Typed notes on the description of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine Area and the Victoria Hill Area. Also mentioned are the Victoria Quartz Mine, Lansell's 'big' 180, Ballerstadt, George Lansell, Adventure and the Cinderalla. Also recommendations for tourist purposes. (2 pages)mine, gold, central nell gwynne mine, central nell gwynne mine, victoria hill, victoria quartz mine, new chum line, lansell's 'big' 180, ballerstadt, george lansell, fortuna, a. h.q. survey regiment, adventure, rae, wittscheibe & co., luffsman & sons, lazarus mine, latham & watson's mine, great extended hustlers

A fluorescent screen seen with an illuminated scale shows the wavelength(s) of entering light. A Cylindrical Quartz Lens is provided to concentrate on the slit light from weak sources. The scale is illuminated by regular white light through a window. Ultra Violet Spectroscope. A black finished device with adjustable aperture in a storage box with eyepiece shield and clamping screw. scientific instrument, balance, spectoscope, ultra violet spectroscope, prism

Negatives: 9 transparencies ( or could be photocopies of overhead transparencies ) of mine plans in Bendigo. Enclosed in brown paper wrapper. Written on outside ' A ? Transparencies, A. Richardson' NOTE: Other items in Albert Richardson Collection in Box 130. a. Victoria Quartz Mining Co, South Victoria Col North Old Chum, Lansells 180, b. Gibbs, Ballerstedt, Humboldt Co and Wells, Great Central Victoria Co., Adventure and Advance Co., c. South Victori Co, Victoria Quartz Mining Co., Lansells 180 d. Longitudinal section - unmarked mine e. Gibbs, Ballerstedt Humboldt Co and Wells, Great Central Victoria Co., Adventure and Advance Co. f. South Victoria Co., Victoria Quartz Mining Co., Lansells 180 g. Longitudinal section, unmarked mine h. Gibbs, Ballerstedt, Humboldt Co, and Wells, Adventure and Advance Co. i Longitudinal section, unmarked mineLongitudiunanegative, bendigo, mine plans, bendigo, alf richardson, engineering, mining, mine plans.

Handwritten extracts from the Bendigo Advertiser 17/8/1910 Col. 2. Extract mentions Bailing Operations - A Week's Progress. Water at the Victoria Quartz lowered 139 ft for the week. Bailing carried out at Lansell's 180, Lazarus, New Chum Consolidated and New Chum Railway Mines. Cost of bailing about 200 pound per week and the Government is contributing half. The balance is being found from the Victoria Quartz, Victoria Consols, Ironbark, Hercules and Energetic and Lansell's Estate. Expenditure over 6 weeks has amounted to over 1200 pounds. ''Mr McBride, Minister for Mines,said work was to be continued for the present at all events. Mr Merrin, Chief Inspector of Mines, said the Dept's aim was to keep the whole of contributing mines on the New Chum line unwatered, and also to enable the Victoria Quartz to go on with its sinking. It was not however intended to introduce a pumping system for the present.''document, gold, drainage problems, drainage problems, bendigo advertiser 17/8/1910 page 3 col 2, victoria quartz, lansell's 180, lazarus, new chum consolidated, new chum railway, victoria consols, ironbark, hercules and energetic, lansell's estate, mr mcbride, mr merrin, new chum line

Twelve handwritten copied pages (a & b) of notes with typed copy of same, regarding the signs for Victoria Hill. Signs indicate the feature and a description including Prospecting Shafts, dams, engine beds, Lansell's Big 180 Shaft, stampers, Victoria Quartz Mine, Victoria Quartz Dams, Rae's Open Cut, Anticlinal Arch, small primitive tunnels, Engine-bed for Great Central Victoria known as 'Midway' mine, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 Head Crushing Battery, Ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim, The Humboldt 1856 to 1861, Luffsman and Sterry's Claim, and A Round Shaft.document, memo, victoria hill, victoria hill, notes on victoria hill (signs), lansell's big 180, ballerstedt senior, george lansell, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz coy, wm rae, a roberts & sons, mr e j dunn, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser, inrush of water at the victoria quartz, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut. prospecting tunnel, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, the adventure, advance, george lansell, luffsman & sterry's claim, david sterry, gold mines hotel, city of sandhurst, lansell's fortuna, a richardson

Diggers and miners. Diggers and Miners. . . In creeks and gullies where the weathering of auriferous quartz veins had deposited gold-bearing sands and gravels. He worked in the surface alluvium. Picture shows diagram of this. Markings: 7 994.5 WAL. Used as a teaching aid.hanimounteducation, tertiary, goldfields

Plan (copy) of Lansell's 180 mine shaft. Plan LH side is marked with North Old Chum Co. Shaft No. 78, in centre detailed plan of Lansell's 180 shaft, and marked on LH side of plan Victoria Quartz Co., (no detailed plan).bendigo, mining, lansell's 180 mine

This photograph shows the pre-heater on the left and the furnace on the right. After clean up of stamper table, amalgam is placed in a retort, then placed in the furnace where mercury is condensed and runs down the small pipe into an enamel bucket and can be reused. This is one of a series of photographs of the Rutherglen Gold Battery. The battery's purpose was to crush quartz from nearby quartz reefs and extract gold from within. The battery was erected in 1908 and consists of a five-head battery, Wilfrey table, Bergin pan, portable steam engine and shed. The battery was restored in 2011/12 and can be viewed daily between 9.00am and 5.00pm. See website for details.Colour photograph of the interior of a room with corrugated iron walls, with a fireplace on the left and a furnace on the right.gold battery, gold processing

Alfred Richardson was charged, in company with James Barry, of having stolen gold bearing quartz from the Golden Pyke mine, Bendigo, in November 1901. He had many previous minor convictions for drunkenness, assault, no visible means, etc.Prison record for Albert Richardson, prisoner registered number 28563, giving details of the prisoner, his crimes and the dates and places of his trials.english speaking prisoner, alfred richardson, golden pyke company, larceny, drunk, assault

Slide: Looking north to Victoria Hill from New Chum and Victoria Quartz, image taken in early 1870's. poppet heads, wood stacks, chimney stacks, mining excavation in foreground, mullock heaps. Possibly a stamper in background against crest of hill.No.6 on bottom of slidemine, gold, north to victoria hill., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection

Plan of underground section of Lansell's 180 mine, levels 18, 19 and 20. On RH side of map Victoria Quartz Mining company claim marked, on LH side North Old Chum Co. 'West or hanging wall' marked above each level.bendigo, mining, lansell's little 180 mine

''Memories of the late Mrs Lucy Hill'' A series apparently published over the pseudonym of ''Joch'' in the Bendigo Advertiser (ca. 1973) with a variety of article Headings e.g. Bendigo Mining Fields; The Quartz King - and Quartz Crystal; The last cab home; Court Highlight. These are obviously drafts prior to publication. Mention in attached page (News Letter) that Mr and Mrs Hill published in the Bendigo Advertiser in a column titled ''In the Spotlight''. Attached page also is a short 'biography' of Mrs Hill (nee Lucy Robotham), wife of Mr W T Hill titled ''Success of Bendigo Poetess'' (may be extract from Bendigo Advertiser??)person, individual, lucy hill, journalist, advertiser, aunt evelyn, the centenary song, gravel hill state school, in the spot light, an unexpected achievement, bendigo.

A history of gold mining in AustraliaHardcover. Front cover has a photograph of two miners from West Australia using the dry-blowing technique. In the background are two 'Wood's dry placer-miners'. Back cover has a photograph of the interior of a steam-operated quartz crushing battery at the Mount Boppy Mine.Front cover has a price sticker that is discolored. Inside there is the stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779 gold, gold mines, gold mining, australia, history, social life, customs, stone, derrick i, mackinnon, sue

A 22 page soft cover booklet 'The Quartz Reefs of Bendigo' Edited by Hugh Anderson. Contents include Victoria Reef, Diamond Hill, Glasgow Reef, Specimen Hill, Johnson's Reef and New Chum Reef. Illustrations taken from Joseph Panton's report of 1849.Hugh Anderson

Framed colour print of Fortuna Villa showing part of the building and lake, framed in a cream wooden and glass frame, markings read ' ''Fortuna'' Former home of the late Mr George Lansell, known as the Quartz King. This picturesque residence is now occupied by the RRSE Cartographic Unit'place, building, fortuna, fortuna, fortuna villa

Handwritten notes describing the machinery at the Victoria Quartz Mine. Items mentioned are: Poppet Legs, Pithead Pulleys, Braces, Boilers, Winding Engines, Platform, Air Compressor, Boiler Feed Pump and a Feed-water Heater which was attached to the main exhaust pipe of the winding engines.document, gold, victoria quartz, victoria quartz, victoria quartz machinery, bendigo advertiser1/2/1897 & 4/9/1896 & 10/2/1897, roberts & sons, mr w foote, mr ennor

Two copies of photocopied photo of an open cut mine which is straddled by Marong Road. In the background is The North Old Chum Mine, behind it is Lansell's Rich '180' Mine and in the distance is Ballerstedt's Rich Open Cut and the Victoria Quartz Mine. Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.photo, victoria hill, looking north from old chum hill to the victoria hill, a richardson, north old chum mine, lansell's rich '180' mine, victoria quartz mine, gold mines hotel

The Ballarat School of Mines had a 'Model Mine' that was used to teach students. Practical work was undertaken for a fee, supervised by laboratory superintendents. Copies of assays undertaken are compiled together in this book. Leatherbound ledger with transfer copies assay reports from the Ballarat School of Mines. Those seeking assaying work from the Ballarat School of Mines are listed in alphabetical order in the front of the ledger. The ledger contains 543 pages. .2) Foolscap assay report on foolscap Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, and signed by Alfred Mica Smith, Superintendent of Laboratories. The report was on eight samples of Quartz submitted by R.C. Morgan, Scotts, Hotel, Melbourne .3) Assay report on Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, dated 14 August 1985, and signed by Andrew Berry, Registrar. The assay was supervised by Professor Alfred Mica Smith, and undertaken for James Burke, Broken Hill, New South Wales. .4) Assay report on Ballarat School of Mines letterhead, dated 18 August 1988, and signed by Alfred Mica Smith, Superintendent of Laboratories. The assay was undertaken on samples of Limonite submitted by James Burke and others, Broken Hill, New South Wales. The report includes information the the Ballarat School of Mines museum and the search for geological specimens from all Australian colonies for the collection. .5) A 'rough' assay report on samples of stone submitted by H. Major Senr, Wilcannia, New South Wales. 5) A 'rough' assay report on sample quartz drillings from quartz reef submitted by H. Morris, Egerton, and an sample of quartz and pyrites for determination by Professor Krause submitted by R.M. Serjeant. ballarat school of mines, a.c. allan, brittania g.m. co., s. body, black horse company, john m. bickett, william bell, james barker, w. bliss, w. bailey, william barrou, w.h. batten, w. bechervaise, band and albion, budd bros, charles barker, i. cahir, a. chamber, w. cahill, james coglan, d. clarke, a.w. dobbie, john dosett, john dunstan, j.a. evans, l. eggleton, charles forbes, d. fitzpatrick, e. ford, michael goold, j. graham, john greenwood, james hayes, ed hardy, arthur harvey, george hodges, john hall, jubilee gold mining company, krause, luplau, lempiere, mt lyell co, john law, ed meadway, john murray, j.h. middleton, c.m. miles, m. muir, e. mcmillan, w. mcdougall, c. napier, w.r. nicholls, napier freehold, w.b, ochiltree, oakleigh gold mining company, dr pinnock, c. quin, james ross, c.b. retallack, e. rowlands, royal standard, linton, frank rabling, william russell, charles soloman, f. selby, w.j. scott, sulieman pasha co, south clunes united, h.w. sinclair, george selby, e.h. schroeder, horsham, e.w. spain, c.h. sheary, sir henry loch gold mining company, a. sutherland, saxon consols, j.b. triggs, h. townsend, harold turnley, c. taylor, melbourne, c. thorpe, a. vandenberg, charles walker, charles wilson, thomas wellington, a. wynne, r. warne, e. wattis, john wood, walter warner, armidale, c. winterbottom, w.l. willliams, j.c. young

GINNY WAUGH [NEE ROBBINS] WAS THE FIRST WHITE CHILD BORN IN CLUNES. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, SAMUEL, ARE BURIED IN THE CLUNES CEMETERY. HER FATHER WAS HARRY ROBBINS WHO WAS THE FIRST MAN TO TAKE A LOAD OF GOLD QUARTZ FROM CLUNES TO BALLARAT BY BULLOCK WAGON.PHOTOGRAPH OF SAMUEL AND GINNY WAUGH. IT IS MOUNTED ON MASONITE.local history, photography, photographs, early citizens

Black and white photo of Christopher Ballerstedt Senior (1786 - 1869) dressed in black suit, with white hair and white beard. Framed in timber with gold trim. Photo set in oval mounting. On back.' Ballerstedt Senior. Christopher Ballerstedt the father of Quartz Mining in Bendigo.' Deframed 2022.ballerstedt, quartz king, fortuna

Single sheet approximately A4 in size, folded to form four pages. Three-page report prepared by M. Martin, Shire Engineer, detailing the advisability of and legal basis for the Shire of Grenville retaining control of various quartz and tailing heaps (remnants of mining) located throughout the Shire.Text: " SHIRE OF GRENVILLE. / ENGINEER'S REPORT RE GRAVEL HEAPS. / COUNCIL MEETING, 7th JULY, 1916. "shire of grenville, gravel heaps, mining, roads

Laminated poster of 15 black and white photos of stoping at various mines in Bendigo. The mines are: North Deborah L2 - North Deborah West - North Deborah - New Moon - New Chum Railway - Central Nell Gwynne - Catherine United - Hercules - Victoria Quartz - Monument Hill -bendigo, mining

Gold was first discovered in 1852 on what was then named Korong or Mt Korong goldfields. It was soon found that the area was not suitable for alluvial mining because of a lack of water but quartz mining was more successful. The township of Wedderburn was surveyed 1856/57. The first public crushing works was established in 1859.Hardcover book with printed dust jacket and plastic cover. 92 pages with black and white illustrations, fold out map and index. Covers the history of the Wedderburn Goldfields and the discovery of gold generally in Australia from the 1850s until c1880s. Written by Joshua R Gray and edited by Frank Cusack.Joshua R Gray and Frank Cusack.gold, goldfields, goldfield

Ten typed pages of notes and photocopied photos. Notes include Introduction which describes the journey between Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes also mention the Signposts at the Victoria Hill with their explanation. Dated 30/8/1971. The four photocopied photos are: (1) Victoria Hill - From Rae's Open Cut with the Central Nell Gwynne Popper Legs and the Victoria Hill Victoria Quartz Mullock in the background. (2) Looking North from Old Chum Hill to the Victoria Hill. (3) Victoria Quartz on Victoria Hill, Ironbark. (4) Rae's 35 Hd. Crushing Battery. Victoria Hill in background, Wm. Rae's early home top right.document, gold, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and its historical associations, j n macartney, quartz miners' arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, conrad heinz, british and american hotel, victoria reef gold mining company, manchester arms hotel, victoria hill from rae's open cut, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines), hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, great central victoria, william rae, william rae junior, mr and mrs conroy, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, looking north from old chum hill to the victoria hill, new chum and victoria, old chum, pioneer, burrowes & sterry, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, north old chum mine, ballerstedt's forst open cut, lansells big 180, george lansell, new chum syncline, lansell's 'cleopatra needle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle mine', victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, victoria quartz company, a roberts & sons, e j dunn, h harkness & sons, new chum drainage scheme, eureka extended, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser june 16 1910, rae's open cut, quartz roasting, anticlinal arch, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, great central victoria (midway), midway no2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, wittscheibe, adventure, advance, luffsman & sterry, rae's 35 head crushing battery, a richardson, the bendigo goldfield 1851 to 1954, the victoria hill 1854 to 1949, australian mining standard special edition 1/6/1899, bendigo mines ltd, mines dept, bendigo advertiser, annals of bendigo, dickers mining record 23/11/1861, bendigo goldfields registry 1871, bendigo and vicinity 1895, mr rae anderson, w n macartney 1st edition 1871

Booklet titled: 'Victoria Hill Bendigo A Publication of the Bendigo Trust'. Booklet has photos of the Central Nell Gwynne Mine, Victoria Hill in the 1860's, with Rae's Battery in the foreground, geographical features, Rae's Open Cut, Victoria Hill from the New Chum Hill in the 1870's, compressor beds, The Victoria Quartz Mine, burnt ground from quartz roasting, the remains of a twenty head crushing battery, a view from Ballerstedt's Open Cut showing the historic Gold Mines Hotel built in 1857 and the engine beds of Lansell's '180' mine. There are also two maps, History of Victoria Hill and geographical notes on the area.book, bendigo, victoria hill

A plaster model of the Sclemm nugget found on 11.7.1872 at the Shoots Gully between Dunolly and James Creek, three feet below the surface. Associated with quartz and ironstone. Weight 538 ozs. Estimated yield 478 ozs. Finder Henry Davey. Value 2016 $849,760. (See additional research)mining, models, plaster model of victorian gold nugget

Part of a page of notes on the United Hustlers and Redan. Notes include K. K. Shaft Plant, Size of Shaft,Poppet Heads, Quartz bins, Mullock Heap, Winding Engine Air Compressor and Boilers. On the back some questions are written, distances of shafts from streets and last crushing.document, united hustlers and redan, notes on the united hustlers and redan, k k shaft, tom rowe, new chum railway