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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Administrative record - New Oswald Gold Mining Company Minute Book 1924 - 1929, 1924 - 1929
... New Oswald Gold Mining Company Minute Book 1924 - 1929...New Oswald Gold Mining Company... Gold Mining Company'. Inside front cover, affixed to front... Oswald Gold Mining Company'. Inside front cover, affixed to front ...Green hard cover book, buff binding on spine and corners of cover. Three hundred and sixty six pages of which one hundred and sixty one pages are used. Written on first page:' New Oswald Gold Mining Company'. Inside front cover, affixed to front cover is a document 'Companies Act 1913 George V, No. 2633, for the registration of the New Oswald Gold Mining Company No Liability on the 28th day of October, 1924'. Entry 22nd March 1929 is for an 'Extraordinary Meeting to authorise the sale or otherwise disposal of the whole or any part of the assets of the Company including the landed property of the Company ......' The Minute Book is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining documents.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, new oswald gold mining company, castlemaine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINING CO - SHARE TRANSFER JOURNAL, 1932/41
... series No., remarks. East Clarence gold mining company..., cancelled series No., remarks. East Clarence gold mining company ...Book; Hard cover accounts book - labelled 'Transfer Journal - details share transfers. Headings : No. of transfer, Date, Transferrer, Folio in share register, No. of shares, distinctive numbers, transferee, Address, Folio in share register, cancelled series No., remarks. East Clarence gold mining company No Liability, transfer journal.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETgold mining, miners' safety cage, share transfers, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: RECORD OF LEASES, CALLS & DIVIDENDS FOR BENDIGO MINES
... Loose leaf call for funds foe Central Deborah Gold Minimg... and elsewhere Loose leaf call for funds foe Central Deborah Gold Minimg ...hinged leather cover (Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Books) containing paper pages listing keases, calls & dividendsfor mines managed by McColl Rankin & Stanistreet in Bendigo and elsewhere Loose leaf call for funds foe Central Deborah Gold Minimg Company, 14 October 1953, at sixpence per shareMcColl Rankin & Stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RULES AND REGULATIONS DERBYSHIRE GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1865
... RULES AND REGULATIONS DERBYSHIRE GOLD MINING COMPANY... with stitched cotton spine. Rules and regulations of the Derbyshire Gold... of the Derbyshire Gold Mining Company and certificate of transfer signed ...Original handwritten document booklet on parchment paper with stitched cotton spine. Rules and regulations of the Derbyshire Gold Mining Company and certificate of transfer signed by shareholders, containing signatures of shareholders. This document is a copy as it does not have any signatures. There are nine pages of which only the front page has been scanned.organization, business, mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - BARKLY REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY SHARE ACCOUNT, 1875
... BARKLY REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY SHARE ACCOUNT...Document. Barkly Reef Gold Mining Company Share Account... Document. Barkly Reef Gold Mining Company Share Account. To J ...Document. Barkly Reef Gold Mining Company Share Account. To J Dolman, dated 23 Apr 1875 being for 100 shares for the above named company. Document is signed by Hay?, Manager. Document contains an embossed stamp reading: 'Barkly Reef Gold Mining Co. Registered, Elysian Flat'.cottage, miners, barkly reef gmc share account, j dolman, elysian flat -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - RAMS HORN GOLD MINING COMPANY OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS, 1905
... RAMS HORN GOLD MINING COMPANY OUTSTANDING ACCOUNTS...Document. Rams Horn gold mining Company Outstanding... BENDIGO Gold mining rams horn gold mining co. Rams Horn Company W ...Document. Rams Horn gold mining Company Outstanding Accounts. Page headed Rams Horn Company Outstanding Accounts at date of Meeting 8 Dec. 1905. Names mentioned include W E Brown, J. H Lane, F & E Stilwell, P H McGowan, Moore, Tinkler.bendigo, gold mining, rams horn gold mining co., rams horn company, w e brown, j h lane, f & e stilwell, p h mcgowan, moore, tinkler, gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KELLY AND ALLSOP COLLECTION: SHARE CERTIFICATE - CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY, 28/01/1897
... - CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COMPANY... issued by the Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Ellesmere... share certificate issued by the Consolidated Gold Mining Company ...Document. KELLY & ALLSOP COLLECTION. One share certificate issued by the Consolidated Gold Mining Company, Ellesmere, Bendigo, representing 100 shares at 10 shillings each. Capital raised was 17,500 Pounds from 35,000 shares. Certificate No. 313 issued to M.Kelly on 28 Jan 1897. Signed by J.H.Curnow, Manager.Consolidated Gold Mining Co.business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly & allsop collection, share certificate, ellesmere, consolidated gold mining co., m.kelly, j.h.curnow -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - IAN DYETT COLLECTION: AUCTION CATALOGUE - HERCULES NO. 1 GOLD MINE
... Gold Mining Company N. L. Contains descriptions of various... by Order Hercules No. 1 Gold Mining Company N. L. Contains ...Brown covered auction catalogue for a sale held on 12th February (no year) at the Hercules No. 1 Gold Mine of Mining Machinery,Buildings, Plant and Equipment by Order Hercules No. 1 Gold Mining Company N. L. Contains descriptions of various machinery and buildings. J. H. Curnow & Son were the auctioneers.business, auctioneers, j h curnow & son pty ltd, ian dyett collection - auction catalogue - hercules no. 1 gold mine, j h curnow & son, j l jamieson & co, the cambridge press -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph (black & white), Ballarat School of Mines Students visit the New Normanby Mine, 1899, 1899
... as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned... as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned ...In 1875 John Rowe enrolled at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) where he studied Metallurgy and Assaying. In 1880 the Britannia Mine closed and John Rowe moved to Launceston working as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned to Ballarat two years later to manage the Long Gully United Gold Mining Company. In 1885 John Rowe sought work in New Caledonia followed by South Africa. While in South Africa he received an offer from SMB to lecture in Practical Mining, an instructional innovation which involved weekly visits to some of the principle mines in the district. John Rowe took up this position in 1994, but it appears to have been a short lived innovation ending in 1996, possibly due to John Rowe's failing health. (http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Rowe,John.shtml)Nineteen men, some Ballarat School of Mines students, pose outside Ballarat's New Normanby Mine. Some hold picks and candles. The man in the centre wearing a waistcoat is John Rowe, experienced miner and lecturer in Practical Mining at the Ballarat School of Mines. The June 1899 Ballarat School of Mines Magazine records: "The mining class visited the Britannia Gold Mine, and were kindly shown over the surface and underground workings by Mr. Harvey."candle, ballarat school of mines, safety cage, john rowe, new normanby gold mine, mining alumni, pick -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - DEFIANCE MINE, SEBASTAPOL
... include theworkings of the Company, gold yield, dividends and re.... Baragwanath. Notes include theworkings of the Company, gold yield ...Carbon copy of handwritten quote from Dept. of Mines, Memoirs of Geological Survey of Victoria by W. Baragwanath. Notes include theworkings of the Company, gold yield, dividends and re-organization of the Company.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, defiance mine sebastapol, dept mines, memoirs of geological survey of victoria, w baragwanath, the ballarat goldfield, the cumberland durham and cornish company, sebastapol company, nelson and wellington company, defiance company, a richardson -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION:CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE, 1946-51
... 'Bank Account Book for Central Deborah Gold Mine Co. from... Gold Mining Company No Liability'. Stamped on label 'PLEASE ...'Bank Account Book for Central Deborah Gold Mine Co. from McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet Legal Managers & Accounts Bendigo'. Printed on label 'IN ACCOUNT CURRENT WITH THE UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED'. Hand writing 'Central Deborah Gold Mining Company No Liability'. Stamped on label 'PLEASE RETURN AFTER INSPECTION'.The Union Bank Of Australiacottage, miners, central deborah gold mine, gold, mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, the union bank of australia, bendigo, business records. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: VICTORIA HILL
... ) Wittschiebe & Co's Claim Victoria Hill, Victoria Reef Gold Mining... Reef Gold Mining Company And Victgoria Quartz are mentioned ...Sixteen page document with details about Victoria Hill, Victoria Spurs, East Victoria Reef, Try Me Well Reef and Hercules Reef. (ref: Dicker's Mining Record 23rd November, 1861) Wittschiebe & Co's Claim Victoria Hill, Victoria Reef Gold Mining Company And Victgoria Quartz are mentioned.bendigo, mining, victoria hill -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Certificate of Registration: New Garibaldi Gold Mining Company, 1866, 1866
... Certificate of Registration: New Garibaldi Gold Mining...new garibaldi gold mining company... Garibaldi Gold Mining Company by the Court of Mines Ballarat... Act) court of mines ballarat new garibaldi gold mining company ...Certificate issued for the registration of the New Garibaldi Gold Mining Company by the Court of Mines Ballarat. This was published in the Government Gazette , 13 March 1866 and in the Ballarat Star newspaper on 12 March 1866. These items were submitted to the Court of Mines and the registration certificate issued on 15 March 1866. It was under the Mining Companies Limited Liability Act 1864 (Frasers Act)Yellowing paper (vellum), hand written in black inkDate:15 March 1866 Certificate No: 2/66 Stamp of Court of Mines Ballarat Signed by the Clerk of the Court of Minescourt of mines ballarat, new garibaldi gold mining company, frasers act, certificate, mining -
Clunes Museum
document
... AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIES... OF GOLD MINING COMPANIES local history mining company exploration ...INFORMATION ABOUT A STAMP SHOE FROM A CORNISH STYLE SQUARE-HEAD STAMP BATTERY POSSIBLY USED BY PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNES, FROM MATTHEW CHURCHWARD, SENIOR CURATOR, ENGINEERING & TRANSPORT, MUSEUM OF VICTORIA LETTER DATED 15 OCTOBER, 1997. THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA. GOLD ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIESINFORMATION RECEIVED REGARDING THE PORT PHILLIP MINE; Including .1 COPY OF ARTICLE 12TH MAY, 1858 FROM "THE ARGUS." MELBOURNE. .2 LETTER FROM "SCIENCEWORKS" TO MR. ALAN KEEBLE DATED 15/10/1997 (3 Pages) .3 SECTION OF MERCURY, TROUGHS, STAKES & STAMPS (Extract taken from publication, The Gold Fields, Mineral Districts of Victoria, by R. Brough Smyth F.G.S, published by Queensberry Hill Press 1979) .4 GOLD. ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION (Extract taken from publication, Gold: Its Occurrence and Extraction by Alfred G. Lock F.R.G.S published by E. & F. N. Spon 16 Charing Cross London 1882) .5 PLAN OF GOLD MINING CO'S. CLUNES (Extract taken from Dicker's Mining Record 26/3/1867, page 173. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32734386?q&versionId=39944948) local history, mining, company exploration -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Share certificate, Berry Anderson and Co., Ballarat, Bryant's Gully Gold Mining Company, near Linton, 1899, 1899
... Bryant's Gully Gold Mining Company, near Linton, 1899... Bryant's Gully Gold Mining Company... share in Bryants Gully Gold Mining Company ) purchased by Samuel... share in Bryants Gully Gold Mining Company ) purchased by Samuel ...Share certificate for twelve syndicate shares (= 1/12th share in Bryants Gully Gold Mining Company ) purchased by Samuel Lewers, 16th August 1899. Signed A.M. Barry and A.J. N. Horan, who were the "Applicants for Lease". According to an undated inscription on the back of the certificate, half of the shares were later transferred by Samuel Lewers to A.C. Cork.Blue paper share certificate, blue typescript, black ink handwriting, perforations on left side suggests certificate was detached from a book of share certificate forms.Text, front: " Bryant's Gully Gold Mining Coy., near Linton / 5 IN Twelve SYNDICATE SHARES. Text, reverse: "I hereby transfer one half (1/2) of the within share to A.O. Cork for value received S. Lewers".samuel lewers, a.c.cork, a.m. barry, a. j. n. horan, bryant's gully gold mining company, share certificates -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WILLIAMS UNITED - PRODUCTION STATISTICS FOR WILLIAMS UNITED
... , Dividends and ounces of gold. Companies mentioned are: Acadia Trib... and ounces of gold. Companies mentioned are: Acadia Trib, Acadia ...Handwritten copy of Production Statistics for the Williams United. Notes mention Company Name, depth of shaft, years, Calls, Dividends and ounces of gold. Companies mentioned are: Acadia Trib, Acadia Amalgamated, Snob's Hill Coy, Acadia (Catherine) Co, North Acadia Catherine, Saunders & Co (same ground as North Acadia Catherine), Princess Alice Trib, Snowden & Co, Kneebones Trib, Kneebone & Jeffrey, Wearon & Co, Wearne & CO, Williams & Co Williams Trib, South Catherine Co, Trio Hauling Co, Williams United,Bendigo Amal G'Fields (Old Main North), Central Catherine Co, Princess Alice Co & Trib, Trio-Hauling Co including Central Catherine and South Catherine Co's.document, gold, williams united, williams united, production statistics for williams united, acadia trib, acadia amalgamated, snob's hill coy, acadia (catherine) co, north acadia catherine, saunders & co (same ground as north acadia catherine), princess alice trib, snowden & co, kneebones trib, kneebone & jeffrey, wearon & co, wearne & co, williams & co williams trib, south catherine co, trio hauling co, williams united, bendigo amal g'fields (old main north), central catherine co, princess alice co & trib, trio-hauling co including central catherine and south catherine co's -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING IN BENDIGO COLLECTION: AGREEMENT TO TREAT TAILINGS
... The Australian Mining and Gold Recovery Company Limited... Mining and Gold Recovery Company Limited of 113 Pitt Street... Mining and Gold Recovery Company Limited Vincent Fairfield ...Two printed copies (one purple and one blue) of an agreement between The New Moon Company No Liability whose Registered Office is situated at Camp Chambers, Eaglehawk and The Australian Mining and Gold Recovery Company Limited of 113 Pitt Street Sydney. The agreement is for the treatment of tailings and has a number of conditions. It is dated March, 1907.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, agreement to treat tailings, the new moon company no liability, the australian mining and gold recovery company limited, vincent fairfield shallcross, stock exchange biuldings sydney -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: PROSPECTUS OF CENTRAL DEBRORAH GOLD MINING CO NL, 1939
... Prospectus of Central Deborah Gold Mining Company NL. June... Gold Mining Company NL. Item date: June 1939. Book soft cover 3... & Stanistreet Prospectus of Central Deborah Gold Mining Company NL. June ...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. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MISS G ALICE JONES COLLECTION: ACCOUNT
... North Virginia Gold Mining Company N L...North Virginia Gold Mining Company N. L. to Miss G. Alice... Gold Mining Company N L Millett North Virginia Gold Mining ...North Virginia Gold Mining Company N. L. to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Aug 14 to Sep 6, 1933, and 8 Nov 1933. Millett to you. Details costs of transfer. Total cost £4.8.0. "R581 del 8/11/33" written in the top left corner.miss g alice jones - solicitor - account, north virginia gold mining company n l, millett -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - KELLY AND ALLSOP COLLECTION: RECEIPT
... South Lancashire Gold Mining Company N. L.... Lancashire Gold Mining Company for £6/5/- for the 6 Call on 1500... - Receipt Messrs Allsop Co South Lancashire Gold Mining Company N. L ...Shares received from Messrs. Allsop Co. Numbers of Shares and names on the receipt.and signed by Sam McGowan, Manager. Names are: ? E. Williams, W. Sparkman, A. B. Harrison and F. J. Tonkin? 1d. Green Duty stamp attached.Receipt from the South Lancashire Gold Mining Company for £6/5/- for the 6 Call on 1500business, stockbroker, kelly & allsop, kelly and allsop collection - receipt, messrs allsop co, south lancashire gold mining company n. l., ? e. williams, w. sparkman, a b harrison, r j tonkin? sam mcgowan, symes printer -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION:CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE, 1939
... 'Transfer Journal' and stamped'Central Deborah Gold Mining Company... 'Transfer Journal' and stamped'Central Deborah Gold Mining Company ...'Transfer Journal Book of Central Deborah Gold mine from McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet Legal Managers & Accountants'.Black in colour with red spine.Share holder listings from 1939-40 hand written with names and share numbers. Printed label on front cover 'Transfer Journal' and stamped'Central Deborah Gold Mining Company No Liability'.McColl,Rankin & Stanistreet Legal Managers & Accountantsdocument, gold, central deborah gold mine, central deborah gold mine, gold mine, mccoll rankin & stanistreet, bendigo, business records -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE MINE SPECIAL REPORT
... Gwynne Gold Mining Company NL, dated 29.9.1948. Author K.F... BENDIGO Mining central nell gwynne gold mining co 4 page flimsy ...4 page flimsy carbon copy of a typed report on the Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company NL, dated 29.9.1948. Author K.F. Heinze, Mine Manager, Robert Bentley. Introductory comments: 'shaft sinking was commenced at a point 40 feet below the 1,560 feet plat'. Report includes financial details of mining costs.bendigo, mining, central nell gwynne gold mining co -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: EAST CLARENCE GOLD MINING CO. - LEDGER, 1940/51
... . East Clarence Gold Mining Company No Liability.... covering the mine shaft. East Clarence Gold Mining Company ...Book; Hardbound ledger book with entries from 19/4/1940 to 24/1/1941. Loose documents in back of book, workings. Notice of general meeting 28/10/1949, invoices and expense sheets, letter from Mines Department recovering costs covering the mine shaft. East Clarence Gold Mining Company No Liability.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, accounting., mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NAPOLEON GOLD MINING CO. N.L, 15th September 1950
... Costerfield Antimony and Gold Mining Company No Liability, a thank you... mining gold mining Central Napoleon Document: Letter to McColl ...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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE, 5.10. 1941
... Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company No Liability. No 11171 Bendigo... Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company No Liability. No 11171 Bendigo ...Document. Folded lease - Nell Gwynne Reef No Liability of Charing Cross Bendigo is now the propieter of the within described estate by transfer registed on 26.2. 42 & numbered 1851220 by the Assistant Registrar of Titles for His Majesty the King to Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company No Liability. No 11171 Bendigo Vol 327 fol 36015.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, central nell gwynne, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, central nell gwynne, gold mining, lease -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SOUTH DEBORAH, 28th October, 1964
... South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company... the South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company dated 28th.... Murphy South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company Foolscap ...Foolscap folder containing a list of shareholders in the South Deborah Gold Mines NL , headed Distribution @ 4d. Per share. Three share certificates totalling 250 shares owned by P. P. Murphy Eaglehawk. A Directors Special Report from the South Costerfield Antimony & Gold Mining Company dated 28th October 1954.gold, mining, list of shareholders, gold mines, bendigo. south deborah, p.p. murphy, south costerfield antimony & gold mining company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - St. Mungo Gold Mining Company
... St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef ...Book of shares receipts. The receipts are numbered from 1751 to 2000 only the first four are detached, all are blank. The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef, Eaglehawk. Registered under the mining companies' act, 1871. Capital: pounds 7,500 in 30,000 shares of five shillings each.st.mungo mine, gold mine, shares receipts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Financial record - St. Mungo Gold Mining Company
... St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company.... Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef ...Book of shares receipts. The receipts are numbered from 1701 to 1750 only the first seven are detached, all are blank. The words on the receipt are: extended St. Mungo Gold Mining Company No-Liability St. Mungo's Reef, Eaglehawk. Registered under the mining companies' act, 1871. Capital: pounds 7,500 in 30,000 shares of five shillings each.st.mungo mine, gold mine, shares receipts -
Clunes Museum
Document - DOCUMENTS
... & Others & Comet Gold Mining Company Nov 1869 4 HISTORY OF SOUTH... & Others & Comet Gold Mining Company Nov 1869 4 HISTORY OF SOUTH ...1.Photocopy of Clunes Township 1864 2.Copy of envelope which contained above plan 3.Agreement between William Allison & Others & Comet Gold Mining Company Nov 1869 4 HISTORY OF SOUTH CLUNES AND LOTHAIR MINES 5.Typed copy of above agreement 6.USB Stick with all above informationcomet mining company, plan of clunes township, william allison -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph
... on the fields. Many companies such as the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold... on the fields. Many companies such as the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold ...This image shows an unknown location in the area of Beechworth that was possibly used as a sluicing mining site for gold during the Victorian Gold Rush. This era saw an influx of Chinese immigrants and Australian prospectors hoping to strike it rich on the fields. Many companies such as the Rocky Mountain Extended Gold Sluicing Company Ltd and the Cocks Pioneer Gold &Tin Sluicing Company also set up mines in the area. This site may be the location of one of these company's mines. The wooden logs are reminiscent of known sluicing operations in the era from that time. Sluicing involved the use of high-pressured hoses to clear away soil from earth that had been dug up by miners and was a popular method of excavation in the area, although it had severe impacts on the environment.The search for gold is ingrained into the history of Victoria and therefore, images like this one which portray an open cut sluicing site can reveal important information for society and technology for the date when the photograph was taken. This image is of important historical significance for its ability to convey information about sluicing and the methods used to find gold. It also shows a location where sluicing was undertook which provides insight into the impact of sluicing on the environment at a time when it was done.A colour rectangular photograph printed on glossy photographic paperReverse: 6855 /beechworth, gold rush, sluicing, mining