/MADE IN/U.S.A. Inscription along left side of stem: MADE BY THE DRAPER-MAYNARD COMPANY/PLYMOUTH, N.H. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Gut, String, Plastic, Painttennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, and bulbous handle butt. The throat on obverse features the decal inscription: PRINCESS. The throat on reverse features the decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within and below device: D & M/.../SPORTING GOODS/MADE IN/U.S.A. Inscription along left side of stem: MADE BY THE DRAPER-MAYNARD COMPANY/PLYMOUTH, N.H. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Gut, String, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat. The throat on obverse features the decal inscription: LENOX. The throat on reverse features the decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within and below device: D & M/.../SPORTING GOODS/MADE IN/U.S.A. Logo also features on brown butt cover, impressed in gold. Inscription along left side of stem: MADE BY THE DRAPER-MAYNARD COMPANY/PLYMOUTH, N.H. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Nylon, String, Adhesive tape, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with a split, open throat. The base of the head on both sides features the decal inscription: MONARCH. The stem on the obverse features the decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within and below device: D & M/.../SPORTING GOODS/MADE IN/U.S.A. Logo also features on red butt cover, impressed in gold. Inscription along right side of stem: MADE BY THE DRAPER-MAYNARD COMPANY/PLYMOUTH, N.H. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Gut, String, Leather, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with an open throat, split by a steel threading shaft, with inscription: CRAVEN. PAT. The base of the head on both sides features the decal inscription: SHUR-TITE. The stem on the obverse features a decal logo, in gold, red and black, of a dog above a diamond device. Inscription within and below device: D & M/.../SPORTING GOODS/MADE IN/U.S.A. Logo also features on red butt cover, impressed in gold. Inscription along right side of stem: MADE BY THE DRAPER-MAYNARD COMPANY/PLYMOUTH, N.H. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Gut, String, Leather, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet featuring the decal inscription, along the throat on the obverse: BIG BILL TILDEN JR. Throat on reverse features red, gold and black decal of company logo, with the inscription 'CHAMPIONSHIP' across a ribbon situated in front of a tennis trophy, within a quartered shield. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

'Puma' light-weight model wood tennis racquet. Made by Prosser & Sons Company, Australia. Leather grip. String whipping around shoulders. Teal and gold decals. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Leathertennis

Photocopy of the Winter Timetable of the Ballaarat Tramway Company, horse trams, dated c1890, detailing the services on the various lines. Comprises three separate A4 pages. Each sheet has the letterhead of the Ballaarat Tramway Company Limited, of 7 Camp St. Details services on the Gardens line via Boatsheds, via Convent, Post Office and Pleasant St., Drummond St, Lydiard and Macarthur St, and Skipton St. Noted that Saturday and Sundays were as at present. Alan Bradley - notes prior to 1893, no tramway services to Sebastopol. Sourced by Alan Bradley from the Gold Museum archives.trams, tramways, timetables, ballaarat tramway company, horse trams

Book, titled "Door and Step Control", 192 pages printed on white art paper, with green inside covers and end covers, 12 sections, full bound, sewn into green Rexene outside covers with title and company logo in gold on front cover and publisher "National Pneumatic Company" on spine. Details equipment available for control of doors and steps using compressed air, manual methods, with photos of various types of railway and tramway vehicles, equipment and drawings. Has an index. Also details of sash (window) and garage door control systems. Has been stamped with the ESCo Company stamp in a number of places.trams, tramways, tramcar equipment, doors, safety

Green folder gold block printed cover for "The J.G. Brill Company" and associated companies containing the following bulletins. All four pages, unless noted otherwise, printed on art paper, with the company name associated companies and agencies - e.g. Noyes Bros in Australasia. Contain a photo of the truck, a photo of a vehicle using the truck or bogie, line diagram, dimensions and parts diagram and listing. Bulletins 229, 246, 247 and 249 are for window (sash) components seats. Give diagrams and photos of this equipment. 1. No. 220 - The Brill 21E truck 2. No. 221 - Brill No. 50E truck 3. No. 224 - The Brill 27MCB truck 4. No. 225 - The Brill 76E truck 5. No. 227 - The Brill 39E truck 6. No. 228 - The Brill 77E truck 7. No. 229 - The Brill Renitent Post 8. No. 234 - The Brill 78M truck for light weight cars 9. No. 236 - Parts of Brill Short Base Pivotal Truck No. 27G 10. No. 237 - Parts of Brill Short Base Pivotal Truck No. 27F 11. No. 238 - Parts of Brill High Speed Truck No. 27E 12. No. 240 - Two Important Brill full elliptic Spring Trucks - 51E and 68E types. 13. No. 242 - The Brill 79E truck for Birney Safety Cars 14. No. 246 - Brill Reversible seats - Winner and Waylo types - 8 pages 15. No. 247 - Brill Non-reversible seats. 16. No. 249 - The Motorman's seats for Birney Safety cars. (different style of layout). All contained with a 'Shipman's "Common-Sense" Binder', comprising a green cloth covered cardboard, continuous cover, printed end papers, binder clips for inserting documents. Style No. 62848. Gold block front with name of company and Brill logo and on spine of document "Brill Publications" in gold. Has a ESCo date stamp of 3 May 1921 on front page of Bulletin No. 220.On front cover of first Bulletin, date stamp of ESCo, Ballarat "3 May 1921" in purple ink.trams, tramways, 21e trucks, j c brill co, bogies, interurban, birney, brill trucks

Yields information about the type of treatment and the costs given to the horses owned by the Ballaarat Tramway Company in the late 1880's.Digital image of a invoice from Mr. G. Snowball, Veterinary Surgeon, for 1888 and 1889 visits to attend horses at the tram depot for the Ballaarat Tramway Company. Dated 1st July 1889. Obtained from the Gold Museum Archives, by Alan Bradley, see email in the related documents dated 28/3/2012.trams, tramways, horse trams, accounting

Manilla Envelope containing 3 copies of a Lease agreement between John Taylor of California Gully and John Severn Barker of Jobs Gully for a company called the Garden Gully and Moon Extended Gold Mines NL. These men are the holders of an application for Gold Mining lease 10073 comprising about 90 acres in the Parishes of Yarraberb and Neilborough. The company is being formed to acquire the application for the lease and to carry out mining operations on and in the land comprised in the lease application. Dated 24th November 1933. Also in the envelope is a lease document for mining Lease No. 9993, for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Co. NL which includes a map of the lease. Written in pencil on the front of the lease is : allowed to lapse.gold, mining, lease agreement, gold mining, garden gully and moon extended mines, central garden gully

North Deborah Mining Company N.L. 2 Share certificates issued to Mr. William J. Blackhall, 30 Redgum Drive, Lugarno, NSW, dated 29 May 1970. and 9 December 1970.North Deborah Mining Company N.L.gold, mining, north deborah mining company

A 'Loop Cobra'Binder File containing documentation re. the Stuart McDonald Patent Water Trap. Australian Patent No. 132,110. Includes letters about whether the patent has expired or needs renewing, the formation of a Company with the name Stuart McDonald Patent Water Trap and receipts from companies that had already purchased the trapgold, mining, stewart mcdonald, water tap, gold miining, patents, stuart mcdonald, water trap.

18 large forms (form 5) headed: Mines Act 1928, The Honorable the Minister of Mines has granted a Suspension of the Labour Covenants as under - . These were granted to various companies for a period of 1 to 3 months, some of the reasons being - to complete negotiations, to raise capital, to re-organise, and the lease is held on behalf of a London Company. Items date range from 1941 to 1942. Some of the places to which these apply are; Bendigo, South Wattle Gully Coy N.L. Castlemaine Vic 3450, Central Wattle Gully Coy N.L., North Hustlers G. M. Coy N.L., Elphinstone, Chewton, South Wattle GullyCoy N.L.,Sandhurst, Forbes Carshalton Gold Mining Coy N.L., Gold Dumps Pty Ltd, Huntly & Nerring.Government Printergold, mining, suspension of labour covenants, gold mining, suspension of labour covenants