Letter 2 page with attachments, 1 February 1984 ,Southern Cross Machinery Ltd.,to Bendigo Mining, re pumping equipment for Central Deborah Mine. The 'offer for the supply and delivery of pumping equipment' is detailed in the letter. The Southern Cross submersible pump is costed at $7785.00, and the electrical control cubicvle at $1510, PVC insulated cable at $4.40 m. A brochure for the pump and the pump characteristic curves are appended.bendigo, gold mining, central deborah gold mine, bendigo, mining, gold mining, dewatering, pumping equipment, southern cross machinery, c. willman, bendigo mining nl.

Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Large group of workers in front of poppet head and winding engine shed. Oriental mine in background.Smokestack Poppet Head and winding machinery shed with men posing in foreground. Card and horse at lower right of photo. stawell gold mining

Mafeking Goldfield Mt William Mining Scene c1900. Showing Mt William Gold Fields Miners Club. Poppet Heads and winding machinery.stawell

Panorama of Wonga Open Cut 1985Colour photograph of Open Cut with machinery working.stawell mining

B/W photo of winding gear used to raise and lower the trucks up and down the Wonga open cut.View of machinery inside winding shedstawell mining

This was the first rock drill to be made in Australia and was made in Maldon. It was used in the Carmen's Tunnel mine Maldon.Oswald pneumatic rock drill. What appears to be an operating lever extending to one side. Body only, no drill bits. Unpainted.Cast in relief on body "Late / R. D. Oswald / Maldon".tools, machinery, metalwork, mining

Grainy photograph of Oswald's Improved National Rock Drill with various tools laying in front.Oswald's Improved National Rock Drillmining

SANDHURST (BENDIGO) SCHOOL OF MINES LETTER from L B McGrath, Mining Exchange Bendigo dated 20.2.1907 'Experienced Mechanical and Mining Engineer Advise on purchase, supervision or erection of machinery of any class and how to economize fuel. Plans prepared & commissions executed.' //to D Clark Director School of Mines re extra marks instruction for metal working class.document, bendigo school of mines

Pink paper, South Nell Gwynne Gold Mining Co. N.L. to Miss G. Alice Jones, Solicitor, Bendigo dated Feb18 to June 10, 1942, and 12 June 1942. Bendigo Mines No Liability to you. To costs under Solicitors Remuneration Order of registering transfer to you of Machinery Lease No. 10878 Bendigo £2.2.0 and Paid registration fees 16/0, total £2.18.0. Pd. Written at the end. R710 Deld 12/6/42 written in the top left corner.the miss g.alice jones collection - account, south nell gwynne gold mining co. n.l., bendigo mines no liability

Carlisle Gold Mining Company No Liability to Miss G. Alice Jones. Pink paper dated Feby. 29, March 5, 11, 13, Nov. 7, 14, 25, Dec. 3, 5, 10, 11, 19 1924, Jany 30, 31, Feby 2, 19, 1925. Account details work and costs re: Kirby, B.A.G. Ltd. To you. Transfer of G. M. Lease, B.A.G. Ltd. To you Machinery Lease. Total Cost 10.10.0. "Posted 7/7/25" written in top left corner.miss g. alice jones collection - account, carlisle gold mining company no liability, kirby, mr stanfield, b.a.g. ltd.

Gold was discovered on One Tree Hill in 1854. The site has been worked intermittently until fairly recent times. Published: Nillumbik Now and Then /​ Marguerite Marshall 2008; photographs Alan King with Marguerite Marshall.; p53 Though still a working mine, One Tree Hill Mine at Smiths Gully, now stands in a tranquil reserve surrounded by bush and native animals - in contrast to its heyday. In the mid 19th century, when the mine was part of the Caledonia Goldfields, hundreds of men in search of their fortune worked the alluvial gold in the Yarra River, its tributaries and the reefs that made up the goldfields. Miner Stan Bone, assisted by Wilfred Haywood, is the last of the independent gold miners in the area and still uses the quartz crushing battery as miners did when gold was first discovered in the area in 1851.1 Stan, who is the last of six generations of miners in his family, was aged 17 when he began mining on his father Alex’ mine, The Golden Crown in Yarrambat. These days, after blasting the gold-bearing rock in Mystery Reef, one of the four reefs at One Tree Hill, Stan transports it around five kilometres by tip truck to the Black Cameron Mine for crushing. There he uses water from the waterlogged mine, (which still contains gold), as the Happy Valley Creek at One Tree Hill is usually dry.2 The One Tree Hill Mine has been worked for close to a century since it opened around the late 1850s.3 The Swedish Reef was its most productive reef and one of the largest in the area. Around 1859, extractions included 204 ounces (5.8kg) of gold, won from 57 pounds (26kg) of stone.4 Then during World War Two, Stan’s uncle, Bill Wallace, and Alex Bone, closed the mine. In 1973, Stan, with his Uncle Bill, reopened the Black Cameron Mine and worked there until 1988. Stan resumed mining One Tree Hill in 1998. As late as the 1920s gold was picked up by chance! When crossing a gully on his way to vote at the St Andrews Primary School, Bill Joyce picked up some quartz containing gold. This site was to become the Black Cameron Mine. The Caledonia Diggings, named after Scotland’s ancient name by local Scots, began around Market Square (now Smiths Gully) and included Queenstown (St Andrews), Kingstown (Panton Hill) and Diamond Creek. There were also poorer bearing fields in Kangaroo Ground and Swipers Gully (now Research). * None of these compared in riches to the Ballarat and Bendigo fields5, but the Caledonia Diggings continued intermittently for close to 100 years. Gold was discovered in Victoria following a bid to stem the disappearance of much needed workmen to the New South Wales diggings. Several businessmen offered a reward of £200, for the discovery of gold within 200 miles (322 km) of Melbourne. Late in June 1851, gold was first discovered at Andersons Creek, Warrandyte. Then in 1854, George Boston and two other men discovered gold at Smiths Gully. Gold transformed the quiet districts, with a constant flow of families and vehicles on the dirt tracks en route to the Caledonia Diggings. Three thousand people worked the gullies in Market Square, including about 1000 Chinese miners. The square established its own police, mining warden, gold battery, school, shops and cemetery and grog flowed. Market Square flourished until the middle 1860s. Bullocks transported quartz from the Caledonia Goldfields to the crushing machinery at the Queenstown/St Andrews Battery, near Smiths Gully Cemetery. It was destroyed by bushfire in 1962. By the late 1850s, most early alluvial fields were in decline, but minor rushes continued until around 1900 and some until the early 1940s. Some miners did well, although most earned little from their hard labour in the harsh and primitive conditions.6 But according to historian, Mick Woiwod, the gold fields helped to democratise society, as individuals from all walks of life were forced to share experiences, and the ability to succeed, depended less on inherited wealth or social rank.This collection of almost 130 photos about places and people within the Shire of Nillumbik, an urban and rural municipality in Melbourne's north, contributes to an understanding of the history of the Shire. Published in 2008 immediately prior to the Black Saturday bushfires of February 7, 2009, it documents sites that were impacted, and in some cases destroyed by the fires. It includes photographs taken especially for the publication, creating a unique time capsule representing the Shire in the early 21st century. It remains the most recent comprehenesive publication devoted to the Shire's history connecting local residents to the past. nillumbik now and then (marshall-king) collection, gold mining, one tree hill mine, smiths gully

"The State Battery was the central component in the gold mining of this area from the 1920s. The battery crushed the gold bearing quartz extracted from the mines and was a sizeable weatherboard building enclosing the engine and stampers. All that now remains are the bases for the machinery that comprised the battery, one timber and a couple of concrete bases and the nearby dam, which supplied water. However the historic significance of the site remains and is enhanced by the Queenstown Cemetery on the other side of Smiths Gully Road". - Bick Study 1922 This site is now the Peter Franke Reserve and is managed by Parks Victoria Photo Source: The Leader, Nov. 2nd, 1929This photo forms part of a collection of photographs gathered by the Shire of Eltham for their centenary project book,"Pioneers and Painters: 100 years of the Shire of Eltham" by Alan Marshall (1971). The collection of over 500 images is held in partnership between Eltham District Historical Society and Yarra Plenty Regional Library (Eltham Library) and is now formally known as the 'The Shire of Eltham Pioneers Photograph Collection.' It is significant in being the first community sourced collection representing the places and people of the Shire's first one hundred years.Digital imagesepp, shire of eltham pioneers photograph collection, queenstown, st andrews, gold mining, smiths gully

Document. Envelope contains: - Company Re Organization - North Hustlers Mining Co, Leasehold transfer, Stock Option, Machinery Hire, Cert. of Inspection of Air Receiver, Cert. of Inspection of Boiler, Air Compressor Hire Agreement & etc.McColl, Rankin & Stanistreetorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet, east moon gmc nl, gold mining, company re-organisation, north hustlers mining co, lease, stock option, miller & co (machinery) proprietary limited

Blue handwritten one page document detailing 'Youngman & Harrisons Patent Basin for pulverizing quartz tailings and amalgamating fine gold with mercury'. Introductory comments the basin contains greater advantages for pulverizing quartz tailings & amalgamating than any yet constructed for that purpose; In its construction all machinery complications have been carefully avoided and yet it embodies all the best methods known for treating tailings and has besides other than advantages (both in cash and labour) that of treating puddling machine sludge and can be used as a concentrator with little or no extra expense.bendigo, mining, youngman & harrisons patent basin

Handwritten document (15 pages) with two page blue document appended at back. On front of handwritten document : specifications for machinery and ironwork engineer and ironfounder for building plant for the Hercules & Energetic Goldmining Comp., Sandhurst. The contractor is to supply and deliver on the claim of the above Company the following machinery &c - and to get proper receipts for same from the Contractor for the erection of plant. Areas in specifications include: repairs to engine and boiler set-up & c., safety valve, whistle, cylinder, stop valve, piston, eccentric, crank shaft, feed pump & eccentric, flywheel very extensive descriptions of all areas, some with diagrams. Appended to back of document Ironfounders general conditions of contract work required in the making and delivery on the claim machinery &c for a winding plant for the Hercules & |Energetic Co., Drawings prepared by Wm Middleton, Engineer, Sandhurst. Agreement entered into this twelfth day of October, 1878, by and between Messrs Mitchell & Osborne and Hercules and Energetic GMC. Signed by Mitchell & Osborne, per ? Dobson., Wm Middleton ?.bendigo, mining, hercules & energetic mine

7081, WMC Manager Keith Parry addressing audience, Seated from L. Mine manager Brian Micke, unknown, unknown, Don Webb Seated far right Jean Earle Standing Pat Krause (bearded), John Van Leeuwen (hat and glasses) 7081a: Crowd Scene at the opening of the Magdala decline Front: L to R Eric and Hazel Lewis, Keith and Elwyn Haymes, Joan and Keith Hallam second row: unknown , unknown, Cynthia and Glynn Cashin, unknown , unknown third row: none known fourth row: Peter Ruthven, unknown, Jack Jones, Ken Dadswell at end, behind him Ian McCann Standing behind Mr and Mrs Kinsella on L. 5th from R. Terry Monaghan 7081b: Male Breaking ground with a Gold Pick (Mr David White, Minister for Minerals and Energy) 7081c: Catapillar Dozer digging the decline. 7081d: Conveyor belt moving soil with two workers 7081e: Underground Photo, a worker looking at drill placement. 7081f: The entrance to Magdala Delcine 1981. 7081g: A large dumper in the decline underground. 7081h: A Vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala Decline. 7081i: A Large group of miners around a vehicle at the entrance to the Magdala decline. 7081j: B/W showing a large rock with the dedication Plaque 7081K: Outside machinery for the drive. 7081l: Tanks containing liquid, one with the shell logo, and a red container. 7081m: Yellow tray truck emerging from the Magdala Decline. 14 Photographs showing crowd scenes at the Magdala Deline Opening in 1981 First shows CEO of WMC Keith Parry addressing the crowd Manager Brian Micke seated on far left Mayor Don Webb seated second from right7081k: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 26: 257 7081l: On Reverse Stawell Gold MInes: Neg 24: 257 7081m: On Reverse Stawell Gold Mines: Neg 25: 257 mining

February 1933: East Moon Gold Mining Co. N.L. has been formed with a capital of £25,000 in 36,000 shares of 10/- each issued at 1/-. The company will work an extensive lease on the Paddy’s Gully and Derby lines of reef at Eaglehawk. A shaft was sunk on the Paddy’s Gully line in the property of the New Moon Co. some years ago to a depth of 380 ft. and another shaft was sunk by the same company on the Derby line of reef to 134 ft. In the Paddy’s Gully shaft a large body of spurs 10ft wide at the 256ft plat was exposed and continued downward for 36 ft (56ft?) before passing out of the shaft to the east. A little gold was seen in the stone but no work was done. The development of this formation will be the first work undertaken by the new company. (The Sun News Pictorial Monday 20th February 1933, page 23) Black hard cover book, red binding on spine, one hundred and eighty eight pages of which sixty five are used. Label on front cover: 'East Moon G.M.C . N.L.' Book contains: a. handwritten reports from Alfred Jorgensen regarding the installation of the plant and machinery at the mine b. reports from E.G. Robertson, the Manager of the East Moon Gold Mining Company. Typed report by E.G. Robertson, 8th July 1935 reports on the Paddy's Gully shaft, the Derby shaft and the Hustlers shaft. Entries date from 20th July 1933 to 22nd. August 1935. Mine Manager's book forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of Mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, legal managers, mine manager, east moon gold mining company n.l., e.g. robertson mine manager, alfred jorgensen contractor, paddy's gully shaft, derby shaft, hustler's shaft,

A bogger is a heavy-duty piece of equipment used in underground mining to transport rocks, ore, and other materials from the digging face to processing facilities or loading areas. A bogger operator is an individual who controls the machinery used to transport materials.Colour photocopy of original photo. Image shows red load haul dump loader, pictured parked on a mine road at the Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine site. Date stamp on bottom RH corner: 21/5/1999.western mining corporation, goldmining, capping, shaft, mining regulations, kangaroo flat gold mine, 1999

Handwritten notes from Bendigo Advertiser reports. (1) Mr J. H. Craig reports- Victoria Reef Quartz - Cleaned and tested No 3 boiler. Have bailed 3,905 tanks. Water now 2.953 feet from surface. At Lazarus - Bailed 4,828 tanks. At New Chum Railway - Cleaned and tested boilers and flues, effected repairs to machinery and shaft, and started bailing at 3 pm on Friday 29th inst, and bailed 965 tanks. Bendig Advertiser 3/8/1910 Page 2 Mining Intelligence. (2) New Chum Mines - Better progress is now being made in lowering the water in the deep level workings at the New Chum Mines. At the Victoria Quartz, the water which on Monday stood at 3073feet, has been lowered 70 feet during the past four days. The pumping service at the New Chum Railway was in operation yesterday, and the winding plant is fully occupied. There is a considerable quantity of water toraise, and the companies have a difficult task before them. Bendigo Advertiser 5/8/1910 Page 2. Document from Albert Richardson Collection of mining history.gold, drainage problems, new chum drainage association, new chum mines drainage problems 1910, bendigo advertiser 3/8/1910 page 2, mr j h craig, victoria reef quartz, lazarus, new chum railway, bendigo advertiser 5/8/1910 page 2, albert richardson

Poster, printed on coated fabric, wooden hanger on top. Yellow background, printed in red and blue. 'Code of Signals, Section 45 (19) of the Mines Act 1961. lode and alluvial mines, signals for winding' Signals: 1 stop when in motion, 1 heave up, 2 lower, 3 hold fast danger, 4 pause men coming to surface, 6 cage at liberty, 7 change tanks or cages, 8 put drum in or out of gear, 9 turn air on or off, 10 accident, 15 serious accident. Also lists firing signals. Advertisements for suppliers to mining companies around border of poster. E.g. Jaques Bros., Engineers, Coppin Street, Richmond, Melbourne. Ore and Stone Breakers manufactured in various sizes (has illustration of machine). James Hardie & Co., 581 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. Necessaries for success in mining enterprises are: Dick's original balata belting to drive your machinery with; Genuine Dodge wood split pulleys on the shafting, and fibro ciment(sic) sheets to protect you from fire. These sheets are also acid-proof.bendigo, mining, code of signals

Handwritten copy of correspondence dated 18th January 1950. Mentioned arer: Dividends, 9 pound 6 shillings per Share, Commenced Mining operations on Deborah Line of Reef, October 1937 and worked continuously since that date, amount of gold from the ore, Pyrites Concentrates treated todate, produced gold to a nett value of 53,000 pounds. Mine Plant Machinery, Buildings and Battery Equipment at Book value 25,420 pounds. Shaft to 1,300 feet. 90 men employed at Mine and Batteries, Annual Wages Sheet 32,000 pounds. Directors: Mr E . H. Noske (Chairman), Messrs G. W. Lansell, A. E. Dowling, G. A. Pell, T. Swinburne, W. J. Donovan. Legal Manager Mr J. J. Stanistreet. General Manager Mr S. ScDonald. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., copy of correspondence north deborah gold mining co n. l., deborah line of reef, mr e h noske, g w lansell, a e dowling, g a pell, t swinburne, w j donovan, mr j j stanistreet, mr s mcdonald

Printed notes and table on the New Moon Company, No Liability on photographic type paper. Notes include: capital, mining lease,battery machine lease, locality, registration and machinery. The second page is a table of the gross total of tons, gold, dividends and calls to June 30th, 1906.photo, new moon company, no liability, notes and table of the new moon company, no liability

Bradford Kendall was established in 1922 by Lesley Bradford and Jim Kendall, investing their winnings on a race horse. They both previously worked at the BHP Steel Works. They gained contracts with the railways and mining industry. During World War II they also manufactured armaments. During the boom of the 1950s they established several foundries in South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria. Bradford Kendall Ltd Wodonga foundry was established in 1954. It melted down old railway wheels, rails and redundant machinery to produce a range of low-alloy steel products, especially for earth-moving vehicles, railways, oil rigs and sugar factories. Wodonga was ideally placed as a change point between the different rail gauges of Victoria and New South Wales, close to the Hume Highway and the Snowy Mountain Scheme. The first sod for the site was turned on 2nd June 1954 and the first melt and pour of molten metal at Wodonga took place on 7th July 1954. Bradford Kendall Plant No.5 in Wodonga became one of the most profitable foundries in the Bradford Kendall group. Bill Black became the first plant Manager, a position he held for 30 years. Another long term employee was Pat Gooding who began work at a 15 year old and retired for the position of Bradken foundry Manufacturing Manager 51 years later. In the early 1980s, Australian National Industries Ltd bought Bradford Kendall and other heavy engineering companies. The Wodonga foundry with its (then) 170 or so staff became part of Bradken Consolidated along with nine other foundries in Australia and New Zealand. In 1989, Kerry Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd took control of ANI. In January 1999, Smorgon Steel Group acquired ANI, which included the Bradken business. The company changed hands again in 2001 when Smorgon Steel Group sold Bradken to Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners (CHAMP). In 2016 negotiations began for Bradken to be taken over by Hitachi Construction for A$689 million. In April 2017 Bradken became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Limited.A collection of black and white images and advertising for Bradford Kendall (Bradken) Wodonga.bradford kendall, wodonga industries, wodonga businesses

Photocopy of a printed 'The Mining Record' Jan., 1862 Pages 5 to 11. There is information on the Paddy's Gully Reef and the Sheep's Head Reef. The owners, area and title, workings, reef and yield, cost of working, drainage, machinery and remarks of the The Comet Company (formerly Cooper's Little Redan), Hogg, Tipper, & Milroy's Claim, Alliance Company, Watson & Wade's Claim, Barker & Co's Claim, Union Company's Claim, Paddy's Gully Reef Quartz Mining and Drainage Company's Claim, Picken and Co's Claim, Holmes and Co's Claim, Keith and Co's Claim, Stevens, Hasker & Co's Claim, Blewitt & Co's Claim, Thomson & Co's Claim, Hooper, Wills and Co's Claim, Union Company's North, or Lower, Claim, Sinclair and Co's Claim, Fogarty and Williams' Claim, Red, White and Blue Company's Claim, Union Company's Lower Whim Claim, Thompson's Claim, Union Company's Little Engine Claim, Will's Claim and the Union Company's South Claim. Albert Richardson Collectiondocument, gold, mining reports, mining reports, the mining record jan., 1862, the comet company (formerly cooper's little redan), hogg, tipper, & milroy's claim, alliance company, watson & wade's claim, barker & co's claim, union company's claim, paddy's gully reef quartz mining and drainage company's claim, picken and co's claim, holmes and co's claim, keith and co's claim, stevens, hasker & co's claim, blewitt & co's claim, thomson & co's claim, hooper, wills and co's claim, union company's north, or lower, claim, sinclair and co's claim, fogarty and williams' claim, red, white and blue company's claim, union company's lower whim claim, thompson's claim, union company's little engine claim, will's claim, union company's south claim, john s mcnair, john mathieson, mr lomasney, mr kelly, mr clisshold, j b watson & co, milroy & price, hogg, tiper, millroy, mr ebden, mrssrs watson and wade, r o smith, edward hunt, h murdoch, samuel priestly, william goldsmith, david buchanan, robert anderson, bagshot company, barker, ladams, m'vey, claughton, gutteridge, good, cornell, simeon, rutherford, h jackson, murgatroyd, wormold, bashford, red white & blue claim, steven's and hasker's, blewitt and co, john blewitt, richard allingham, edward wills, john williams, richard williams, henry williams, joseph east, john thomson, thomas trownson, henry hooper, edward wills, thomas castelow, joseph castlow, william tongue, george nevinson, james griston, thomas porter, william a kenny, robert lisle, john sinclair, robert pritchard, william pritchard, thomas woods, james fogarty, daniel moon, william lindrea, john adams, brown, robert lisle, owen thompson, nicholson reef company, edward wills, p n russell & co, bendigo valley steam puddling company, metropolitan mills, bruce's, thos. woods

Handwritten notes, with typed transcript of same, on Catherine Reef United Mine Manager, J. M. Eyre Report 20/5/'72. Recommends the purchase of a new boiler. S. Jackson killed in a boiler explosion which the jury said was due to an error of judgement on his part. Recommendations, re New Winding Engine and Poppet Legs by Rbt. Coakes 18th May, 1905. Truck road from the shaft to the battery. Recommendation to call for tenders for a new changing house and a blacksmith shop. Reports about boilers, ropes, cleaning of machinery, testing of brakes, slack coal from the Powlett North Woolamai Collieries, crushings, number of batteries, low wood supply and a visit to the New Moon & South New Moon which are burning the Powlett slack coal. Albert Richardson Collectiondocument, gold, mining reports, mining reports, catherine reef united mine managers reports, j m eyre, myrtle creek coy, s jackman, rbt coakes, great northern co, virginia co, mr roberts, mr harkness, mr mcgrath, ernest mueller, roberts & sons, mr bennett, mr abrahams, mr sluyterman, j langdon, electrical supply coy, smiths, powlett north woolamai collieries, m j gwatkins, new moon, south new moon