Durham Lead (also known as Durham, 1870s) was a mining township 15 km south of Ballarat. It was one of several mining centres along the main mining lead running south of Ballarat, generally along the valley formed by the Yarowee or Leigh RiverCopy of a sepia tone black and white photograph of a large group of men, women and children taken at the dance and euchre party Durham Lead 13 April 1938. Front row sitting on the seat (not the floor):- 4th from left, Mrs. Minnie Scott (nee Kinsey); 5th from left, Miss Lucy Kinsey; 1st right, Mr Thomas Scott Jnr. (dark suit & tie) 2nd back row:- 7th lady from right, wearing glasses, slightly behind, Miss Catherine (Kit) Scott A memento of the dance and euchre party Durham Lead 13.5.38durham lead, leigh river, garibaldi, gold

The Ballarat School of Mines conducted assays at the Model Mine. handwritten memorandum on David Melvin letterhead relating to treatment of a a parcel for extraction of gold. ballarat school of mines, david melvin, mining, gold, sampson's pulverizer, wynne and tregurtha plates

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyLarge plan paper on linen, scale of 150 feet to one inch. Handcoloured. mount mercer, squires mine, mining, gold mining, gold, plan

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyPaper on linen large plan. Hand coloured.mount mercer, gold mining, squire's, gold, mining, plan

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyPaper on linen. Handcoloured. Scale of 150 feet to one inch.mount mercer, gold mining, gold, mining

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Gift of the Squire FamilyPaper on linen. Hand coloured. The left hand top corner has been cut out.mount mercer, gold mining, gold, mining, plan

This plan is associated with former Ballarat School of Mines Student Richard Squire (1875-1876). Printed (in black ink) sections of underground mines on cream paper. 120 feet to one inch scale.Numbers written in pencil along bottom of plan. madam berry, lord harry, berry consols, west loughlin, loughlin, west ristori, ristori, mining, gold mining, gold, underground survey

A mining safety cage was used in a mine lift. It was fitted with mechanisms to prevent the cage from dropping if the lifting rope broke. In the 1870s in Victoria, deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts of gold mines were a major problem. The inventor of this safety cage was Robert Allan, a machinery maker of Creswick Rd, Ballarat. He said his cage featured a ‘dissolving’ fulcrum. Others called it an eccentric (off centre) system. Note the pair of clutch levers designed to grab the side guides if tension ceases in the suspending rope from the poppet head pulley. Also, the hinged ‘lids’; designed to protect miners trapped in a braked cage from falling rope, and to enable rescue of the miners. This model was presented to The Ballarat School of Mines Council in November 1876. This model was shown at the Smeaton Show in November 1874, Ballarat School of Mines Museum from 1876, and examined by the 1879 Victorian Board of Inquiry (Pg 15 of FedUni Catalogue 3437) From the Argus of 13 November 1874: At Smeaton Show, Robert Allan of Ballarat won 1st prize for a Model of a Mining Cage, a Butter working machine, a Cheese press and a Curd Mill. By 1878 an Allan Safety-Cage was in operation in the Number 6 shaft of the Band and Albion Consols mine in Ballarat. This cage was judged the best inspected by the Victorian Board of Inquiry by 1879, p. 39.Mining was a big industry in Ballarat in the late 1800s and a lot of deaths were recorded because of mining accidents, the development of the mining safety cage brake limited the deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts. The model also has links to the Ballarat School of Mines, being presented to the council in 1876. Ballarat School of Mines is the oldest Technical School in Australia and is a predecessor of Federation University. The model is significant to Ballarat's mining history.Model of a mine safety cafe. A grey painted wooden frame with metal model of cage and safety brake system. When tension ceases in rope a pair of crutch levers grab strongly onto the wooden guide strips which run down the sides of a vertical shaft. This safety cage was discussed in "Safety Mining Cages. Report of the Board of Enquiry on Safety Cages 1878-9; together with proceedings of the Board and Appendices".safety cage, mine cage safety brake, robert allan, model, safety cage model, machine maker, millwright, mining, gold mining, tools, equipment, victorian board of inquiry

This book was used by Charles BaconRed hard covered book of 427 pages in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes a presentation, or armorial, Bookplate from Seeley Wintersmith Mudd made out to Charles Bacon. Bookplatenon ferrous metal, american institute of mining and metallurgical engineering inc, aluminoum, stainless steel, gold, silver, nickel copper, bookplate, seeley wintersmith mudd, charles bacon

The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Ausgtralia.Five copies of the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine bound in a blue hard cover and quart bound in calf. 1902 - Retirement of Herbert L. Krause 1905 - Mt Lyall Ore Deposits Images: Ballarat School of Mines Sports Association Committee and Officers, 1905 Standing left to right: W. Pearce, T. Williams, S. Hepburn, Seward, W. Figgis, J.R. Reid, P. Elliott Sitting left to right: P.A. Pratt, N. Buley, John Sutherland, H.R Murphy, J. Inglis, R. Nevett 1906 Excursion to Broken Hill, The Artistic Printing Process, Hints on Portraiture, Arizona, Cornish Mining Images Ballarat School of Mines and AusImm at the Central Mine, Broken Hill; At Iron Knob, Brown Boveri Turbo Generator at Block 10, Junction Mine plant or Potter Process, Broken Hill Propriety Mill, Carlyon's Hotel, Sam Jamieson, Electrical Labortory, Ballarat School of Mines Rowing Eight, Sports Committee,ballarat school of mines, magazines, sports committee, thomas williams, mount lyell, w. pearce, t. williams, s. hepburn, seward, w. figgis, j.r. reid, p. elliott, p.a. pratt, n. buley, john sutherland, h.r murphy, j. inglis, r. nevett, herbert l. krause, broken hill, artistic printing process, hints on portraiture, arizona, cornish mining, ausimm at the central mine, broken hill, iron knob, brown boveri turbo generator at block 10, junction mine plant or potter process, broken hill propriety mill, carlyon's hotel, sam jamieson, electrical labortory, ballarat school of mines rowing eight, sports committee,, rowing on lake wendouree, boat shed, h. valentine, l. seward, c. macgennis, d. don, m. gaunt, h. owne, l. nott, s. leathes, j.a. reid, h.r. murphy, alfred mica smith, r. hosking, zeehan, moonta, wallaroo, smelting silver, south africa, south australia excursion, sunnyside woollen mills, tasmanian excursion, swedish iron, mt jukes excurson, western australian gold ore, wynne-grant furnace, bhp sintering slimes, leggo furnace, mine ventilation, mount morgan mine, mount pani ltd, new zealand coal, adelaide school of mines, students' association, at iron knob, ausimm, excursions, visits, south australian excursion

Pink paper covered book by Stanley Hunter, Engineer in Charge of Boring Operations. Contents include tunnelling, deep sinking, the Chiltern Method, the Ballarat Method, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West Leads, Berry-Moolort-Loddon Lead System, Clunes, Creswick, Bullarook Affluent, Corinella, Daylesford-Castlemaine Tributary, Majorca-Carisbrook tributary, Huntly, Coliban, Campaspe, Rutherglen., Smythesdale, Durham Lead, Tanjil, Evolution of Mining Machinery, size of claims, Definition of a Deep Lead, Discovery of Gold in Victoria, Geographical Position of Deep Leads, Water in Deep Leads, Methods of Deep Lead Mining, Cost of Deep Lead Mining, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West, Berry, Springs Hill, Loddon Valley, Charlotte Plains, , Timor, Burn Creek, Huntly, Colinan, Goulburn, Ovens Valley, Chiltern, Indigo, Morrison's Lead, Plans include: geological Map of Stawell, ararat, Raglan and Landsborough; Kempson's Freehold Mine, Stawell; Geological Map of Beaufort, Avoca, Maryborough, Ballarat west, Berry-Moolort, Loddon, Creswick, Marong, &c; Cardigan Propriety Gold Mine; Working Miners United Gold Mine, Homebush; Hepburn Deep Lead Plan; Madame Berry West Mine; West Berry Consols Mine; Spring Hill and Central Leads; Berry Consols Extended Mine; Loddon Valley Goldfields; Chalk's No 3 Mine; Charlotte Plains Considated Mine; Duke United Mine; Geological Map of Bendigo, Huntley, Campaspe, Malmsbury, Kyneton, trentham, &c; Geological Map of Chiltern, Rutherglan, Eldorado, Beechworth, &c; Chiltern Valley Gold Mine; Wallace Chiltern Valley Consols Mine; great Southern and Chiltern Valley United Mine; great Northern extended Consols; Prentice and Southern deep Leads; Glenfine South Gold Mine; Geological map of Pitfield, Rokewood, Mt Mercer, Ballark, Meredith, &c.; McEvoy Mine; Dargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mining, deep leads, squire, tools, gold panning, gold cradle, cradling, puddling, tubbing, mining shaft, shaft sinking, whip, horse whip, whim, horse whim, chalk's no. 1 mine, maryborough, mining cage, shaft, mining trucks, maryborough, washdirt, puddler, tunnelling, deep sinking, chiltern method of working, ballarat method of working, sampling washdirt. gravels, balmoral, mt william, stawell, moyston, great western, ararat, raglan, wimmera valley, landsborough, cardigan, haddon, beaufort, waterloo, avoca, lamplough, caralulup, ballarat west, ballarat, smythesdale, glenfine, illabarook, durham lead, morrison's lead, bullengarook, berry-moolort-loddon system, clunes, creswick, spring hill, bullarook, castlemaine - daylesford, majorca, carisbrook, timor, burnt creek tributary, tarnagulla, marong, rheola, inglewood, huntly, coliban, campaspe, goulburn lead system, ovens valley system, mitta mitta, kiewa valley, tarago, tanjil, moondarra, bogong, dargo high plains

Blue soft covered foolscap book of 4 pages. The book includes a folded, colour contour plan shewing reefs and Surface Works Little Bendigo Gold Field and an Underground Survey of Mines, Metropolitan, Monte Cristo Linelittle bendigo, nerrena, h.s. whitelaw, william baragwanath, geology, monte christo, monte cristo, neerena, nerrina, plans, mining cgt

Black and white mounted photograph of a dedge floating on a body of water which has a creek flowing into it, and rolling hills in the background. The buildings associated with a mine or factory are shown on the top left hand side. Signed "Martin ?ish Victoria St" verso "R.H. Brooke, "Callantina Villa", Glenferrie Rd Sthdredge, dredging, mining, river, callantina villa, gold mining

31 paged, stitched report relating to rewards for the discovery of new goldfields in Victoria. Copy of the report with handwritten annotations by Keith Rash. .2) Duplicate copy. gold, mining, rewards, goldfield discovery, minutes, evidence, robert brough smyth, j.f. sullivan, james esmond, john dunlop, t.l. madgett, w. brownbill, daniel brophy, alexander wilson, peter paterson, edward hill, mary kerr, henry dowling, charlotte edwards, r. reynolds, a.s. wilson, t.l. williams, wombat flat, jim crow, keith rash, gold discovery, gold discoverers, peter wright, daylesford, creswick's creek, fiery creek, st arnaud, brown hill, ballarat, hepburn, mcivor, avoca, steiglitz, dolly's creek, taradale, woad yaloak, f.a. powlett, f. kawerau, david armstrong, john jones, h. swindells, w. lonsdale

.1) London International Exhibition of 1873 (Melbourne 1872-3) Official Record containing introductions, catalogue of exhibits, index of exhibitors, reports and recommendations of experts, official awards of commissioners and essays and statistics on the social and economic resources of the Colony of Victoria, mining and mineral statistics .2) International Exhibition Essays, 1872-3: * Progress of Victoria by William Henry Archer. This includes birth places for the People of Victoria (1871), Education. * The climate of Victoria by Robert L.J. Ellery * Wines * Preserved Meats * The climate of Victoria in reference to vegetable production. * Agriculturenon-fictionballarat distillery company, ballarat meat preserving company, william bardwell, joseph bosisto, j. brache, clunes gold mining company, hubert de castella, gutheil, butner & co., lambert & co., fabrizzio crippa, robert brough smyth, william henry archer, robert ellery, g.l. graham, wines, john bleasdale, preserved meat, james harrison, agriculture, vienna universal exhibition, mining and mineral statistics, matilda lang

Coloured geological plan showing the Ballarat goldfields. It includes coloured scales and nuggets from the Ballarat Goldfield. It also shows leads and mines.ballarat, geology, geological, gold nuggets, mining, mining companies, gold leads

Two black and white photographs associated with Donald Mather. .1) A man, Tom Davis stands surrounded with gold mining equipment such as gold pans, cradles, picks and buckets. He is at Oallen Ford on the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales .2) A man stands beside a ute with 2 women standing on the tray. The photo was taken after crossing a ford at Shoalhaven, New South Walesdonald mather, mather, shoalhaven river, mining, ute, utility, car, gold mining

A geological plan of the Clunes, Mt Greenock, and Talbot Gold Fields in two parts. .1) This section of the map includes Talbot, Talbot water supply race, Mt Glasgow, Little Green Hill, Middle Hill, Mt Cameron, Ballarat Hill, Bakery Hill, Goodwoman Hill, Scandanavian Lead, Eglinton Swamp, McCallum's Creek, Tullaroop Creek, Dunach, Maryborough Railway, Middle Creek and includes many mines such as Rip Van Winkel, Union Extended, South Greenock, Nicholl's Freehold. .2) This section of the map includes McCallums, Clunes, Green Hill, Mt Beckworth, Mt Gap, Maryborough Reservoir, and includes mines such as Lothair, Bute, Clyde, Clunes Consols, London and Australian, Oriental,clunes, talbot, water supply, railway, geology

Facsimile of a plan held by the Public Record Office Victoria. Facsimile of a plan of Ballarat showing leads, gold workings an dthe frontage system.ballarat, mining, inkermann lead, golden point lead, robert davidson, terrible lead, white horse lead, frenchman's lead, little magpie lead, milkmaid's lead, woolshed lead, nuggety lead, blackman's lead, canadian lead, sailor's gully lad, nightingale lead, malakoff lead, black hill gully, pennyweight flat, black hill, winter's pre-emptive right, nelson company, great extended, great republic lead, cgt

Printed invoice from Clarke and Co., Battery Owners to reward Gold Mining Company.clarke and co, battery, wighwick and wright, h. clarke, mining, assay

Two pages with printed Woah Hawp Canton Mines N.L. letterhead, and handwritten section. .1) Certification of 12 tons of quartz crushed for Mr G. Barnett (signed J.M. Kerby) on Woah Hawp Canton Mines letterhead and dated 29 August 1910 .2) Certification of crushing yeilded 13 ounces of amalgam. (signed L.E. Trethowan, mine manager) on Woah Hawp No. 1 Gold Mining Company and dated 21 September 1910l.e. trethowan, j.m. kerby, woah hawp, woah hawp no. one gold mining company, woah hawp canton mines, chinese

Typed letter on Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company, Limited Letterhead relating to staffmember W. Gildard who worked in the Electrical Department at Mount Morgan. The letter is signed by Norman F. White..1) I hereby certify the Bearer Mr W. Gildard has been under my supervision this last two years and six months in Electric Light Dept Mount Morgan G.M.Co. Ltd While under me he was quick steady and industrious also possessed good mechanical ideas. He has been switch board and Dynamo attendant worked on outside circuits series are Lighting Mine Lighting under Ground Electric Bells and Telephone work. He has had experience also on our new plant turbo generators Stationary Motors and Electric Locomotives Electric Tramway Work over head wiring and ground return you will also find him most obliging and willing. Leaving of his own accord. Frank McFarlane A.G.E.E. Electric Foreman Mount Morgan G.M. Co. Ltd march 21st 1907ballarat school of mines, mount morgan gold-mining company, mount morgan, norman f. white, electricity, w. gildard, letterhead

mounted 1858 panoramic view of Ballarat in 4 photographic prints taken from near the SMBtyped text lower left of image partiallyballarat, ballarat school of mines, wesley church ballarat, ballarat gas company, gold mining

Publication for the centenary of the Mt Lyell Company.White newspaper with blue, gold and black printing.mt lyell, centenary, mining, copper, mt lyell company, queenstown, tasmania