Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet Deborah United Gold Mining Co. Machinery File. Buff fooscap folder. Letters enclosed relate to machinery e.g. quotations for machinery repairs and purchases, tenders for dam, erection of winding plant and poppet legs. August 1940 - December 1945.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, deborah united gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, deborah united gold mining co., gold mining, machinery, poppet legs

Document: Letter to McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet from South Costerfield Antimony and Gold Mining Company No Liability, a thank you letter for the terms and conditions for borrowing Central Napoleon's Crushing Battery, South Costerfield Company accepts terms, document was found in the back of the Central Napoleon Co N.L minutes book no 2 now numbered 2205.712a.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon

Document: 4 copies of plan of Transverse Section of Napoleon Anticline Lease no 10970, plan shows proposed shaft location and depth (1000 ft), for Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Co, also location and depth of adjacent Central Nell Gwynne Shaft scale 100ft = 1 inch, Prepared by J.J. Caldwell Mines Dept Bendigo.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef

Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, with gold trim and C.G.Gully painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-central garden gully gold mining company

Document: Gold Mining Lease Crown Land No. 10964 Bendigo, Entered in the register books, Vol. 322 Fol. 33571, Embossed seals of Central Napoleon and King George VI, Map: Mining District of Bendigo, County of Bendigo, Parish of Sandhurst, located at Harvey and Inglis Streets, During the reign of King George VI (Originally marked Edward VIII).organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleoon

Documents: Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Co Pay Roll Tax Assessment File, Loop Python Flat File containing Payroll Tax Exemption Certificates and Return of Wages Paid (Annual) from 1941 - 1950, Also a Payroll Tax Refund notification dated 3 March 1944, Markings: File Name written in ink on front cover.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef

Document: agreement with Vendor and Promoter - New Deborah Reef Gold Mining Company No Liability and James Mackay & Co., Ian Mackay. Dated 1932.organization, mining, new deborah reef gold mining compan, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet: new deborah reef gold mining company no liability, goldmining, agreement

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company NL, Report and Statement of Accounts for Period Ending September 30, 1940.organization, mining, central nell gwynne gold mining co, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, central nell gwynne gold mining company nl report and statement of accounts for period ending september 30, 1940

Document: Letter to McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet from New Chum Syncline Gold Mine No Liability acknowledging the receipt of a letter informing of the acquisition of a battery from Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co, Letter passed on to Directors, also acknowledging a desire to hear a report on repairs as it proceeds, Document was found in the Central Napoleon Co's Minute book No 2 item numbered 2205.712a.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon

Document: Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Company Minute Book, Handwritten minutes of meetings of the mine directors from 9 May 1940 - 26 March 1942, Minutes of ordinary general meetings of shareholders 4 August 1942 - 19 December 1952, Minutes signed by A.Mackay (Chairman), final entry on page 102 is a typed resolution relating to voluntary liquidation.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, napoleon reef

Share certificate for 50 shares in the Don Gold Mining Company, no liability, Bendigo issued to M. H. Ashton of Melbourne. Date on the certificate 06 April, 1905business, mining, the don gold mining company

Patterned blue hard cover, black binding on spine. New Oswald Gold Mining Co. Gold Book. Entries date from November 28th. 1924 to 29th June 1929. Gold Book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Mining Collection. Entries include gold entries from the battery, tributors and cyanide. Affixed inside front cover, documents: 1. Bank of New South Wales, Maldon. Pale blue bank forms. Records of money paid for gold advances. Signed by Geo Kingsley. 2 New Oswald Gold Mining Co., with Bank of New South Wales, Maldon, gold advances, tributors. 3. Royal Mint gold records paid in. bendigo, margaret roberts, mccoll, rankin and stanistreet, assayed, melted, gold, bank of new south wales, maldon, new oswald gold mine

Document: Letter sent to Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co from McColl Rankin and Stanistreet regarding Mr Daniel Keane's application for a grazing licence over a block of crown land within the boundaries of the Company's Lease No 10260, this letter is enquiring whether or not the company has any objections to granting Mr Keane's application, the area concerned is marked in grey lead pencil on the map attached to the lease numbered 2205.704a.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, grazing application, central napoleon, daniel keane

Documents: 84 Cheques of the English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited Bendigo Victoria, ranging from No. 038163 to 038249 (Not all from book, no book), all stamped PAID and have various bank stamps, all have signitures on back of recipient, one cheque has 2 Queensland Adhesive duty stamps on back (1 penny each), Markings: 'The English Scottish & Australian Bank Limited', 'Central Napoleon Gold Mining Company No Liability'.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon, cheques

Document: McColl, Rankin & Stanistreet: Deborah United Gold Mining Co. NL - blue hard cover bank book. On front written on label ' Deborah United G.M. Co. in account current with the English, Scottish and Australian Bank Limited. ' Dated from Sept. 12, 1940 - June 30, 1944.organization, business, deborah united gold mine nl, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet: deborah united gold mining co. nl, gold mining, bank account, e.s & a. bank.

Diggers & Mining. Gold. This system was continued until 1853. Here is an advertisement from the Argus of the 27th January, 1853. Advertisement reads: CHINESE IMMIGRANTS Per ''Royal Saxon'' The public are informed that the ROYAL SAXON has this day arrived from Amoy with 300 Chinese Immigrants who have been carefully selected by Captain Charlesworth. The undersigned are prepared to enter into arrangements for indenting them for a period of five years. They comprise Shepard's, Farm and Domestic Servants, and a few Mechanics. These parties who have already made arrangements for the hiring them are requested to receive them personally or by their agents, without delay, as the vessel proceeds to Sydney on the 1st February. Every information can be obtained on application to DALMAHOY CAMPBELL & CO; Or to LANE & WILKS Collins-street over Mr. Thomas's Jeweller. January 27, 1853 13904. Markings: 19 994.GOL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

McColl Rankin & Stanistreet, Prospectus of Central Deborah Gold Mining Company NL. Item date: June 1939. Book soft cover 3 copies. A/ Application and map intact. Excellent condition. B/ Map and Application intact, fold crease down centre. Good condition. C/ No map no Application. Good condition.McColl Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, mining, central deborah gold mining co nl, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, prospectus of central deborah gold mining company nl. june 1939.

The Haddon Great Extended GMC was formed sometime in the 1870s for the purpose of mining 270 acres of land lying to the south-west of the Racecourse Company (who at that stage had a shaft at the depth of 86 feet)A printed piece of paper with a prospectus on the left and a plan on the right. The plan includes a shaded area representing the Haddon Great GMC, and shows neighbouring companies such as Racecourse GMC, Haddon Consols, Reform GMC, Haddon Co, and also shows Russel's Private Propert and Roach's Private Company, and the Trap-Rock Formation.haddon great extended gmc, wc elder, william levey, c thorburn, john langdon, hb forster, national bank of australasia, haddon, racecourse company, h.b. forster, w.c. elder, john langdon, william levey, c. thorburn, john langdon, shares, racecourse goldmining company, reform gold mining company, haddon consols, haddon great extended gold mining company, russell

Document: Pink manilla folder containing Certificates of Exemption and letter from Deputy Commissioner of Taxation, Return of Wages Paid or payable in respect of the Financial year ending 30 August 1950 (other years also included), invoice to payee, Notice of Appointment of Public Officer (Unused), items dating from 23 July 1941 to 1 September 1950, markings on front cover read 'Pay Roll Tax', 'Central Napoleon Gold Mining Co N.L', 'Pay Roll Tax Assessment File'.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon

Document: 2 page letter from a Central Napoleon Gold Mining N.L employee to the Chairman of Directors, letter covers the running and condition of the battery over the past 12 months (the battery had been on lease to New Chum Syncline GM) the restoration and other repairs that were needed, it is also recommended that the wheel be replaced as it is a bad cast, and that it be done while battery is still on lease, envelope also, letter and envelope was found and is within the Central Napoleon N.L Minute book No 2 numbered 2205.712a.organization, business, industry - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon

Documents: Collection of Legal Documents: Solicitors, Registrar General's Office, State Savings Bank, Department of Mines Victoria, Share Brokers, Taxation Office, The Union Trustee of Australia Limited, Profit and Loss Statements, Letter from South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company No Liability & other letters, Letter Dated 26-10-1953 states Mine not worked for many years may go into Liquidation, 17-03-1955 Company has disposed of all assets and entered into voluntary liquidation.organization, business, industrial - mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, mining, gold mining, central napoleon

Grassmere is a small hamlet about 12 kilometres from Warrnambool. It is a farming area. The Grassmere Gold Mining Company, presumably established by local people in Grassmere, was created in 1898 for the purpose of acquiring from Messrs James and Mewha a lease of a Cassilis gold mine (23 acres). The Manager of the Company was Horatio Dickson of Melbourne and the brokers were McMeekin and Co. of Melbourne and Warrnambool and Dickson and Osborne of Melbourne. This reef mine was one of several in Cassilis, Gippsland, 12 kilometres north west of Swifts Creek. The gold-bearing quartz reefs were discovered in 1885 and worked to 1914. It is not known whether the Grassmere Cassilis mine was a financial success but the mining operations were impeded by the hardness of the stone in the area. William Robinson was a farmer in the Grasmere area. This receipt is of considerable interest as one of only three items the Warrnambool and District Historical Society that is connected to the establishment of the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The gold mine establishment was one of the many minor events in the district in the 1890s. This is an 1899 receipt for William Robinson upon payment of six shillings and three pence, being part payment for shares in the Grassmere Gold Mining Company. The buff-coloured paper has black printing and black-ink handwriting. There are two stamps – one is the stamp of ‘H.S.Dickson’ and the other is the stamp of the ‘Grassmere Gold Mining Company, No Liability’. The certificate has silver fish damage at the top and the right-hand side‘May 30th 1899, Received from Mr Wm. Robinson the sum of six shillings and three pence, being the amount of 5th call of 1½ per share, due on 50 shares, nos. 12651/12700 in the above company, H.S. Dickson, Manager’grassmere, grassmere gold mining company, william robinson, warrnambool

Gold was discovered in Victoria c1850 and people came from all over the world to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking- box or cradle was used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as the miner put gravel into the top part and finer and heavier particles dropped through a screen, helped along by buckets of water. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne.This gold prospector's 'cradle' is hand made and typical of those used by many hopeful Moorabbin Shire pioneers as they abandoned their market gardens to try their luck at finding gold in the Ballarat and Bendigo minefields c1850This gold miner's rocker is very old, and very well-used. It is a large wooden rocking- box or cradle used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as gravel is put in the top part of the box so that finer and heavier particles drop through a screen.. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. i.e gold particles. The water passed through the shute at the base back into the creek or river.moorabbin, brighton, market gardens, pioneers, early settlers, fruit, vegetable, ballarat, bendigo, gold mining, gold prospedtors, gold rush, were j. b., irish immigrants, chinese immigrants, gold panning, gold digger

Copy of as 4 page typewritten prospectus of the Datmouth (Jersey Reef) Gold Mining Company. The company is being formed for the purpose of acquiring from the vendor his interest in Gold Mining Lease No. 6449, having an area of 45 acres 2 roods 28 perches situated at Inglewood in the parishes of Glenalbyn and Inglewood, Mining District of Maryborough. The area embraces the Jersey Line of Reef and has a length along same of approximately 680 yards. Dated 1935.gold mining, miners' safety cage, gold mining, dartmouth, jersey reef, inglewood, glenalbyn