Department of Mines - Prospectors Guide (Victoria), Third Edition, 1936. Booklet has a brown coloured cover with a cost of 1/-, (one shilling). Marked 'Free Copy'Department of Mines H. J. Green Government Printer.victoria, history, gold mining, geology, and gold pros, gold mining, geology, and gold prospecting.

PROSPECTOR'S GUIDE 1958 FOURTH EDITION. Produced by Department of Mines, Victoria. Hard cloth covered bookDept. of Minesgold, prospecting guide, gold, gold mining, prospecting, victoria.

Mining & Geological Journal Vol.2. No.3. September 1940. Published by the Department of Mines Victoria with articles on mining, photographs, maps & advertisements. Name on front A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo. Softcover.Department of Mines Victoriamagazine, organization, mining, mining, mines, mining equipment.

Mining and Geological Journal, Volume 4, No.4. September 1951. Published by Department of Mines Victoria with 65 pages of articles on gold, coal & oil mining, Illustrations, maps, photographs including photographs of Bendigo mines. Name noted on front A.E.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriamagazine, organization, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, bendigo mines.

Mining and Geological Journal, Vol.4, No.3. March 1951. Published by Department of Mines Victoria with articles on Mines & mining including Bendigo mines with Photographs, Illustrations, Maps & Advertisements. Name on front A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoria.gold mines, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, central deborah mine.

Mining & Geological Journal, Vol.2, No.6. March 1942. Published by Department of Mines Victoria, with articles on mines and mining including Bendigo mines, Photographs, Illustrations, Maps & Advertisements. Name on cover A Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriagold mines, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment. bendigo mines.

Mining & Geological Journal, January 1940, Vol.2, No.2. Published by Department of Mines Victoria, 136 pages of Mine Reports, articles on mines, photographs, illustrations, maps & advertisements. Name on cover A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Dept of Mines Victoriagold mines, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, axedale - fletchers mine.

Mining & Gelogical Journal Vol.1, No.4. January 1939 published by the Department of Mines Government of Victoria, 72 pages with photographs, illustrations, maps & advertisements. Articles on mining including some Bendigo & district mines.Name on cover A.Richardson 29 Harrison St Bendigo.Department of Mines Victoria.magazine, organization, mining, mining - mines - mining equipment, bendigo mines.central nell gwynne.

Getting Gold. Information for the 'Green' prospector trying his hand for the first time. Issued bt y Geo. Brown for the Mines Department, Melbourne. 1935. Brown cover. 42 pages. Name J W Anderson written in pencil on front cover.victoria, history, helpful hints in prospecting

Poster heading - 'Gold' - 'In the whole world, only 47 nuggets weighing over 30lbs Troy have been recorded. Of these 40 are from Australia. The region from Ballarat around to Bendigo yielded 32 of these large nuggets. This monument erected in 1897 by the Mines Department, is the only one ever erected to honour the discovery of a gold nugget. The 'Welcome Stranger' nugget was unearthed on 5th February, 1869, weighing 2316 ounces and it was sold for 9.553 pounds'. Poster includes a map of Victoria depicting the main gold mining areas, also mention of gypsum, and tin in northern Victoria. A photo of the monument to the discovery of the 'Welcome Stranger' nugget found 1 1/4 miles from Moliagul in the bottom corner.document, gold

Typed foolscap two sided document with information about the early history of the Bendigo Goldfield. Topics include the first gold discovery, how gullies were worked, quartz reefing, gold cakes, hand dollies and Chilian mills. Some brief statistics of the Bendigo goldfield include the total gold yield of 17,370,561 ounces plus 5,000,000 oz sold outside Bendigo. The greatest depth reached by any mine in the State, 4,593 feet below surface, or 3,700 feet below sea-level, was attained by the Victoria Quartz Company. About 100 shafts exceed a depth of 1,000 feet, of which 40 are between 2,000 and 3,000 feet deep, fifteen are between 3,000 and 4,000 feet and two are over 4,000 feet.bendigo, mining, mines department

Map of the Bendigo Goldfield, showing reef lines, mines and significant geographical features such as Monument Hill, Quartz Hill and Diamond Hill. On the back of map 'Department of Mines, Victoria. Plan of Bendigo Goldfield.bendigo, mining, bendigo goldfields

Book; Leather bound accounts book - cash book starts 03/08/1934 to 08/06/1939, with note 'Assets of this company, together with cash in hand (pounds99:14:1) were taken over by Mines Department of Victoria in satisfaction of ? Of Indenture dated 09/09/1936, pages 62 to 200 missing (blanks). Includes Balance sheet for 31/12/1934. Cash Book South Frederick The Great ??? Co. N.L.MCCOLL RANKIN & STANISTREETorganisation, industry, accounting., mccoll rankin & stanistreet

Mining & Geological Journal September 1941, Geology in the search for metals, fire assaying, Bendigo goldfields, Geology of Yea district published half yearly by the Department of Mines Victoria contains photographs, maps and illustrations.gold, mining, journal

Mining & Geological Journal January 1940 Vol.2 No.2 Mine reports Chewton Gold Field, Geological Glossary, Flotation Process, Wonthaggi Coal Field published hald yearly by he Department of Mines Victoria contains photographs, maps and illustrations.gold, mining, journal

South New Chum Syncline South New Chum Syncline Gold Mines, N.L., has been floated with a capital of £27,500 in 55,000 shares of 10/ each. Forty thousand have been issued at 1/,10,000 fully paid shares go to vendors, and 5000 will be held in reserve. - Messrs. Savage and Nicholas report that the issue was heavily over-subscribed. The property is situated in the central portion of the Bendigo field, adjoining such former producers as the Victoria Quartz. Lansell’s Big 180, North Old Chum and New Chum. (Bendigo Advertiser, 29th September 1932).Seven pages of correspondence detailing a 'Permit to Mine' in favour of Messrs W.J. Browell, A.W. Browell and A.R. Hannon, Golden Square, in respect of portion of the area held under Gold Mining Lease No. 9903. Letter dated 23rd February 1937 to J.J. Stanistreet, Legal Manager, South New Chum Syncline, Bendigo from Mines Department, Treasury Gardens, Melbourne confirms the permit held under Gold Mining Lease No. 9903, Bendigo. List of articles taken by Browell on 29th June, 1936, is attached. Draft copy of 'permit to mine' document attached. bendigo, gold mining, south new chum syncline gold mine, j.j. stanistreet, legal manager, margaret roberts collection,

South New Chum Syncline South New Chum Syncline Gold Mines, N.L., has been floated with a capital of £27,500 in 55,000 shares of 10/ each. Forty thousand have been issued at 1/,10,000 fully paid shares go to vendors, and 5000 will be held in reserve. - Messrs. Savage and Nicholas report that the issue was heavily over-subscribed. The property is situated in the central portion of the Bendigo field, adjoining such former producers as the Victoria Quartz. Lansell’s Big 180, North Old Chum and New Chum. (Bendigo Advertiser, 29th September 1932).Two documents from Department of Mines, 25th January, 1936. 'Cover letter, addressed to McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet, Commonwealth Bank Chambers, Charing Cross, Bendigo, informs 'that the Honorable the Minister has granted a suspension of the Labour Covenant of Lease No. 9903 Bendigo ...expiring on 25th April, 1936. Suspension is for the Mining District of Bendigo, division Sandhurst, No. of lease 9903 for 3 months from 24.1.36 to 25.4.36. Document is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records. bendigo, gold mining, south new chum syncline gold mine, j.j. stanistreet, legal manager, margaret roberts collection, labour convenant

A Fourth Edition Prospectors' Guide by the Department of Mines, Victoria detailing the location and properties of minerals within the many mines of Victoria, including Bendigo and many smaller towns in 1958.

Copy of a newspaper article titled Old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism. Date written on the paper is 11/1/85. The Thompson's Foundry Battery was re-erected in the Parkin's Reef Reserve after being used at Bola Creek near the NSW border. A team of volunteers and a Grant had it moved to Maldon where it was set up and the area made attractive for tourists.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - 10 head battery, thompson's foundry battery, parkin's reef reserve, conservation forests and lands department, carman's tunnel, north british mine, parkins reef, carman's tunnel committee, dr doug kemsley, prospectors' and miners' association of victoria, mr ken garden

Weekender article from the Bendigo Advertiser 20/2/1999 mentioning the push for a museum for Bendigo by John Gascoigne. People including Kathryn Mackenzie, , Heidi Teague, Joan Bolton, David Bolton, Joan O'Shea, Cliff Binks, Frank Cusack, Ted Barkmeyer, Andrew Paul and Peter Tangey were interviewed. There is a colour photo of Joan Bolton with an old printing machine and a black and white photo looking up Mitchell Street. On the back of this page there is another item relating to preserving Bendigo's Past, (from Weekender 17). A black and white photo at the top of the page shows Bendigo in the 1860s looking up Mitchell Street, (Photo courtesy of Frank Cusack).bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - showcasing our past, bendigo advertiser 20/2/1999, john gascoigne, golden dragon museum, bendigo pottery, rsl memorial hall, central deborah gold mine, greater city's heritage and historical societies, kathryn mackenzie, bendigo tourism inc, heidi teague, german heritage society, eureka museum, joan bolton, david bolton, bolton bros, joan o'shea, lister house, northern district school of nursing graduates association, department of human services, public records office, bendigo hospital, cliff binks, school of mines, bendigo regional institute of tafe, frank cusack, bendigo junior technical school, national trust chambers, information centre, commonwealth bank, city of greater bendigo, museum victoria, andrew paul, sir john quick, jenny whitelaw, peter tangey, fortuna, george lansell, army's topographical mapping unit, a steele

Article titled The Bendigo Post Office, compiled by L C Bennetts. Mentioned is the history of the Bendigo Post Office and postmarks, some information on mining, Bendigo foundries, Underground connections of mines, expenses and shaft sinking costs. Also mentioned is Bendigo and Eaglehawk - 60 years ago and the role the pubs played in daily living. They were where theatres, concerts and dances were held, and the meeting rooms for clubs and lodges, even church benefits. Listed is a number of Bendigo hotels. Some even had a few names. Names of the pubs are: The Freemasons, The Courthouse, The Commercial Law Courts, The Hamburg, The European, The Prince Bismark, The Lord Kitchener, The Bendigo, The Rosalind Park, The Showgrounds, Atheneum Club, Olivers, Bridge Hotel, Bourkes, The Globe, The Hibernia, Albert, Albion, Abbotts, Australian, Belvidere, Beehive, British Queen, Black Eagle, British and American, Brian Boru, Bakers Arms, Butchers Arms, Brick Layers Arms, Bull and Mouth, Cresent, Clarence, Back Creek Bridge, Cape Clear, Crooked Billet, Cambridgeshire Arms, Camp, Coach and Horses, Cricketers Arms, Diggers Rest, Ellesmere, Five Lions, Franklyn, Golden Square, Golden Gate, Golden Gully, Golden Age, Golden Vine, Gumtree, Glasgow Reef, Great Britain, Haymarket, Daniel O'Connell, Half Way House, Fleece Inn, Ironbark, Johnsons Reef, Lancashire, Live and Let Live, Manchester Arms, Gold Mines, Metropolitan, Crown, National, New Chum, Honeysuckle Street, Pavilion, Napier Arms, Quartz Miners Arms, Retreat Inn, Rainbow, Rose of Australia, Lake View, Robin Hood, Fountain, Southern Cross, Bath, Berlin, Spring Gully, Star, Sir Charles Hotham, Silvermines, Royal Oak, Suburban, Town Hall, Temperance, Ship Inn, View Point, View Bend, Victoria, Exchange, American, Arcade, Belfast, All Nations, Union, United Kingdom, Union Jack, Westend, Washington, Waterloo, Wellington, Whitehorse, Wheat Sheaf, Yorkshire, Niagra and Noahs Ark.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - the bendigo post office, l c bennetts, mt alexander post office, porcupine inn, cenotaph, pike or pyke, baby health centre, sandhurst post office, government survey office, queen elizabeth oval, sandhurst trustees company, mr h b briston, savings bank, telegraph office, the sub-treasury, sir henry brougham lock kcb, sir john nimmo mla, prince of wales group of mines, the new prince of wales, eaglehawk golf links, new prince of wales no 2, the whip and jersey, mines department, lansell's big 180, new chum and victoria mine and battery, new chum railway, koch's pioneer, south new moon, catherine reef united, new moon, the virginia, south bell vue, central nell gwynne, north nell gwynne, miner's phthisis, hercules engine house, ironbark, new chum syncline, hercules energetic, roberts & sons, harkness & co, horwoods, great southern, ulster, carlisle, lansells big 180, victoria quartz, new st mungo, duchess tribute, south devonshire, hopewell mine, saxby mine, mcnair & co, shamrock, mr king, burke and wills expedition, sandhurst hotel, courthouse, hiberian, the freemasons, the courthouse, the commercial law courts, the hamburg, the european, the prince bismark, the lord kitchener, the bendigo, the rosalind park, the showgrounds, atheneum club, olivers, bridge hotel, bourkes, the globe, the hibernia, albert, albion, abbotts, australian, belvidere, beehive, british queen, black eagle, british and american, brian boru, bakers arms, butchers arms, brick layers arms, bull and mouth, cresent, clarence, back creek bridge, cape clear, crooked billet, cambridgeshire arms, camp, coach and horses, cricketers arms, diggers rest, ellesmere, five lions, franklyn, golden square, golden gate, golden gully, golden age, golden vine, gumtree, glasgow reef, great britain, haymarket, daniel o'connell, half way house, fleece inn, ironbark, johnsons reef, lancashire, live and let live, manchester arms, gold mines, metropolitan, crown, national, new chum, honeysuckle street, pavilion, napier arms, quartz miners arms, retreat inn, rainbow, rose of australia, lake view, robin hood, fountain, southern cross, bath, berlin, spring gully, star, sir charles hotham, silvermines, royal oak, suburban, town hall, temperance, ship inn, view point, view bend, victoria, exchange, american, arcade, belfast, all nations, union, united kingdom, union jack, westend, washington, waterloo, wellington, whitehorse, wheat sheaf, yorkshire, niagra, noahs ark

A booklet published by the Mines Department Melbourne, Victoria in October 1965 on the history of the discovery of gold in Victoria. It has been stapled together, and the cover depicts a miner panning for gold on the edge of a creek, his tent and some trees are visible in the backgroundMines Departmenttopic, mining, gold discovery, mines department, gold discovery, history of gold in victoria

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

Supplement to the Bendigo Advertiser, December 15, 1999 Volume Seven: 1960-1969 titled Bendigo's Century. The front has a photo of the BCV 8 Studio. Contains photos and local news, council matters, planning, Who's Who, Weather, Sport and Business and some Advertisements. Photos include Early stages in the construction of the Eppalock tower and bridge pillars, Christine Wiseman, TV8's first news reader Ron Alderton, Dr Albert L Beischer, Advertiser buiding, fire at the Advertiser building, Oscar Flight, Bendigo Town Hall, William Basil Ashman, Lake Eppalock, Premier Henry Bolte, Que O'Hoy, Sandhurst Guest House, The Lyric Theatre, E C Thompson, The elm tree in Market Square, Leslie Galvin, The original Myer Store, The Joss House, Sidney Myer, Bendigo Police Barracks, Bunratty Castle, Albert Vivian Gray, The Victoria Hill site, Architects drawing of the new council administrative offices and Noel Beaton MHR.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - bendigo's century volume seven: 1960 - 1969, bendigo advertiser, bcv 8, eppalock dam, premier henry bolte, the criterion hotel, mccarthy family, teachers training college, bendigo original teachers college, long gully state school, stramit, bendigo university site committee, mrs christine wiseman, bendigo city council, the broadcasting control board, general television pty ltd, bendigo central victoria telecasters pty ltd, mr davidson, bennett's arcade, woolworth's, white hills swimming pool, herb elliott, sailor's guide, toni riley pharmacies, rising sun hotel, ron alderton, dr albert l beischer, channel 8, melbourne herald, 3bo, bendigo advertiser officeslyceum theatre, junior technical school white hills, mount alvernia hospital, most reverend dr b d stewart, sisters of the franciscan missionaries of the divine motherhood, lazarus family, bendigo's tramways, state electricity commission, george pethard, lance pethard, bendigo advertiser fire 29/7/1962, riverine herald, the herald and weekly times, bendigo art gallery, oscar flight, hollands foundry, eaglehawk u.f.s. dispensary, gillies famous pies, william basil ashman, golden gate hotel, grieves family, bendigo town hall, mr r r anderson, mr e h brown, cr neville oliver, cr tom flood, traffic commission, lansell family, abev-1, bendigo ordnance factory, actu, bendigo trades hall council, the ramsay report, bendigo benevolent home, bendigo home and hospital for the aged, princess theatre, amoco, lake eppalock, bendigo training prison, bendigo police station lock-up, shamrock hotel, rifle brigade hotel, hopetoun hotel, anz bank, marong shire offices, sir rohan delacombe, st paul's church, que o'hoy, waldron family, windermere hotel, aids & appliance shop, anne caudle centre, e c thompson, mayfair hams, sandhurst guest house, lyric theatre, chinese joss house, ordnance factory, sir john jenson, bridge street chinese quarter, bendigo city hall, cr r f turner, cr tom flood, victorian inland meat authority, new zealand insurance co, mrtropolitan security service, bendigo easter fair society, golden square high school, eaglehawk high school, bendigo technical college, mr ralph w birrell, bendigo fountain plaza, the bethlehem home for the aged, dick hazeldene, victorian egg board, bendigo united cricket club, south bendigo united cricket club, western mining corporation, les priest, alexandra fountain, bendigo advertiser, cr w cambridge, bendigo council, eaglehawk council, strathfieldsaye shire, huntly shire, marong shire, david thomas, senator john gorton, bendigo's college of advanced education, bank of new south wales, harp and shamrock hotel, the honorable leslie william galvin, kurmala, cain government, hanro knitting mills, myer store, sidney myer, davey brothers grocery store, national trust, myer emporium, myer's ltd, cox bros (australia) ltd, dame merlyn myer, baillieu myer, frank greenaway, institute of technology, gas & fuel corporation, bendigo railway station, anz bank, city family hotel, tab branch, senior constable alfred herbert wright, senior constable allan raymond brown, victorian football league, bendigo police barracks, camp hill state school, state electricity commission, the country party, the labor party, transport regulation board, stuart anderson, grose family, jean theodore de ravin, kyneton shire, sir william mcdonald, mines department, the loddon hospitals region group laundry and central linen service, kevin wynne, albert vivian gray, bradford cotton mills ltd, bradmill industries ltd, victoria hill, bendigo and district tourist association, professor brian lewis, melbourne university, victorian chinese community, loong, sun loong, stafford ellinson, coles' store, north deborah mining company nl, noel beaton mhr, durham ox hotel, taylor family

Sign - Safety Helmet Area, Mines Dept. of VictoriaHistoric - Safety Sign used by Mines Dept. of Victoriametal sign - Sign - Safety Helmet Area Mines Department of Victoria This is a Safety Helmet Area All persons working in or Entering The Quarry or Plant must wear A Safety Helmetpuffing billy, sign - safety helmet area,, mines dept. of victoria

This photograph was sent to Burnley in an envelope printed, "On His Majesty's Service" Centenary Celebrations State of Victoria & City of Melbourne 1934-35 Department of Agriculture, Melbourne and handwritten on it "Flood in orchard 1/12/1934 Mr. Jessep." Note by T.H. Kneen 8 April 1992, "Alex Jessep (left) with Tom Trahair. Periodically Tom would take leave to go back to his home town Yackandandah to test a new theory to find the lost gold seam at the Little Waterloo mine."Black and white photograph. George Russ and Frank Ellery examining the ground by the flooded river. Uprooted trees behind them.This photograph was sent to Burnley in an envelope printed, "On His Majesty's Service" Centenary Celebrations State of Victoria & City of Melbourne 1934-35 Department of Agriculture, Melbourne and handwritten on it "Flood in orchard 1/12/1934 Mr. Jessep."george russ, frank ellery, centenary celebrations, orchard, tom trahair, 1934 flood, alex jessep, uprooted trees