Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - VICTORIA HILL - THE RICH VICTORIA HILL AND IT'S HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
... Macartney Quartz Miner's Arms Hotel Ironbark Methodist Church Greek Orthodox Church John Brown Knitwear Factory Little 180 Mine Geo Lansell Conrad Heinz British & American Hotel Victoria Reef Gold Mining Coy Manchester Arms Hotel Housing Commission Homes Ironbark (Victoria Reef Gold Mines Hercules and Energetic Midway Wittscheibe Gt Central Victoria Wm Rae Mr & Mrs Conroy Wm Rae Jr Central Nell Gwynne Moorhead's Shop Gill Family Gold Mines Hotel David Chaplin Sterry Pioneer New Chum and Victoria Burrowes and Sterry New Chum and Victoria Tribute Rotary Club of Bendigo South Big 180 Victoria Quartz Mines Jeweller's Shop Bendigo and District Tourist Association North Old Chum Mine John Wybrandt Ballerstedt's First Open-Cut J C T Christopher Ballerstedt Ballerstedt's Mine Bendigo Cemetry Lansell's 'Cleopatra Nedle' type Chimney 222 Mine Sandhurst Or 'Needle' Mine Victoria Quartz Mine Victoria Reef Quartz Company Mr E J Dunn Eureka Ext'd New Chum Railway Pearl Bendigo Advertiser 16 June 1910 Victoria Consols Shamrock Shenandoah Victoria Quartz Dams Rae's Open Cut Prospecting Tunnels Floyd's small 5 head Crushing battery Gt Central Victoria (Midway) Shaft Midway No 2 Midway North Ballerstedt's Small 24 Yard Claim The Humboldt The Tribute Coy Advance Luffsman and Sterry's Claim A Round Shaft Chinese Joss House Lansell's Fortuna P M G Repeater Station A Richardson Two copies of document : nineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. ...
Two copies of document : nineteen handwritten pages of notes on 'The Rich Victoria Hill and Its Historical Association' Signed by A Richardson and dated 30 - 8 - 1971. and a typed copy of same. Notes include: Introduction, Hotels, Mines, Mining History and descriptions of features where the signposts are. Mines mentioned in the text are:
North Old Chum. Ballerstedt's first open cut, Lansell's Big 180. 20 head stamper, Lansell's Cleopatra Needle, Victoria Quartz Mine.
Cleopatra's Needle was a square sectioned brick chimney with this four sided pyramidal chimney top with four vents to allow the smoke to escape whatever the direction of the wind. It was demolished in the 1950's as it had a bend in it and it was considered unsafe. Lansell had two other mines with similar chimneys, the '222' in Chum Street and his 'Sandhurst' or 'Needle' mine near the Bendigo, Eaglehawk boundary.
Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.mine, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, the rich victoria hill and it's historical association, j. n. macartney, quartz miner's arms hotel, ironbark methodist church, greek orthodox church, john brown knitwear factory, little 180 mine, geo lansell, conrad heinz, british & american hotel, victoria reef gold mining coy, manchester arms hotel, housing commission homes, ironbark (victoria reef gold mines, hercules and energetic, midway, wittscheibe, gt central victoria, wm rae, mr & mrs conroy, wm rae jr, central nell gwynne, moorhead's shop, gill family, gold mines hotel, david chaplin sterry, pioneer, new chum and victoria, burrowes and sterry, new chum and victoria tribute, rotary club of bendigo south, big 180, victoria quartz mines, jeweller's shop, bendigo and district tourist association, north old chum mine, john wybrandt, ballerstedt's first open-cut, j c t christopher ballerstedt, ballerstedt's mine, bendigo cemetry, lansell's 'cleopatra nedle' type chimney, 222 mine, sandhurst or 'needle' mine, victoria quartz mine, victoria reef quartz company, mr e j dunn, eureka ext'd, new chum railway, pearl, bendigo advertiser 16 june 1910, victoria consols, shamrock, shenandoah, victoria quartz dams, rae's open cut, prospecting tunnels, floyd's small 5 head crushing battery, gt central victoria (midway) shaft, midway no 2, midway north, ballerstedt's small 24 yard claim, the humboldt, the tribute coy, advance, luffsman and sterry's claim, a round shaft, chinese joss house, lansell's fortuna, p m g repeater station, a richardson