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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Plan - MARKS COLLECTION: LEASE PLANS GREAT SOUTHERN GOLD MINE BENDIGO
Plan on heavy paper, tightly rolled. On top of plan "Plan of Leases 5429, 4810, 4811 and 5429", The Property of the Great Southern Gold Mining Co. Bendigo' \Total area123 acres, 3 roods, 33 perches, excised, nett area 122, 0. 38. On bottom '32 feet to one inch' and 'This plan was devised from Government Mining Lease Plans and from actual survey' Signed E.F Brown, certificated mining and authorised surveyor 25/6/87' Leases No. 5429 and 4810 details location of shaft, tramway, battery, engine house and boiler. Large mining dam outlined.bendigo, mining, great southern gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - SEC. MINES REPORT FOR 1908
BHS CollectionHandwritten extract from the Sec. Mines Report for 1908. T. E. Williamson, Ins. Mines). Eaglehawk District. Page 130. Noes include Number of men employed and the depth of shaft for Collman & Tacchi, William's United, Koch's Pioneer, Nth Johnson & No 1, No 2 & No 3, Princess Dagmar, Needle, Golden Age, South New Moon, South New Moon 40 head battery, Catherine Reef United, New Moon and the Virginia. Also a new boiler reduced the wood consumption from 160 tons per week to 70 tons, whilst more work is being done.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, sec mines report for 1908, collman & tacchi, william's united, koch's pioneer, nth johnson & no 1 no 2 no 3, princess dagmar, needle, golden age, south new moon, south new moon 40 head battery, catherine reef united, new moon, virginia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: Deadhorse Gully, Sydney Flat Creek March 1986
Colour photographs, seventeen images on nine page. Images labelled as follows : 1. North New Moon shaft - natural discharge point of Garden Gullly line 2. Actual exit to surface from beneath mullock at North New Moon shaft. 3. Looking into Deadhorse Gully from mullock heap at North New Moon site. 4. Deadhorse Gully downstream of WMC Weir. 5. Sydney Creek track crossing - impassable ford. 6. Sydney Creek looking downstream from ford. 7. Sydney Creek looking upstream from road near Recreation Reserve (12 inch pipe under road). 8. Sydney Creek looking downstream from same point. 9. Sydney Creek - Camp Road, looking upstream.. 10. Sydney Creek - Camp Road, looking downstream. 11. Sydney Creek - Camp Road Culverts. 12. Sydney Creek - Pyramid Road Bridge, looking upstream. 13. Sydney Creek - Pyramid Road Crossing looking downsteam. 14. Sydney Creek - rail crossing, looking upstream. 15. Sydney Creek - rail crossing, looking downstream. 16. Sydney Creek - Airstrip road, looking upstream. 17. Sydney Creek - Airstrip Road, looking downstream 12 inch pipe under road. Lined paper, in blue pen 'Deadhorse Gully-Sydney Flat Creek, March 1986, Photos of Deadhorse Gully/Sydney Flat Creek'kangaroo flat gold mine, deadhorse gully, sydney flat creek, unity mining, water discharge, north new moon, camp road, pyramid hill road, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - DRAINAGE PROBLEMS - DRAINAGE 1905 - 1908
Handwritten notes from the Bendigo Advertiser 22/6/1910, listing the mine, Gallons baled, Deepest depth baled from, Total amount Rec'd, ? ? Coy for Financial Year ended 30/6/1908. Mines mentioned are: New Chum Railway, Eureka Ext'd, New Chum Con'd, Lazarus, Garibaldi, Lansells 180, Victoria Quartz, Lansell's 222, New Chum & Vic., Shamrock and New Shenandoah. Note along the side: re - Vict Quartz Inrush Water. Adv. Wed. 22/6/1910. (b) Handwritten notes on the New Chum Drainage Ass'n 1905 - 1908 from the Bendigo Advertiser 22/6/1910. Listed is the Year, Water Raised (Gallons), Total Amount Re?ed and Amount Re? Coys. The New Chum Drainage Ass'n was formed in 1901 and practically ceased to exist in 1908. Victoria Quartz at time of inrush of water on Tuesday night, the shaft had reached a depth of 4,614 feet. Water has since risen in the shaft to above 4,154 ft plat & the large workings at 4,254 feet, and 4,154 feet have also been t filled. As there are no reef workings from 4,154 to 3,424 feet the water will no doubt rise rapidly until that level is reached. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.document, gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, drainage 1905 - 1908, bendigo advertiser 22/6/1910, victoria quartz, new chum railway, eureka ext'd, new chum con'd, lazarus, garibaldi, lansell's 180, lansell's 222. mew chum & vic, shamrock, new shenandoah -
Federation University Historical Collection
Letter - Correspondence, Margaret Malone, Letter regarding gold assay from Mount Egerton Mine, 10/02/2014
Margaret Malone was associated with a kaolin mine at Mount Egerton. WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." (WOMAN WHO MANAGES A MINE Works With A Vision (By a Special Corespondent) BALLARAT, August 22.—Like a Heroine in a Bret Harte story of the Soaring: Forties Miss Margaret Malone, the only woman mine manager in Australia, has lived most of her life in an atmosphere where hope springs eternal in the gold-seeking breast. Forty years ago her father gave up farming to seek the elusive mineral near Ballarat. "One day my mother went for a walk along the Gordon-Egerton road and picked up a pebble with a few specks of gold in it," she told an interviewer yesterday, recounting the early history of the nine she now runs at Egerton. "Dad said, There must be more where that came from,' and hopefully sank a shaft. Our hopes were dashed, however, when he found only white clay. No one realised then the value of the disappointing looking white stuff which was all that Dad could find from every shaft he sank. At last be gave up the search, and the kaolin remained untouched." Later an Englishman from a pottery town in the old country urged Mr. Malone to try and sell his clay, and he sent some to the Bendigo potteries, but nothing came of it, and it was left to Miss Malone, after her father's death, to start on her unusual career by finding purchasers in Sydney and Melbourne for her clay, and herself working the mine. Strenuous Work "Mine managing is strenuous work in more ways than one," she admitted. "I have, to go down my mine daily, ad sometimes have to descend perpendicular ladders for about 150 ft. to reach areas being worked. I have to be my own manager, she explained, "because it is necessary to teach the men I employ the methods of grading clays." A New Cure She is convinced that a number of uses for kaolin, apart from pottery, soap and drugs, are yet to be discovered. "One of my employees has already found a new use for it," she said, "although scarcely one to be generally recommended, perhaps. By chewing a small piece of the clay he firmly believes that he "cured himself of heart burn." "All That Glistens" There is more in Miss Malone's mining than meets the eye, however. The actual working of the field and the substantial profit she makes on it do not fill her days. Always before her - dangles the compelling vision that caused her father, in his day, to give up farming to seek for gold. "All the time I am getting my clay dug," she confessed, "1 am watching for the colour of gold. One of these days I may strike it." (Adelaide Observer, 31 August 1929.)Hand written letter from Margaret Malone of the Mount Egerton Mine.Mount Egerton Mine February 10/14 The Manager Mining Dept Dear Sir, Last Monday week, I left with Mr Martell, a parcel of stone to be treated, requesting that cost of treatment, be deducted from some and balance of gold be forwarded me to above address. I was informed, this would occupy about a day or so, but not having received any communication so far, I shall be glad to hear from you are same. Yours faithfully Margaret Malonemargaret malone, female mine manager, kaolin, mount egerton, women -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Vehicle - Spring Cart, Late 19th to early 20th centuries
A spring cart is a two-wheeled, one-horse cart, often with the driver standing up to drive it, and otherwise seated on a simple seat. Carts like this one had springs to make the ride smoother. It is a lighter version of a farm dray and is sometimes called a spring dray. Spring carts were often used on farms for carrying loads. In the towns, some businesses used a spring cart for deliveries of bread, milk and other goods. The carts would be used for travel and for families going on outings and picnics. Visitors to Flagstaff Hill Maritime Village from 1986 to 1992 would enjoy watching a Clydesdale horse named Duke as he worked around the village with his driver Pat McGowan. He would be hitched to a wagon or to this lightweight spring cart or sometimes he would pull the wagon with the cart attached as a trailer. The cart was used for maintenance, carting loads of timber or stone around the site or from town to Flagstaff Hill. Sometimes Duke and the cart would take visitors for cart rides around the Village. Pat McGowan was known for his restoration of horse-drawn vehicles including this spring cart. He already had 40 years of horse handling experience when he began looking after Duke, feeding and harnessing him and driving the horse and cart around the Village. Pat’s dog ‘Yabbie’ would often join them. In August 1992 Duke had to be put down. Warrnambool Veterinary Clinic and other fund-raisers began well-supported appeals and the beloved horse was replaced by a Clydesdale also named Duke (the second), who began work in late October 1992. He, like his predecessor, had a quiet temperament and was comfortable in the traffic. The spring card is an example of vehicles used on farms, for business delivery and for domestic transport in the late-19th and early-20th century. This cart is of note for being associated with the Clydesdale horse Duke which pulled the cart around Flagstaff Hills in the 1980s and 1990s, representing transport of that period.Spring cart; two-wheeled cart with shallow box tray and plank seat bolted across the front. Wheels have metal rims and fourteen (14) wooden spokes. A plank is bolted from side to side. A decorative metal step is on the cart's left and has acorn cut-out shapes in the plate. Both wheels have a brake block that is operated by a lever on the cart's right. The cart has eight-leaf suspension from front to back. The box tray is painted blue and has decorative pale yellow detail. Each shaft pole has has a handle fitting on it. (Horse equipment with the cart is a leather covered, straw filled collar.) flagstaff hill, flagstaff hill maritime museum and village, warrnambool, maritime museum, maritime village, great ocean road, shipwreck coast, springcart, spring cart, jingle, horse-drawn cart, one horse cart, two-wheeled cart, dray, spring dray, wagon, transportation, travel, cart, duke, clydesdale, pat mcgowan, delivery cart, yabbie, cartwright, horse-drawn vehicle, transport, horse cart -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS MINE
black and white postcard. Great extended Hustlers poppet head, now at Wattle Gully, Chewton ( J. Lerk 26.22.1999 ) Poppet head in front of mining buildings, stacks of sawn timber to right. Written on back ' Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch, printed across top. Great Extended Hustlers/locality/ Hustlers Hill, Nth. Bendigo/Formed 1865/Last production 1921/Depth of Shaft 3470 feet/Poppet Legs - Steel, 70 feet high. /Winding Engine: First motion 8 ft. drums/Gold Very Rich/Total Yield - 300,000 ozs. / Dividends $675,000. 'Post Card' printed on RH side.organization, business, great extended hustlers mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE POSTER
Poster of central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo Victoria showing in black and white poppet head. Advertising: Bendigo goldmine open for inspection daily 10am - 5 pm guided tours by appointment phone 438070 or 436401. The Central Deborah gold mine, the last to close on the Bendigo field, was purchased early in 1970m by the Bendigo City Council for restoration and preservation as a typical Bendigo gold mine equipped with machinery , most of which was made in Bendigo. The Central Deborah Company was formed in 1939 to deepen an existing shaft sunk in 1912. Underground operations ceased in 1954. from 1942 to 1954 29,460 ounces of gold was won from 63,962 tons of ore.mine, gold, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CARLISLE UNITED MINE GARDEN GULLY LINE
4 hand written foolscap pages of information about the Carlisle United Mine. Information such as area of lease, depth, locality, early history, plant & equipment, gold obtained and dividends. Also some information on the Kent Shaft. The Carlisle United was formed by the amalgamation of three companies, the Old Carlisle, the North Garden and the Passby. Also mentioned are: the Golden Fleece, Central Garden Gully, Garden Gully United and its Tribute Companies, the Constellation, Specimen Hill Mine, Kocks Pioneer, Bendigo Amalgamated Mines, the Pandora Reef, the Unity Reef, Guilford Plateau and the Nell Gwynne Reefs Mine. Also 2 typed copies of notes on foolscap paper.place, mining site, carlisle united mine, carlisle united mine, kent shaft, old carlisle, north garden, passby, mr j b watson, golden fleece, central garden gully, garden gully united, tribute companies, constellation, bendigo amalgamated mines, specimen hill mine, kocks pioneer, pandora reef, unity reef, guilford plateau, nell gwynne reefs mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MAP OF MINE LEASES SYMONDS STREET, MCKENZIE ST WEST AREA BENDIGO, 2nd September, 1936
Blue waxed linen paper map. On top' Mining District of Bendigo' Parish of Sandhurst, County of Bendigo' Map shows lease 10135, area 32.1.19; lease 10371, area 30.0.23; lease 10179 area 41.3.4; lease 10370, area 49.0.1. Map indicates gully leading into and State Rivers and Water supply reservoir, water race; siphon, shaft, dam, residential area and some residential lots marked. Streets include Holly Street, MacKenzie Street West, Symonds Street, Aspinall Street, Emmett Street; Bendigo Creek marked at bottom of map. Scale 4 chains to one inch. Map is not dated.bendigo, mining, mccoll rankin & stanistreet -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE GOLD BOOK SOUTH SHAFT
Loose A4 pages, enclosed in old calendar page as make-shift cover. Written on front ' Central Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Company, No Liability. Gold Book: South Shaft' Monthly entries date from January 1938 through to February 1942 and include weight advanced upon, amount of advance, weight after melting, fineness (mint and bank charges written in pen ) Eq standard weight, value, balance of assay. Blue bank deposit slip from English, Scottish and Australian Bank enclosed dated 28.11.1941 for lodgement of 13/4/- for South Nell Gwynne GM Co., relates to entry in bullion book for same date.gold, mining, central nell gwynne -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1905
A Wright & Ditson 'Pim' model tennis racquet with composite convex throat. Rounded flat top head with cloth tape reinforcements around shoulders. Model name printed across throat on obverse. Manufacturer's trademark/logo features across throat on reverse. Fine-grooved octagonal handle, trace remains of leather end wra. Remains of butt cap printed with racquet care instructions, and manufacturer's name and location. On right side of shaft, manufacturer name and country of manufacture are printed. Red buffers lodged under string loops on sides of throat. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WILLIAMS UNITED - WILLIAMS UNITED MINE MANAGER'S REPORT 16 & 30/9/1898
Handwritten copy of the Williams (Shaft 95 M. D.) Mine Manager's Report. 16/9/98 Still 35 men tributing in mine. 'Our water pipe was broke the other day by some-one driving a cart over it. And I had to get a short piece put in'. 30/9/1898 Have not yet finished filling in open cutting, as two quartz shoots had to be repaired. Old wood in those shoots almost perished. . . 'There is no gates to any of the plats in the mine to rest cage on, only loose bearers. Which is a contravention of the act.' . . 'and with your permission I would get the cost per gate. Mine Manager T. Carpenter.document, gold, williams united, williams united, williams united mine manager's report 16 & 30/9/1898, t carpenter -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - VISITOR PLANS FOR VICTORIA HILL
Handwritten carbon copy and typed copy of notes on 1st and 2nd stage plans for a tourist area on approx. 20 acres at Victoria Hill. First stage was to clean up the area, locate and sign post shafts, engine beds, etc and prepare a topographical map with these features on it. Second stage was to arrange for the purchase of typical miners homes and shops in the vicinity to be restored for inspection by visitors. Mining equipment to be placed in the area. Prepare brochures for sale. Set up a mining museum.Prepare an area near BCV 8 with direction finder to mining and general features, as this has the best natural ground level view in the City. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, visitor plans for victoria hill, darrel mcclure, bendigo city council, bendigo historical society, central nell gwynne, caleb thomas, bcv 8, lazarus, old chum, new chum, victoria, repeater station (p. m. g.) -
Tarnagulla History Archive
Set of Maps (Mining & Local Area), various
David Gordon Collection. A set of mining documents, maps and plans: 1. Dunolly Deep Leads - showing location and names of deep lead gold deposits in region around Dunolly including at Tarnagulla and Newbridge. Geological Survey of Victoria, Department of Minerals and Energy. Bulletin No. 62, Map No. 4 Dunolly (770 x 485 mm). 2. Poseidon Lead (Facsimile) 3. Nick O Time Lead (Facsimile) 4. Happy Go Lucky Mine prospectus and plan (colour copy) 5. Jones Creek GM Co. (Raven & Gourlay's) Waanyarra - Prospectus (colour copy) 6. Poseidon Area Plan (colour copy) and Poseidon Area map (B&W copy). 7. Cross-section diagram of Spread Eagle Reef 8. New Birthday Gold Mine - area map (colour copy) and mine cross-section ( (colour copy). 9. Cross section of Poverty Reef, by Department of Mines (B&W copy, 2 parts on A2 paper) 10. Time-Lease Graph for Watts Reef, Specimen Reef, Stony Reef, Poverty Reef (second page in detail), created by Eric WIlkinson for Ref Mining NL, 1995 11. 1859 Plan of the Gold Workings & Township of Sandy Creek, Shewing the Mining Leases, Extended Claims & Machinery by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 12. Longitundinal and Transverse Vertical Sections of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek 1859, by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (B&W copy) 13. Tarnagulla Locality Plan (B&W copy) 14. Universal Grid Reference Map (Topographic) for Laanecoorie North (2 copies) 15. Universal Grid Reference Map (Topographic) for Inglewood South 16. Poverty Reef, Plan showing shafts and early tenements, created by Eric WIlkinson for Ref Mining NL, 1995 17. Locality Map of mining leases in Tarnagulla 18. Plan and Elevation of part of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek, showing the claims and positions of the shaft. by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (Facsimile, composed of taped together components) 19.Plan and Elevation of part of Poverty Reef, Sandy Creek, showing the claims and positions of the shaft. by R.J. McMillan, Mining Surveyor (Facsimile, composed of taped together components) -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: GOLD MINING LEASE NORTH DEBORAH MINING COMPANY, 29th August, 1950
6 page indenture, plus plan, between King George V and North Deborah Mining Company in the Parish of Sandhurst, dated 29th August, 1950 to operate a gold mine. Indenture numbered 11231 Bendigo, Vol 331 and Folio 36457. Plan shows Hargreaves Street, Violet Street, Lily Street, Sullivan Street railway line, and leases numbered, 11230; 2107; 11062, 11033, 11013, 11219, 11175. Shafts and tracks indicated. Dam shown on lease 11013. Scale 8 CHAINS TO A INCH. Coloured key to plan shows depths, Crown Land, and surface excised. Total area of lease 48 acres, 3 roods, 22 perches.bendigo, mining, north deborag mining company, north deborah mining company, hargreaves, violet, lilly, sullivan streets. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ARTICLES FOR RHSV BENDIGO BRANCH NEWSLETTER MARCH 1972
Articles for RHSV Bendigo Branch Newsletter March 1972; 1. Article in ''Federal Australian'' (Jan 1882) re undue delays erecting the St Mungo crushing battery; 2. ''Moans and Groans'' re wages for miners and meeting at Royal Hotel of May 31st, 1873; reference to a Regulation of Mines law of Jan 1st 1874 (Angus McKay), margin note on handwritten copy states that ''Further information on (the) Act and the lot of the miners and engine drivers will be given in future issues of the Newsletter''; 3. Article with return and costs information about working on a claim - details of shaft and sinking - (Grant and??Co), adjacent to private Victoria Reef Quartz Co., later the Victoria Quartz.document, gold, mining in bendigo -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - CHRISTMAS REEF GOLD MINING CO. COLLECTION: CONTRACT FOR DRIVING 70 FEET EAST
Handwritten specification, 2 pages on lined blue paper, for driving cross-cut for the Christmas Reef Gold Mining Company. At a depth of seventy feet for a distance of seventy feet west of shaft ('east' crossed out and west written over top) On last page We the undersigned hereby agree to perform the within mentioned work according to the within written specification and to be bound by the terms and conditions therein mentioned for the sum of six shillings per completed foot of driving. Dated this 9th. Day of April 1895. Signed John Rosewarne, W. B. Carney. Below contract having been cancelled etc. Signed by H. Howe, Booth St. 23/5/1895.bendigo, mining, christmas reef gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: MINING LEASE NO 10173 GARDEN GULLY SHAFT, 9th March, 1934
Mining lease 5 page document for lease application 10173, dated 9th March 1934, within area bounded by Don, Barnard Streets up to Mt. Korong Road, area 10 acres. Document signed by John Jepson Stanistreet in the presence of W.A. Kell, Warden's Clerk, Bendigo. Hand coloured plan of lease appended to document, yellow section refers to lease. Marked on map Central Garden Gully shaft. On front of lease ' entered in the Register Book Vol 303 Fol 33698' On back ' His Majesty the King to J.P. Stanistreet (Cent G Gully not renewed written in pencil) Form C Gold Mining Lease Crown and Private Land'gold, mining, garden gully shaft -
Tennis Australia
Racquet, Circa 1928
A Wright & Ditson 'All American' model wooden racquet with open throat and octagonal grooved handle. String whipping and plastic reinforcements around shoulders and base of throat. Leather end wrap and butt cap. On obverse, model name appears as a decal atop throat on base of head. On reverse, manufacturer name is printed as decal on base of head, above throat. Instructions on side of throat state: BAL/FROM/THIS/POINT. On one side of shaft:'WRIGHT & DITSON/MAKERS/MADE IN U.S.A./LICENSED UNDER/PAT.NO.1664466' and further down:'STRUNG BY'. On other side of shaft:PATENTED/TOP FLITE CONSTRUCTION. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, String, Plastictennis -
Mont De Lancey
Decorative object - Small Wheel Lorry, Mr Chas W. Davis, Unknown
The collection of thirteen model horse drawn vehicles were carefully handmade by Mr Chas W Davis 1925 - 2002. He was a talented artist and saw doctor. This model of a horse drawn Small Wheel Lorry replicates the vehicle that enjoyed respect from the public during the 1880's and early 1900's. A model of a Small Wheel Lorry with a long four spoked wheeled wooden flay tray drawn by a brown horse. The wooden shafts are to control the horse whilst working. It has a grey wooden ice box with a metal lid with ICE painted in black letters inside a black lined outline on the side. On the side of they lorry or dray is painted WOOD - COAL - COKE - C. MEE LA1271 in black paint. These are long strong carts or drays without fixed sides for carrying heavy loads. They were the truck of the horse drawn era, from the large wool bale lorry to the suburban ice and wood lorry. It has been said they had their origins in the German farm wagon.ICE is painted in black capital letters on the side of the ice box. On the side of the lorry is painted - WOOD - COAL - COKE - C. MEE LA1271replicas, models, scale models, vehicles, horse drawn vehicles, toy horses, drays, carts -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Map - DEPARTMENT OF MINES VICTORIA : PLAN SHOWING PORTION OF THE BENDIGO GOLD FIELD
Department of Mines Victoria. Plan showing portion of the Bendigo Gold Field. On the back is written, in ink, J. J. Tyler 1937 Northern Area. (He was a teacher at Bendigo High - see donation notes). Across the bottom of the map is written ' M. Hill cr. Myrtle & Barnard' .The named reef lines have been numbered with ink across the bottom of the map. The gullies have been coloured with green pencil and a red pencil line is drawn through the western side of the map. Additional information: anticlinal axial lines at surface, alluvial workings, shaft sites, area of Main Goldfield, Deepest mine workings, Gold output of field to 1935, and Dividends paid 1870 - 1935.bendigo, gold mining, bendigo gold field. gold mining. tyler, j. j. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - MINES SITUATED ON VICTORIA HILL
Three pages of typed notes on creamy paper. Notes mention the mines on Victoria Hill and gives some information about them such as depth, ounces of gold extracted and who owned them. Mines mentioned are: The North Old Chum, Lansell's Big 180, Ballerstedt's Open-Cut, Little 180 Crushing Battery, the Victoria Quartz, Rae's Open-Cut, Great Central Victoria, Wittshiebe's 'Jeweller's Shop', Boldt's 5 Head Crushing Battery, Northern Slope and the Advance Shaft. Written in pencil at the top: Copy of material sent to Herald Reporter by R. Aulsbrook 30/7/68. Copied from my material and initialled AR. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, mines situated on victoria hill, john wybrandt, wittscheibe, t ballerstedt, fortuna villa, george lansell, a h q survey regiment, ballerstedt's open-cut, little 180 crushing battery, little 180 mine, new chum syncline, victoria quartz (victoria reef quartz), rae's open-cut, william rae, great central victoria (midway), adventurer, wittshiebe's 'jeweller's shop', boldt's 5 head crushing battery, northern slope, the advance shaft, cinderella, hercules and energetic, john brown knitwear factory, r aulsbrook, the herald -
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Document - VICTORIA HILL - NOTES ON SIGNS FOR VICTORIA HILL
Three page typed copy of notes for signs on Victoria Hill. Mentions items to be seen at Victoria Hill. Sign posts listed are for: Ballerstedt's First open Cut, Quartz Veins (Spurs), Prospecting Shafts 1929, Engine beds for Lansell's big 180 Mine, 20 Head Crushing Battery Stampers, concrete dam, Victoria Quartz Mine, Foundations of steel poppet legs of the Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Site where the quartz was roasted, Anticlinal Arch , coloured rock formations, primitive tunnels, Adit, Engine bed for Great Central Victoria, Prospecting Tunnels, Great Central Victoria (Midway). Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, victoria hill, notes on signs for victoria hill, gold mines hotel, ballerstedt's first open cut, quartz veins (spurs), prospecting shafts 1929, engine beds for lansell's big 180 mine, 20 head crushing battery stampers, concrete dam, victoria quartz mine, foundations of steel poppet legs of the victoria quartz mine, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, site where the quartz was roasted, anticlinal arch , coloured rock formations, primitive tunnels, adit, engine bed for great central victoria, prospecting tunnels, great central victoria (midway), a richardson -
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Document - NEW RED WHITE & BLUE MINE - NEW RED WHITE & NEW CHUM RAILWAY MINE MANAGER'S REPORT 17/2/03
Handwritten extracts and typed copies of same, from the New Chum Railway Mine Manager's Report 17/2/03. Mine Manager W Hicks. Extracts: Machinery. New Boiler is giving every satisfaction. While bailing water after the Xmas holidays, one of the ropes broke with a full tank of water. The tank being fitted with safety appliances, acted. Therefore no damage was done to the shaft. The old ropes were taken off and replaced by two new ones of 2,500 feet each, with a breaking strain of 34 tons. Mine 7 machinery are all in good working order. 1925 - Portion of Cath. Reef battery sold to Big Blue. Albert Richardson Collectiondocument, gold, new red white & blue mine, new red white & blue mine, new red white & blue mine manager's report 17/2/03, w hicks, cath reef battery -
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Document - CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE - NOTES ON CENTRAL NELL GWYNNE
Handwritten notes and carbon copy on the Central Nell Gwynne Mine. Notes mention the depth of shaft, locality, gold yield and dividends. Also mentioned is the area selected by the Bendigo and District Tourist Association as a mining tourist and historical Centre. Also mentioned is the Hercules no 1, Pearl East, Hercules New Chum and the Carlisle. Also in the notes are alterations for a proposed booklet. It mentions Collman & Tacchi, Great Extended Hustlers, Lazarus, Barnet Lazarus, United Devonshire, West United Devonshire, Confidence Extended, Johnson's No 2, New Argus, South New Moon, Lansell's Comet and the Central Red, White and Blue. Images 3509.13a,13b,13c,13d,13e,13f,13g,13hdocument, gold, central nell gwynne, central nell gwynne, notes on central nell gwynne, bendigo and district tourist association, jack barker, hercules no 1, pearl east, hercules new chum, carlisle, collman & tacchi, great extended hustlers, lazarus, barnet lazarus, united devonshire, west united devonshire, confidence extended, johnson's no 2, new argus, south new moon, lansell's comet, central red, white and blue, baling of water -
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Shipbuilders model, MV Binsnes
BINSNES (3) 1974: Ordered by Dillingham, Jebsen Shipping Corp, Liberia, from Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd., Uraga (Yard No. 986). 3.12.1976: Launched. 27.4.1977: Completed. (O.N. 6815). As built: 19,196g. 12,572n. 34,544d. 180.02(BB) x 28.45 x 10.891 metres oa. Post 1997: 20,589g. 11,810n. 34,545d. 7-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (760 x 1,550mm) Sulzer 7RND76 type motor engine, manufactured by the shipbuilder at Tamashima, geared to a shaft with a controllable pitch propeller. 14,000bhp, 15½kts. Bulk carrier with four 15-ton cranes capable of operating grabs carried aboard. Leased to the British Phosphate Commission. 1981: Transferred to Pacnorse Shipping International Ltd. 1982: Transferred to Sanders Shipping Ltd., (AS Kristian Jebsens Rederi, managers), Philippines, and renamed GENERAL ROXAS. 1986: Transferred to Pacnorse Shipping Nine Ltd., (same managers). 1986: Sold to the USSR-Black Sea Shipping Company, Russia, and renamed VASILIJ (VASILIV?) AZHAYEV. 1997: Hero Maritime Ltd., (Ocean Agencies Ltd., managers), St. Vincent and The Grenadines, and renamed KARAGOL. 1999: Sold to Flagship Company Ltd., (Barclay Shipping Ltd., managers), Malta, and renamed MILTIADIS M. Sold to Shandong Province Marine Shipping, named Shun Ying or Shunying (Apr 2008?). Ship builder's model of bulk carrier M.V. Binsnes IMO 7426203 built in Japan 1976, 19,196 gross tonnes. Model - Hull painted in burgundy and grey, with four cranes and detailed deck fittings with white and gold highlights, a Liberian flag flying from the stern, raised on a laminated wooden base (lacking perspex cover). Original ship 590.66' x 93.34' x 35.73' (180.02 x 28.45 x 10.89m). Original ship was built by Sumimoto Heavy Industries and leased to the British Phosphate CommissionPlaque at base: " M.V BISNES/ PRINCIPAL PARTICULARS OF 33,750 LTDW/ DIESAL BULK BARRIERS/ Length (overall) abt. 180.00 M/ length (between perpendiculars) 170.00 m, breadth (moulded) 28.40 M, Depth (moulded) 15.00 M/ Draft (designed loaded, moulded) 10.84 M/ Deadweight abt. 33.750 LT/ Gross Tonnage abt. 18,800 T/ Cargo Hold Capacity abt. 42,500 M/ Main Engine/ Type Sumitomo - Sulzer 7RND68 type main diesel engine/ Max Continuous Output BHP 14, 00 PSat 122 rpm/ Service speed at designed draft abt. 15.7 knots/ classification Lloyd's register of Shipping/ Keel -- Laying September 1976/ Launching December 1976/ Delivery April 1977/ Owner : Dillingham Jebsen Shipping Corporation, Liberia/ Builder: Sumitome Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan" second plaque: "MANUFACTURED BY/ FUJI BIJUTSU MOKEI CO., LTD/ TOKYO JAPAN" On model "Binsnes Monrovia" -
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Map - HUSTLER'S & CHRISTMAS LINES OF REEFS - PLAN OF LINES OF SECTION OF REEFS
Underground Survey of Mines Bendigo. Plan of Cross Section Lines Shewing Connections with Trigonometrical Stations and Base Lines. 13/3/99 Signed ? Stirling. Places and mines mentioned Speciman Hill, Tambour Major, Lansell's 180, Victory and Pandora, Great Extended Hustler's, Windmill Hill on Victoria Reef. Next part of map is a Plan of Lines of Section between the Hustler's and Christmas Lines of Reefs. 8/3/99. Signed ?. Transverse Section. Shows Tambour Major Co., near the Christmas Line of Reef, Crosscuts and their depth, geological features and stone encountered. Then shows Thistle Line, Charshalton Line, Napoleon Line, Nell Gwynne Line, New Chum Line, Lansell's No 180 with levels, depths and geological features. Drawing is continued in three parts to fit on paper. Lansell's East Shaft with levels and depths, geological features and stone encountered. Sheepshead Line, Old Shaft, Garden Gully Line, Victory and Pabndora Co with crosscuts, depths, geological features and stone encountered. Paddy's Gully Line, Derby Line, Millers Line, Hustler's Line, Great Extended Hustler's Co with levels, depths, geological features and stone encountered. A note beside a Saddle Reef: 360,000 pounds paid in dividends from this reef. Average ounces per ton gold noted where found. Reference Table for stone and geological features. Datum Line 700 feet above Sea Level Unscannedmining, parish map, hustler's & christmas lines of reefs, plan of lines of section of reefs, ? stirling, specimen hill, tambour major, lansell's 180, victory & pandora, great extended hustler's, windmill hill, victoria reef, tambour major co, christmas line, hustler's line, thistle line, carshalton line, napoleon line, nell gwynne line, new chum line, lansell's no 180, lansell's east shaft, sheepshead line, old shaft, garden gully line, paddy's gully line, derby line, miller's line, hustler's line, great extended hustler's co -
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Document - MCCOLL, RANKIN AND STANISTREET COLLECTION: SUNDRY REPORTS, 1930's
Manilla Folder containing reports from various mines in Bendigo and surrounding areas. 1. 4 page typewritten report on the Balaclava Hill Mine at Rushworth and some newspaper clippings about the mine with a plan of the underground workings; 2. Page from the Árgus' dated 2nd August 1900 featuring an article on the survey of the Garden line of Reefs; 3. 5 page report with maps on the Tooleen Gold Field; 4. Single page report about an unnamed mining area claimed to be on the southern end of the Deborah line of reef. (this could be the 'Three Jays' mine in Sedgwick. P. Wilkin); 5. Hand written report on the Coronation Mine, 2 miles east of Walhalla.; 6. Hand written report dated 1935, of the Queen Mary mine, St. Arnaud.; 7. 1932 report on the North Neangar lease.; 8 4 page report on the Kings Prize Gold Mining Syndicate.; 9. Description of the plant of the Marong Alluvial Company? Also a guide for marking out leases.; 10. Crushing details (1 page) from the 'Enterprise' Mine South of and adjacent to Perseverence.; 11. 1 page crushing details from Rowe Brothers, Mosquito Mine, Fryerstown.; 12 hand written report mentions Arthur Hatfield, Scarsdale.; 13. Map with lines of reef showing the position of the New Moon Consolidated and the New Moon United shafts.; 14, Large scale map from Harrison/Victoria street to Havilah Road showing the positions of the Carlisle, North Garden and Unity Shafts.gold mining, miners' safety cage, sundry reports, mining. bendigo, rushworth, balaclava hill, garden line of reef, toolleen, coronation mine, walhalla, queen mary mine, st. arnaud. north neangar, kings prize gold mining syndicate, marong, enterprise mine, perseverence, rowe brothers, mosquito mine, fryerstown, arthur hatfield, scarsdale, new moon consolidate, new moon united, carlisle, north garden, unity. -
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Photograph - MINERS AT WORK: BENDIGO
black and white photograph of two workmen seated on bush timber fitted between vertical rock faces. The ladder is probably from the level immediately below. The lamps are ' Bendigo bucket carbide lamps ' Some advisers consider consider that this photograph is posed as workers are not safely placed. In grey lead ' miners at work ' down below' in Bendigo ' a signature ' J.J. Stanistreet ' a caption ' Hercules Mine ' ? On back in black pen ' miners shaping shaft prior to ' boxing in' with red gum slabs - note white quartz reef on wall face ' On small paper inclusion ' Miners placing staging for stoping on spurs' Mining Revival C 1930's.. James Lerk 26 Nov. 1999 - not as described in ink on rear 'person, group, mining