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 Amalgamated Goldfields Ltd., in account with Fred. Douglas Jones. Pink paper dated June 6 to Aug 7, 1924. Statement contains details of costs for sale of properties by auction on 27/6/24.the miss g. alice jones collection - statement, bendigo amalgamated goldfields ltd, mrs mcgibbony, t e thomson, t c watts & son, h e jones, mrs cramer, geo pethard, h e bruns, bank of australasia bendigo, fred douglas jones, mr bishop, collman & tacchi, mines department, koch's, great northern, city of bendigo, mr enticknap, garden gully mill, nicholsons, mrs bernau, miss hesse

Bendigo Advertiser photo: two men dressed in suits and hats standing in front of a poppet head. Written on back of photo in pencil ' with the compliments of 'The Advertiser'bendigo, business, mccoll, rankin & stanistreet

One handwritten and three typed copies of notes on the United Hustlers and Redan mine. Notes include locality, plant, early history, Prominence, best gold, k. K. Shaft, Total gold production and dividends and Origin of Names.document, gold, united hustlers and redan, united hustlers and redan, notes on the united hustlers and redan, the south or k k shaft, the hustlers, redan, little, white, ragman's, maiden, williamsons, bignall's, the alabama company, k k company, new hustlers and redan, united pioneers, lady darling, hibernia, red white and blue, sophia, redan, north comet, go-a-head, cosmopolitan, johnsons, geo lansell, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, kocks, kock's koh-i-nor, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, mines dept annual and quarterly reports, mines dept bulletin no 33 h herman 1913, annals of bendigo mining sections 1878 to 1920, a richardson

Typed letter to Mr Richardson from Geoffrey A Lambert regarding Victoria Hill. He states that the Minister for Mines, Hon. J. C. Balfour has asked the Department's Geologist located at Bendigo to prepare a report on the Victoria Hill area. The Minister also points out that there are conflicting interests which exists between local municipal authorities who are seeking to have mine damaged areas reclaimed for recreation or developmental projects, while some would like the past relics preserved for historical interests among tourists. He also mentions ways of publicity. Dated 19/10/1967.document, gold, victoria hill, hon. j c balfour, clark jeffries, bendigo city council, racv, the age, geoffrey lambert, albert richardson

Book, Department of Mines, Bulletins of the Geological Survey of Victoria, No.33, Hustler's Line Of Reef, Bendigo, with plans,sections, and photographs, by H.S.Whitelaw. 13833, Price 2s.6d.`Back cover shows J.A. and J.A Strugnell , 12 Mulbar St Swan Hill 3585 .Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne.book, bendigo, hustler's line of reef

Three Geological survey maps of the Bendigo Gold Fields joined together. The three sections are Eaglehawk, Golden Square and Spring Gully. It shows geological conditions, gold reef lines and mine sights. Three sections are laminated together. The maps were produced by the Victorian Department of Manufacturing and Industry Development geological survey, bendigo gold fields

North Deborah Mine in Eve Street, Bendigo, operated between 1937 and 1954. In that time it produced 128,000 ounces of gold.Black and white photograph of the North Deborah Mine, showing the poppet head, mullock heap to the left, man at the end of railway at the first level, does not show cables from the engine house to the wheels on top of the poppet, water tank at the side of the engine house, farm style corner of a fence at left of photo, small shed housing a pump for water, right foreground is a dam for water waiting to be converted to steam to operate the cable winder.mining, surface equipment, north deborah mine

North Deborah Mine in Eve Street, Bendigo, operated between 1937 and 1954. In that time it produced 128,000 ounces of gold.Black and white photo of the North Deborah poppet head with associated buildings beside its feet. Name sign attached at level two has damage to the left side.mining, surface equipment, north deborah mine.

North Deborah Mine in Eve Street, Bendigo, operated between 1937 and 1954. In that time it produced 128,000 ounces of gold.Black and white photograph of the North Deborah mine showing the poppet head and surrounding infrastructure associated with the mining industry.mining, surface equipment, north deborah mine.

'History Lives' article (Jim Evans - Bendigo Advertiser 17/04/2008) - re Reynolds family. Mention of Jorgenson family connection.person, individual, reynolds family, new moon mine, peter jorgenson. mt lyell mine.

BHS CollectionColour photos : 2 photos, same image of Ray Beer, holding a gold ingot. Ray dressed in hard hat, casual clothing. Written on photo ' Ray Beer with 201 ozs of gold A.1. Mine, Gaffneys Creek'bendigo, mining, gaffneys creek

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

Blue hard cover book, maroon binding on spine and corners of cover. 'Minute Book' written in gold on spine. Two hundred and two pages of which sixty nine are used. First entry dated 14th December 1914 for meeting held at the office of the Company at 39 Queen Street, Melbourne. Loose documents held in Minute Book of Oswald Gold Mine: 1. Receipt for monies received from Messrs McColl, Rankin and Stanistreet from F.G. Smith and McEacharn, for 20 pounds 2.Charge for petty cash, stamps for Oswald Gold Mine, Dr. to McColl Rankin and Stanistreet 3. Five proxy forms The Minute Book is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining documents.bendigo, margaret roberts, , goldmining, oswald gold mine n.l., castlemaine

Maroon soft cover book. Inside front cover 'Journal' printed in black pencil. Six pages of financial records entries for Catherine Reef Extended Mining Co. dating from December 12th, 1905 to 17th April, 1911. One page of financial records for Kingsleys Reward Mining Co. N.L., showing unalloted shares, uncalled capital and mine account . 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,

BHS CollectionBook, hard bound. Buff colour covers, dark brown print. Acts, Orders in Council, notices and Mining Board Bye-laws relating to the Gold Fields, published by direction of the Minister of Mines. 1874. Warden Kilmore written in pen and ink at top.bendigo, mining, mining board bye-laws

BHS CollectionThree photocopies of a newspaper article titled Old Battery to charge-up tunnel tourism. The date 11/1/85 is written at the top of the article. There is a photo of the battery mentioning it was the Thompson's Foundry battery and it was being re-erected at Maldon, near Castlemaine. It has been in far of Victoria to crush rock taken from mines there. The battery will be one of the attractions in the Parkin's Reef Reserve being developed by the Conservation, Forests and Lands. Also mentioned is the work of volunteers, grants they received, restoration and tourism.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - old battery to charge-up tunnel tourism, thompson's foundry, parkin's reef reserve, conservation forests and lands department, carman's tunnel, north british mine, parkin's reef, carman's tunnel committee, dr doug kemsley, prospectors' and miners' association of victoria, ken garden, north british mine, george ellis

BHS CollectionPhotocopy of a page. In the centre is a picture of the Hercules Gold Mine, Long Gully, N. Grenfell's Butchers Shop, a photo of three men, a part photo of another man and on the right is a photo of another three men dressed in working clothes.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - hercules gold mine & grenfell's butcher shop, mines department, stanfield mine, george ellis

BHS CollectionBlack and white photo: image shows mine site, chimney in background, corrugated iron shed in middleground, man operating sluice on bottom RH side. Men inside engine house looking on and two beside sluicing operation RH side. Large pile of sand or mullock on RH side. Mining dam in background, barely visible. Unidentified mine.bendigo, mining, mine site

Parchment certificate, Royal Humane Society of Victoria, enclosed in laminate on board. Issued to Charles P. Rowe Mine, Manager, New Chum Rly Mine in endeavouring to rescue Thos. Duggas and rescuing J. Wilson and J. Herron from being killed by a full of earth at Shenandoah Mine, Sandhurst 8th. August 1888. ( bronze medal also awarded ) On bottom of board ' above certificate is just one of many certificates and medals awarded to brave miners on the Bendigo Goldfields'Royal Humane Societytopic, mining, mine rescue

black and white photo of underground mining, showing 8 miners in a stope with their Bendigo bucket carbide lights. A large quartz spur formation is visible in the foreground. A wooden ladder gives a good scale in relation to the stope size. Photograph taken in the Central Nell Gwynne at the 265 m. level C 1939. On back MNc4 ( in indian ink ) ? Hercules and Energetic ( in ball point pen ) RHSV of Vic. Stamp.organization, business, hercules and energetic mine

Newspaper article titled' Goldfields' sketchbook. Article on book release ' Bendigo and Eastern Goldfields Sketchbook with Drawings by Unk White and text by John Bechervaise, first published 1970, 64 pages, hardback edition, $1.95. Extract from article ' our poppet-head sketch is of the Deborah superstructure, rising above a shaft 2017 feet deep, the site on Quarry Hill being easily accessible. The mine yielded 52,000 ounces of gold and in 1954 was one of the last three mines all on the Deborah line of reef, to close down'Bendigo Advertiser July 23rd 1970.bendigo, mining, gold discovery, 'bendigo advertiser

Petition sent in 1886 by the residents of Sandhurst to the Honourable James Sullivan Minister of mines in the colony of Victoria requesting the construction of a reservoir on back creek. The petition is on thirty-three photographs and is inside a quite well worn plain brown folder. On the front of the folder a stamp of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo branch with the date:1960 and the number 217. Inside the cover in blue pen: donated by the Victoria Legislative through Mr. Galvin MLA and another RHSV stamp. The Mayor of Sandhurst at the time was John McIntyre.government, state, 1886 petition

ABOLITION OF MINING BOARDS PETITION 1878.government, state, mines act, bendigo, sandhurst, gold mining, mining boards

Maroon hard cover minute book, buff binding on spine and corners of cover. "Minute Book' printed in gold on spine. Two hundred and seventy pages, of which seventy seven are used to record minutes. Written in faded pen on front page: Wilson's Hill G.M. Coy N.L.'. Minutes date from 25th March 1898 to 13th March 1903. Inserted in Minute Book, the following documents: 1. Letter, typed, from Wilson Hill G.M. Co. to Secretary for Mines, Melbourne, re transferring lease to Mr. William Wallace of Bendigo. 2. Letter, typed, from N. Howell, Manager, The Union Bank of Australia Limited, 11th January 1900, re unwillingness to extend overdraft on Wilson Hill account ' it has been in our books sometime'. 3. Letter, from Registrar-General's Office, 4th April 1998, memorial of registration ' acknowledging receipt of the document names in the margin in connexion with the Wilson's Hill Gold Mining Coy, N.L.,' 4. Three copies of blue proxy form to 'appoint S.G. Gadd to act and vote as my proxy at a half yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Wilson Hill Gold Mining Company N.L.,' 1903..bendigo, mccoll and rankin, margaret roberts, wilson's hill gold mining company, s. gadd

Plan mining lease blocks 1873, timber hanger on top two brass rings, securing tape, round timber holder on bottom, scroll. On top Schedule of Mining Lease Blocks shown on the plan of the Sandhurst Gold Field, Published May 1873' Names of mining Companies listed with identifying number and area of mine site. E.g. '447 Johnson's Reef Gold Mines 7a, 2r, 8 p (acres, roods, perches). Number linked to the mine site shown on Sandhurst Gold Field map.bendigo, mining, mining lease blocks 1873

Draftsman's drawing of Central Red, White and Blue Mine Map. Printed by Troedel & Cooper Pty Ltd. Mr. H. Cumby, Surveyor Forms part of the Margaret Roberts Collection of mining records.bendigo, margaret roberts, gold, map, mine, central red white & blue

BHS CollectionThree page stapled document titled 'Trusty Times' Issue 90, Special Edition July 2012, outlining the issues faced by the Central Deborah Gold Mine with rising ground water and its impact across the broader Bendigo mining area if a solution to the problem is not found. Photo on front of 'Trusty Times' shows Damian Drum, Tom Seddon, Peter Walsh and Jeff Rigby. Images on page 3 show the pumping equipment already installed.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine