Handwritten extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser Tuesday June 3rd 1872. Extract mentions we trust the Gov't is not so absorbed in the details of the new Electoral Bill and other measures which have been introduced as to forget their promise tobring forward a Bill for the Regulation of Mines and the prevention of Mining Accidents. The owners being indifferent, incapable, powerless and the miners so reckless, steps need to be taken to compel them to take the necessary precautions.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, prevention of mining accidents, bendigo advertiser 3/6/1872, regulation of mines

Handwritten extracts on a boiler explosion at Lansell & Muellers Comet Mine. 'Everything had been alright and there was plenty of water in the glass. When the boiler exploded it damaged a small part of the engine-house and tore the flue from end to end. The cause of the explosion could not be found, although it had stood the tests.'document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, boiler explosion at lansell & muellers comet mine, mining statistics, mines report 1884 page 43 & 44, william benson, james hall

Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser dated Friday 6th Feb. 1874 Page 2 when Thomas Bromley, engine driver at Wilson's Reef Coy, Marong was killed when he got caught in the flywheel. He had set the engine going pulling up a cage of mullock, then went away from the engine, One of the cages was pulled to the top of the poppet heads without him knowing. The wire rope broke and the cage fell down the shaft, no one was injured. The engine was still going, the braceman ran into the engine-room and told Bromley what had happened. Bromley stopped the engine to reverse the gear. He had loosened the screws and was rising from a stooping position when he was caught by the flywheel. It was thought that Bromley had started the engine, the rushed to the boiler to throw in a few pieces of wood and before he got back the cage had gone to the top of the poppet heads.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, shocking accident at wilson's reef, bendigo advertiser 6/2/1874, thomas bromley

Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser 5/12/1893 where three miners had a narrow escape in a winding accident at the Huster's Reserve No 2 Company's Mine, in Pall Mall. At the change of shift, three miners, William Merrin, Frederick Willoughby and E. Johns got into the cage on the western compartment to be lowered to the 845 ft. plat. The Driver Russel lost control of the engine and hauled the empty cage in the eastern compartment to the poppet heads. Cage went up with a crash, but the safety hooks caught it and let the rope go. The men in the cage in western compartment were very alarmed has cage hit the bearers on the 845 feet plat with considerable force. If it had crashed through the bearers they would have landed in the water below. The shaft was 1070 feet deep. The Mine Manager, S. T. Glanville ordered the driver off the mine; another rope re-attached and the men hauled to the surface.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, sensational winding accident at the hustler's reserve no 2 co, william merrin, frederick willoughby, e johns, driver russell, s t glanville

Handwritten extract from the Bendigo Advertiser dated 29/5/1873. Mr A. M. McHugh, Surveyor of Admiralty Dep't fell down the Golden Fleece Shaft on 28/5/73. The undergr'd Manager, Mr Thomas Mann, was showing him around. They had been at the 300 ft level and the cage was below them. Mann knocked for the cage wich stopped about four feet above the plat. Mann knocked the cage down, but it stopped about 10' or 12' above the plat. Mann said the cage had not stopped, and before he could remove his hand from the knocker, he saw Mr McHugh fall down the shaft. He died. There was a space between the edge of the plat and innermost edge of the cage.document, gold, mining accidents, mining accidents, man falls down golden fleece shaft, mr a m mchugh, bendigo advertiser 29/5/1873, mr forbes, mr henry cook, mr thomas mann

Can We Help You? Produced by the Mines Department Victoria 38 page booklet. This booklet is an attempt to supply useful and necessary information on the laws relating to mining in the State of Victoria. There is also a summary of certain provisions of the Mines Act as at 1st January, 1964.Mines Department.goldfields, mining laws, mining, miner's rights, mining laws victoria, gold mining, miner's rights.

GETTING GOLD - AN ABC OF PROSPECTING IN AUSTRALIA. By 'Fossiker' An ABC of prospecting in Australia, explaining panning, cradling, puddling, dollying & sluicing. Price two shillings and six pence 42 pages with folded maps and illustrations.'Fossiker', printed by Robertson & Mullens Limited, Melbournegold, prospecting in australia, gold, mining, prospecting

Letter from Daryl McClure, M.L.A., Bendigo, January 31st 1980, to Mr. R. Wright, Western Mining Corporation, concerning the costings for a submersible pump for installation at the Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo. The budget figure was $32,000. The water would be pumped from a depth of 700 ft to a depth of 100 ft. It was anticipated that it would take approximately 200 days to reach that level. The pump would be supplied by Kelly and Lewis, Melbourne with their Bendigo agents, Milnes Pty Ltd.bendigo, gold mining, water pumping, bendigo, kangaroo flat gold mine, goldmining, western mining corporation, submersible pump, daryl mcclure, r. wright, milnes pty ltd.

Typed and handwritten document detailing the Diamond Hill residents in the 1920. Author unknown. Names of residents: Dempster Bush Herbel, Miss Rose ( Mrs Luke Murphy) Dean, Herman Holidays (Hollidays?) 3 families Eddy, Redfern (family) Wescloh, Mrs. Augusta (postmistress) Mrs Day Schilling, Roy Ruschmeyer Residents 1981 Bush Ruschmeyer Old Post Officebendigo, gold mining, diamond hill area