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Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - YIELDS FROM ALLUVIAL & QUARTZ REEFS 1897
... MINING REPORTS - YIELDS FROM ALLUVIAL & QUARTZ REEFS 1897... Yields from Alluvial & Quartz Reefs 1897... yields from the Sandhurst and Eaglehawk gold fields. Ref. Sec... DOCUMENT Gold mining reports Mining Reports Yields from Alluvial ...Handwritten notes give details of alluvial and quartz yields from the Sandhurst and Eaglehawk gold fields. Ref. Sec. Mines Report 1897, Page 13. Also a report from the Sec. Mines Report1905 Pages 116 & 117 mentioning the number of men employed at Kochs Pioneer, Confidence Ex'td, North Johnsons and Princess Dagmar Mines. Report by G Hawke, Acting Inspector of Mines E'Hawk No 10 Dist.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, yields from alluvial & quartz reefs 1897, sandhurst gold field, g hawke, kochs pioneer, confidence ex'td, north johnsons, princess dagmar -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction, Unknown
This image is a reproduction of an 1899 original depicting the 'Williams Good Luck Mine' on the Mopoke Reef (also called 'Morepork Gully') in the Dingle Ranges, approximately three miles from Beechworth. The foreground of the image is littered with piles of smashed rock and detritus, known as ‘mullock’, beside a reinforced mine shaft, a vertical access passageway allowing miners to enter the mine and haul ore out using lifting technology such as a poppet heads, whims or windlasses. A group of miners and a dog appear close to an open-sided miner’s hut. Following the discovery of gold at Beechworth in 1852, rushes quickly followed at surrounding creeks and gullies in the district. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, small syndicates of miners continued to work old or abandoned quartz reefs, often persisting without the assistance of heavy machinery to remove the large amounts of rock, in order to obtain yields at ever greater depths. The group of miners in this photograph are Mr. Roger Williams and Sons, who revived operations at the ‘Old Good Luck’ mine on the Mopoke Reef in the Dingle Range near Beechworth around 1892, working the site for more than two decades. An emigrant from Cornwall with experience in the tin mining industry, 19 year old Roger Williams senior sailed to New Zealand in 1840, then to Australia where he spent time in the Bendigo Gold Fields before settling in Beechworth in the early 1860s. Mr Williams senior worked on various mining activities in the district, including the Rocky Mountain Tunnel project. Conversant with the character of gold-bearing reefs in the area, the syndicate dug an eight hundred foot tunnel, digging down as far down as two hundred feet with little capital save their labour, to connect and provide better working access to the mass of reefs and veins in the vicinity. Progress was hampered by poor air quality charged with fumes from dynamite and large quantities of rock had to be crushed to obtain payable yields. The Victorian Goldfields are filled with ruins and remnants of the area's rich mining history, ranging from small alluvial diggings to the remains of huge mining companies. Site names often changed several times throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Some sites were abandoned and forgotten, others were worked continuously over many decades. The names of mines were often repeated at different locations throughout the Victorian Goldfields. For example, there is a Mopoke Gully heritage mine near Fryers Creek, Victoria. 'Mopoke' is a common onomatopoeic name for Morepork and Australian Boobook owls. This image has historical, social and research significance for patterns of emigration during of the Victorian Gold Rush, and the historical, social and environmental impacts of mining at Beechworth at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As gold became scarce and government support and large company investment waned, poor hard-working miners laboured intensively to make a living through periods of high unemployment. This image can be compared and studied alongside other historical mining photographs and objects in the Burke Museum Collection. It has potential to improve our understanding of miners working conditions and the shifting character of mining in the Beechworth district. Black and white rectangular reproduction photograph printed on matte photographic paper.Obverse: Williams Good Luck Mine Beechworth / Roger! / Reverse: 6858 / burke museum, beechworth museum, beechworth, gold fields, gold rush, victorian gold rush, gold ming history, colonial australia, australian gold rushes, mining technology, beechworth historic district, indigo gold trail, migration, indigo shire, good luck gold mine, victorian goldfields, mining syndicates, gold fever, quartz-mining, small-scale mining, old good luck mine, mopoke gully, quartz reefs beechworth -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Photograph, Dorothy Wickham, Gold Monument, Ballarat, c2010
Gold was discovered in Ballarat in 1851 when many people rushed to the diggings. A monument commemorates the centenary of the finding of gold at Poverty Point and is dedicated to the memory of pioneer miners of Ballarat. It records gold yields, nuggets and the richest recorded yields of both alluvial and quartz mines. The replica gold nugget on the monument is the `Welcome Nugget`, found in Ballarat in 1858, weighed 2,217 ounces and was sold for £10,500. The memorial, known as the Pioneer Miners’ Monument, was made to commemorate Ballarat's gold centenary. It was proposed that part of the Pioneers' Memorial Fund might be used. This fund was started with £1300 profit from the 1938 centenary celebrations. (Age (Melbourne), The monument was created by John Edward Skilbeck, a toolmaker with Ronaldson and Tippett. John Skilbeck had a deep interest in Ballarat History, and undertook much research with Bert Strange and Keith Stacpoole. Councilllor William Ernest Roff provided the copper for the memorial from scrap copper obtained during his plumbing business. The copper was reworked by John Skilbeck, and was soldered in the kitchen of his home at 14 Frank Street. Colour photograph of the gold monument on the corner of Sturt Street and Albert Street, Ballarat. It commemorates the discovery of gold at Poverty Point in August 1851, and was The monument was unveiled in 1951 and is mainly constructed of large piecesof quartz, with a miniature popper head on the top made of copper. Mounted on the side is a replica of the Welcome Nugget, which was unearthed on the corner of Humffray and Mair Streets, Ballarat on 09 June 1858.FRONT This monument was erected by the Ballarat Historical Society to commemorate the finding of gold at Poverty Point 21st August 1851 and is dedicated to the memory of/ pioneer miners of Ballarat LEFT SIDE Richest recorded yields alluvial mines Band of Hope 303269 Ozs Prince of Wales 168929 Koh I Noor 164157 Great Redan Ex 110111 Albion 107125 Bonshaw Fr 96520 Park 94699 St George 86702 Sir Wm Don 76830 Hand in Hand 76830 Sir Henry Loch 43562 Quartz Mines Star of the East 256758 Ozs Band of Hope 158299 Victoria United 152013 N Woah Hawp 129562 New Normanby 127562 Britannia 103225 Llanberris No 1 100533 Black Hill 91665 Last Chance U 83766 Llanberris 71364 Speedwell 66000 South Star 64444 Sulieman Pasha Companies 62666 RIGHT Recorded gold yield 20606000 ozs Nuggets Alluvial Welcome 2217 ozs Saraha Snads 1619 Lady Hotham 1177 Canadian 1 1117 Canadian 2 1011 Koh 1 Noor 834 Eureka 625 Lady Loch 617 Prince of Wales 606 Bakery Hill 571 Native Youth 540 Faboulous yields of earliest diggings not offically recorded Quartz Nuggets N Woah Hawp 5-- 300 200 Ozs White Horse 500 Woah Hawp 444 266 262 Canton 257 200 Q Victoria lease 410 U Black Hill Coy 315 Tinworths 250 Parade Coy 245gold monument, ballarat, skilbeck, poppet head, j.e. skilbeck, john skilbeck -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT, SEC. FOR MINES & WATER SUPPLY 1904
Handwritten notes from the Annual Report, Sec. for Mines & Water Supply for the Year 1904. Report mentions gold yield for the District of Bendigo and the Total for Victoria, quantity of ore treated, Value of gold per ounce for 1904 for Australian States, Yield of Gold for Bendigo Goldfield, the deep mines, winze in the New Chum Rly and Victoria Quartz, and the number of men employed in alluvial and quartz mining (gold) during 1904.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, annual report sec for mines & water supply 1904, gold yield, value of gold, deep mines, new chum railway, lazarus new chum, victoria quartz, north johnsons, lansells 180, shenandoah, new chum & victoria, new chum consolidated, gt extended hustlers, eureka extended, princess dagmar -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT, INCLUDING GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS 1936
Handwritten notes from the Annual Report, including Gold & Mineral Statistics, 1936. Mentioned are the London price of gold and the equivalent local price, No of batteries, Abandonned Mining Shafts, Cost of making the shafts safe, Inspection of boilers and the no condemmed, No of First and Second Class e'driver Certificates issued ofr 1935 and 1936, Alluvial and quartz gold yields for the Bendigo District, men employed in mining, Accidents and development at the Central Nell Gwynne.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, annual report including gold & mineral statistics 1936, state batteries, central nell gwynne -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT INC GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS ETC 1938
handwritten notes from the Annual Report.Mines mentioned ae: Central Nell Gwynne, Deborah, New Chum Syncline and the South Virginia. Carshalton B. M. L. closed down. Also mentioned are District Gold Statistics for alluvial and quartz mining, No of men employed in mining in Bendigo. Also mentioned are tons crushed, gold yield, fees rec'd, concessions allowed and free trial crushings at the State Battery for Bendigo and Eaglehawk. The London price of gold per ounce is mentioned and also the number of 1st class and 2nd class e'driver Certificate issied for the years 1937 ad 1938.Albert Richardsondocument, gold, mining reports, mining reports, annual repport inc gold & mineral statistics etc 1938, central nell gwynne, deborah, new chum yncline, south virginia, carshalton b m l, state battery -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ULSTER GOLD MINING COMPANY NO LIABILITY - UNITY MINE FIRE 8/10/1907 & FAMOUS GOLD MINES
Handwritten copy of a fire at Unity Mine on Tuesday 8-10-1907. Report from the Bendigo Advertiser Wednesday October 9th 1907. Notes mention Fire Brigade, miners, how the fire started and how the men down the shaft escaped when the rope crash down the shaft. On the back is a handwritten carbon copy of notes titled Famous Gold Mines of Bendigo and Eaglehawk. Notes give yields of gold for alluvial and quartz mining. Deep Shafts in 1904 of which there were eleven with a depth of more than 3000 feet and 53 over 2000 feet and two which were more than 4000 feet. Wages for 1911 for Engine Drivers and Firemen and Boiler Attendants. Note on winding plants and air compressors.document, gold, ulster gold mining coy no liability, ulster gold mining company no liability, unity mine fire 8/10/1907, bendigo advertiser 9/10/1907, garden gully reef hotel, wm addicoat, louis pabst, edward morris, conrad inglefinger, edward fuller, frederick allen, wm whitford, mr jewell, carlisle mine, famous gold mines of bendigo and eaglehawk, new chum line, garden gully line, hustlers line, victoria quartz mine, new chum railway, mines report 1911 p15 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ROBERT CARR: CORRESPONDENCE AND LIFE HISTORY INFORMATION
Robert Carr - correspondence to BHS and life history information sent back to writer re Carr (Great Extended Hustlers). Robert Carr was born Magherfelt Ulster 1833 and educated in agricultural pursuits. He arrived at Eaglehawk (part of Sandhurst) 4 miles from Bendigo in 1853 and began alluvial mining in 1855. Robert was on the committee to establish the Presbyterian Church at Eaglehawk. Robert began reef mining at Hustlers and Extended Hustlers mines and was manager in 1881. Robert was also a past Secretary of Oddfellows. In the years 1871-2 the mine yielded marvellous cakes of gold. He was a model mine manager. During 1872 he was on the committee of School of Mines. In the year 1873 he fell 60 feet down an abandoned shaft and not badly hurt. Robert died in May 1893, aged 60 years, and at the time of death was director of Great Extended Hustlers, Hustlers Company. 'A person of uprightness, frankness and integrity.'person, individual, robert carr, presbyterian church eaglehawk, hustlers, extended hustlers and great extended mines, oddfellows, school of mines bendigo.