Five handwritten notes on the The Johnson Group of Mines. Notes mention history, where the gold was found, production, origin of name, and a mine manager's report.document, gold, the johnson group, the johnson group, notes on the the johnson group of mines, mr l weichard, confidence ext'd ? shaft, nth johnsons, walker's claim, derby or nelson line, no 3 or nelson mine, the old rose of denmark, the robbie burns, mr richard williams, dagmar reef, weston & johnson, bendigo g'field registry, j n wartney, john hooper

Four typed copies of notes on the South New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include:- Years of operations, size of lease, locality, depth of shaft, plant, Original Company, New Company Note, Prominent & Leading and Gold Production. One copy signed by A Richardson.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, notes on the south new moon mine, south virginia company, great southern mine, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo mining section 1890 - 1935, a richardson, booklet 'healthy golden bendigo' 1906 - public library bendigo

Handwritten notes on the South New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include:- 10 Hd battery commenced operation January 1936, Mine closed January 1941, depth of shaft,gold production, Dividends and notes on dewatering and pumps. Sale of plant mentioned.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, notes on the south new moon mine, great southern, north new moon, carlisle shaft

Handwritten notes on a sale of machinery, etc at the South New Moon Mine on 13th July 1927. Sold under Bill of Sale. Notes list some lot numbers and the description of what they are. Some have the price they were sold for. Manager's house was also sold for 280 pound.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, machinery sale at the south new moon mine

Handwritten notes on the South New Moon Mine. Notes include depth of shaft, years, Calls, Dividends, Ounces of Gold, Authority and Remarks. Names mentioned:- Beavis (Beavis & Co), Paul & Co (Pahl), Bassett's Claim, J. P. Graham, South New Moon Co, South New Moon Trib West Line, Hart's Moon Reef Trib, Ashman's Trib East Line, South New Moon and Protectin Co.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, beavis (beavis & co), paul & co (pahl), bassett's claim, j p graham, south new moon co, south new moon trib west line, hart's moon reef trib, ashman's trib east line, south new moon, protection co, garden gully

Handwritten notes on the South New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include locality, depth of shaft, plant, Original Company, New Company, Prominence, Leading Mine, Note and Gold Produced.document, gold, south new moon mine, south new moon mine, garden gully line of reef, sou;th virginia coy, great southern mine, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' geo brown 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo mining sections 1890 - 1935, a richardson, booklet 'healthy golden bendigo 1906 public library bendigo

Handwritten note on the South Deborah Mine. Sill 846.3'. Depth of shaft 799 ft. bottom plat. On the back Shafts - Details.document, gold, south deborah mine, south deborah mine, shaft details of the south deborah mine

Handwritten copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser 19th, 20th and 21st August 1894 of an explosion and fire at the South Belle Vue Mine Enginehouse. Water pressure was a problem with their fire fighting efforts. While this was happening a messenger came tosay the Enginehouse at the True Blue Mine was also on fire. Both fires were believed to be deliberately lit. A resident saw a man carrying a lighted torch through the bush.document, gold, south belle vue mine, south belle vue mine, true blue mine, fire at the south belle vue & true blue mines, angus kennedy, mr r woods, golden squarte fire brigade, capt houston, national ins. coy, mr cottie

Handwritten notes on the Red White & Blue Extended and the Central Napoleon. ?, ? Mine, A?as mine, Kennington forest. Red White & Blue Extended 1891 - 1918, Calls 11,000 pounds, 125 ozs. Worked for short time in 1942. Ceased operations in 1942. Legal Man. - J Stanistreet, Manager - J Laurie, No Production. Closed during Second World War. Central Napoleon Production 1935 - 1942. Produced 21,517 tons for 3750 ozs. Coy. Was formed in 1934. Calls 23,266 pound 2 shillings and 6 pence. Dividends - No records. Sill of Shaft 853'. 68''.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, central napoleon, kennington forest, j stanistreet, j laurie

Handwritten notes on the Red White & Blue Extended on the Sheepshead line of Reef. 1891 - 1918 and 16/1/1941 to 1/3/1942. Sill of Shaft 893' 0''. Depth of Shaft 1045 feet. Production 1891 - 1903 564 tons for 147 ozs. Legal Manager - J. Stanistreet, Manager - J. L. Lawrie, 1941 to 1942 - No Production.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, sheepshead line, j stanistreet, j l lawrie

Transverse section of the Red White & Blue Extended Mine on the Sheepshead Line of Reef showing shafts, depths and geological features. Drawn on traqcing film in pencil. Signed by J J Caldwell, District Field Geologist, Mines Department, Bendigo and dated 5/12/1940.document, gold, red white & blue extended, red white & blue extended, plan of red white & blue extended mine transverse section, j j caldwell, mines dept bendigo

Eleven pages including four pages of photocopied photos, They are:- Wm Rae's Crushing Works, The Victoria Quartz Mine, Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill early 1870's, Victoria Hill from Rae's Open Cut. Notes begin at page 4, there are two page 6 and no page 7, otherwise same notes as 3573.1. Small note with 'Notes on Victoria Hill - incomplete.document, gold, rae's crushing battery, rae's crushing battery, wm rae's crushing works, victoria quartz mine, view from old chum hill to the victoria hill, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ballerstedt, lansell's bit 180, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, j n macartney bendigo goldfields registry 1871, new chum syncline, cleopatra needle type chimney, victoria quartz coy, annals of bendigo, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo advertiser, bendigo & vicinity 1895, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extd, new chum railway, pearl, inrush of water at victoria quartz mine, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, bendigo mines ltd, luffsman & sterry's claim, round shaft, chinese joss house, fortuna

Handwritten page of notes on the Virginia Consols Mine on Paddy's Gully Line of Reef. Notes mention shaft being cleaned out and timbered to 100 ft. Also depth of work, timbering and geological features. Also a small piece of paper with:- Virginia Consols Mine 2 miles North of E'hawk Town Hall. Paddy's Gully Line.document, gold, paddy's gully line, paddy's gully line, virginia consols mine, e'hawk town hall

Two handwritten notes on the North Virginia Mine on the Paddy's Gully Line of Reef. Shaft No 286. Mentioned are: depth of shaft, production, Calls and Sill of shaft. Commenced operations in Sept 1933, ceased in 1942, recommenced in 1946 and ceased on 5/8/1949.document, gold, paddy's gully line, paddy's gully line, north virginia mine, m d

Handwritten notes on Paddy's Gully Line. Two long Xcuts put in at 642 ft & 1206 ft. (Sea mine). In the Sea ground and the immediate vicinity there were many claims at work on the line in the early 1860's and also from 1870 to 1872. For one of them, owned by the Poaddy's Gully Co $40,000 was refused. Gold-bearing quartz was reached in this mine at 396 feet, but the water was too strong to allow of work being gone on with. On a separate piece of beige paper is written: Origin of Paddy's Gully Line - See Annals of Bendigo 1862, Page 81.document, gold, paddy's gully line, paddy's gully line, notes on paddy's gully line, paddy's gully co, paddy's gully line annals of bendigo 1862 page 81

Handwritten notes on the Princess Alexandra Mine. 24/11/1900 Shaft sunk 7 feet & timbered 15 feet total from plat 26 feet and from surface 2,311 feet. 8/12/1900 Finished sinking shaft, removed penthouse and cistern, fixed skids, ladders etc & are now enlarging 2225 ft plat. 16/2/1901 West x cut at 2285 ft. driven 17 feet, total 41 ft passed through 3 lavas and in the end have a back underlying west and carrying stone. Winze below 2225 feet, sunk 13 feet, total 18 feet - - at 15 ft saw a couple of colours of gold. Last Report 21/12/1901 Xcut east from 2165 ft in 13 ft in hard sandstone spurs - - Expect to get more stone near the black leader which is about 20 ft up. Next report as 'United Devonshire' on 4/1/1902.document, gold, princess alexandra coy & tributors, princess alexandra coy & tributors, extracts on princess alexandra mine, united devonshire, mm reports

Handwritten notes on the Old Chum Co. Ref. M. D. Early History of Old Chum & The Old Chum Coy. Notes mention the popularity and locality of the mine. The shaft being well timbered. List of dates, tons of ore and the ounces of gold obtained from it, Dividends paid, Mine worked by steam. Engine 18 H. P. 13 in dia cylinders. No pumps, mine perfectly dry. No crushing battery. Mine crushed at Endeavour and the 'Fortuna'. Keeping 3 batteries going altogether. Mine registered 16/6/1871.document, gold, old chum mine, old chum mine, notes on the old chum mine, endeavour, fortuna, m d early history of old chum & the old chum coy

Two copies of notes (one in black pen and one in blue pen) on the Old Chum Mine. Notes include name of company, depth, years, Dividends,ozs of gold, Authority and remarks. Names include: Early Workings, William Gunther, Pioneer Coy, Phoenix Co (South), Formerly Pioneer Co North, Old Chum Co, Old Chum Tribute, Endeavour Co Tribute and Burrowes & Sterry Tribute.document, gold, old chum mine, old chum mine, notes on the old chum mine, early workings, william gunther, pioneer coy, phoenix co (south) formerly pioneer co north, old chum co, old chum trib, endeavour co trib, burrowes & sterry trib, dickers, bendigo goldfield history and production page 108

Handwritten notes on the North Old Chum Mine. Notes include depth of shaft Years, Dividends, tons, ounces of gold, authority and remarks.Note: Lansell's 180 Co absorbed this lease in 1900. Names include: Early Workings, Wybrant (John), Wybrant's Trib, North Old Chum, Jackson's Claim, Jackson's Trib, South Victoria Co?,document, gold, north old chum mine, north old chum mine, notes on the north old chum mine, wybrant (john), wybrant's trib, north old chum, jackson's claim, jackson's trib, south victoria co?, lansell's 180 co, production statistics bendigo m l page 110, mines dept.

Handwritten notes on the New Moon Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include depth of Shaft, locality, Formation & Registration, Last year of production 1931, Size of lease, Early History, Plant, Poppet Legs, Telephone & Electric Signalling, Gold Obtained, Prominence, Total Gold Production and Dividends.document, gold, new moon mine, new moon mine, notes on the new moon mine, garden gully line of reef, prospector's vote, h harkness & coy, thompson & co of castlemaine, bendigo amalgamated goldfields coy, mines dept special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, annals of bendigo mining sections 1907 to 1931, a richardson, souvenir declaration 200th dividend issued by directors new moon 1/12/1906, mines dept bulletin no 47 structure of bendigo goldfield h herman 1923

One typed, one handwritten and one handwritten carbon copy of notes on the North Johnsons Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reef. Notes include size of lease (which was very small, only 83 yards along the line of reef, and the late 1890's absorbed the Rose of Denmark lease, the next mine north, of 57 yeards along the line of reef, Depth of shaft, height of Sill, Locality, Plant, Early History, Prominence, Best Gold, Total Gold Yield and Dividends,Underground Connections and References.document, gold, north johnsons mine, north johnsons mine, garden gully line of reef, rose of denmark, camerons reef, dagmar reef, johnsons no 1, johnsons no 2, special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, mines dept quarterly and annual reports, annals of bendigo mining sections 1866 - 1917, a richardson, e j dunn's special report no 1 measurements taken from north johnsons mine transverse section 22/9/1892, wood & mcnair sharebrokers plan of leases of portion of bendigo goldfield to 4/5/1912

Handwritten page of happenings at the North Johnsons and on the back North Garden. Written on page: North Johnsons, Copy our from M/M Reports. Cage stuck 26/10/1900, Scarcity of water 6/1/1899 9/11/1900, Boiler at Rose taken down etc 28/10/1899, Old workings giving trouble 14/10/1898, 8/7/1898 No ladderway, slack ropes fouled - cage etc at 485 ft., 7/6/1901 Water 3,000 gals a day, 2360 feet 2/3/1900 Miner burnt Candle (Gas?). On the back: North Garden, G. Armstrong ?, E'House open, Machinery, 16/6/1881 Old W. Wigley as watchman. 3/11/1881 Engine man Toy let 5 men into the well through carelessness. (Discharged.) Got another man - Grey. He could not manage it. Now have Syme ? Cannot say much about him yet. Half Yearly Report. 26/1/1882. New Plant. All work suspended to put in new machinery. Pair of 20'' cyl. For winding. 12 inch Ford Compressor, New Poppet Legs & Brace & Quartz shoots. Av. Of 13 1/2 dwts from new reef at 1320 '.document, gold, north johnsons mine, north johnsons mine, north garden, happenings at the north johnsons mine and north garden, m/m reports, g armstrong, w wigley, engine man toy, grey, syme?, ford compressor

Two handwritten pages, addressed to Mr J. J. Stanistreet, Commonwealth Bank Chambers, Bendigo. Notes mention the gross weight, moisture content and net-dry weight of Pyrites Lot no 68, Slimes or Strakes Lot No 67 and Blanket Sand Lot no 66. Assay results are also mentioned. The share for Tributors is also tabled.document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., assay results for north deborah gold mining co n. l., mr j j stanistreet, school of mines, victor leggo & co

Handwritten page of wages per week and wages per shift of the different mine workers, they were: Miner Learner, Miner, Miner Rise & Winze, Miner Dry Shaft, Miner Wet Shaft, Miner Leader Wet Shaft, Shift Boss, Shovellers Below, Shovellers Wet Shaft, Plat & Brace, Plat Wet, Winch Driver, Timberman, Timberman Shaft, Timberman Wet Shaft. For Surface workers: Shoveller, Blacksmith, Tool Sharpener, Engine Driver (Winding), Fireman 1 Boiler, Fireman 2 Boilers. Battery Workers: Batteryman, Batteryman Special, Battery Feeder, Cracker Attendant, Battery Driver, Battery Driver In Charge of Dynamo and Plant and Battery Driver in Charge of Dynamo. Basic Wage 11 pound 5 shillings Per Week. Wages for North Deborah No 1 Shaft November 1952.document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., basic wage increase of 4/- week nov 1952, north deborah no 1 shaft, basic wage

Light brown covered booklet 'Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria issued by W Dickson, Secretary for Mines, Under the Authority of the Hon. S Barnes M L A Minister of Mines. No 41 The Confidence Group of Mines, Bendigo with Plans and Sections by H S Whitelaw, Field Geologist, dated 1918. Mines mentioned are: Confidence Extended Mine, Confidence Tribute Company and the Central Windmill Hill Mine. Mentioned in the report are crushings and gold yield, details of levels, names of leases along the reef. Extracts from Mine Manager's Half-yearly Reports, 1878-1915 of tons crushed and gold yield. Plans and sections of the Confidence Extended Mine on the Garden Gully Line of Reefs are: Plate I General Plan of All Levels, Plans of Levels Plate No II, Plans of Levels Plate No III, Transverse Section Plate No IV, Longitudinal Section Plate No V, and Central Windmill Hill Mine Transverse Section Plate No VI. Plates signed by H S Whitelaw 17 & 18/6/16 and 20/7/16.book, bendigo, mining reports, mining reports, the confidence group of mines bulletin no 41, confidence extended mine, confidence tribute company, central windmill hill mine, department of mines, bulletins of the geological survey of victoria, w dickson, the hon s barnes, h s whitelaw, h j green, mr robert eddy, mr w h cundy, j foster, c j thompson

Printed Report on Observations of Underground Temperature at Bendigo, by James Stirling, Government Geologist. Report mentions temperature increases as the mines get deeper, temperature of air and rocks, Meteorological Observations at 180 Mine, Bendigo, comparison temperature in other parts of the world and Bendigo, Temperature of air at the 180 Mine, Shenandoah Mine, victoria Quartz, Shamrock, Great Extended Hustlers, Princess Dagmar and United Hustlers and Redan, Daily Variation of Temperature and Pressure of the Air, Temperature of Fault Line, Drawing of Lansell's No 180 Mine showing levels, geological features, graph of Curves of Atmosphere Pressure at 180 Mine Bendigo, graph of Curves of Temperature at 180 Mine Bendigo, Lansell's 180 Mine Rate of Aincrease of Rock Temperature, Comparisons with Observations in other Countries, Observations in November and December 1895, Meteorological Observations at New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo, Kiagram of working 'ends' showing temperatures therein at the New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo Vic, Additional Observations at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, United Hustlers and Redan and Great Extended Hustler's, Humidity with formula which was adopted, Hygrometer Observations, The Ventilating Currents (and formula), Notes on Anemometer Records 180 Mine, Tabulated List showing Velocities of Air Currents at Various Levels in the 180 Mine Bendigo, Pressure of Air (and formula), Composition of the Air at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, Gt Extended Hustlers and United Hustlers and Redan and Miners' Complaints. A Richardson name written on the top right corner.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, report on observations of underground temperature at bendigo, department of mines, james travis, the hon henry foster, james stirling, 180 mine, shenandoah mine, victoria quartz, shamrock, great extended hustlers, princess dagmar, united hustlers and redan, new chum railway mine, north old chum, m grehauf, dr boyd, robt s brain

Handwritten notes naming the mines, their depth, years and yield. Mines mentioned are: Surprise, Victorian St Mungo, Mystery Co, Duke of Edinburgh, Gt Ext'd Sth Devonshire (Site of New St Mungo Shaft), New St Mungo & Tributors, Ext'd S'th Devonshire, Sth Devonshire Co, Duchess of Edinburgh (Same ground as Albert & Coy), West United Devonshire, United Devonshire Co, (same ground as Princess Alexandria Saxon & Celt & Hopewell). Ref: Bendigo G'D'fields - History & Production Page 126.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, devonshire mines production, surprise, victorian st mungo, mystery co, duke of edinburgh, gt ext'd sth devonshire (site of new st mungo shaft), new st mungo & tributors, ext'd s'th devonshire, sth devonshire co, duchess of edinburgh (same ground as albert & coy), west united devonshire, united devonshire co, (same ground as princess alexandria saxon & celt & hopewell, bendigo g'd'fileds - history & production page 126

Handwritten extracts from the Johnsons Reef Ext'd G. M. C. Mine Manager, Wm. Stubbs Report dated Aug. 7th 1888, 12-2-1895 and Aug 2nd 1892. Report mentions an accident caused by the trucker neglecting to fasten the truck in the cage, cost of sinking the shaft and selling a second-hand whip-pole to Mr. Liddle for one pound.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, johnsons reef ext'd g m c mine manager's report, wm stubbs, j stubbs, the constellation coy, mr liddle

Handwritten extracts from the Kentish Mine Manager, J. J. Jewell's Report. Extracts dated 1-11-1894 and 9-3-1894. Report mentions crushings and gold yield at the Old Carlisle Shaft and crushings and gold yield from The 'Central' mullock. (b) mentions the baling of water and the Carlisle Shaft, formerly Nth Garden Shaft.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, kentish mine manager's report, j j jewell, old carlisle shaft, w griffiths & party, nth garden shaft, j cock & party, the 'central'