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Clunes Museum
Functional object - MERCURY HOLDER
... GOLD MINING EQUIPMENT... with screw in iron cork with hole N.T.W. Co GOLD MINING GOLD MINING ...Iron canister for storing mercury with screw in iron cork with holeN.T.W. Cogold mining, gold mining equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Gold Scales Weights
... Gold Mining Equipment... grains of barley. Gold Mining Gold Mining Equipment Gold Mining ...Troy ounces are slightly heavier than avoirdupois ounces that we commonly use. 1 troy ounce equals roughly 1 1/8 ounces and is used for the weighing of precious metals and gems. It is believed that the troy ounce dates back to the 16th century to the town of Troyes in Frances. This was a major trading centre for Europe and a standardised for of weights was needed. One troy ounce equalled 480 grains of barley.Four circular Troy weights - three have raised outer edge/lip with weight details imprinted in the centre. Large weight has the number 2 embossed in the middle. Second has the number 1.0 in the middle third has the number 1/2 in the middle. Fourth weight is solid and has a smaller inner circle. All appear to be made out of brass All taper down to smaller base.gold mining, gold mining equipment, gold mining history -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - DOLLY POT
... gold mining equipment... pot gold mining equipment manual ore crusher ...Cylindrical iron made from mercury holderNildolly pot, gold mining equipment, manual ore crusher -
Clunes Museum
Tool - ROD
... gold mining equipment... in dolly pot Dolly pot gold mining equipment manual ore crusher ...Used for crushing quartz in dolly potSOLID COPPER ROD USED FOR TOOLINGdolly pot, gold mining equipment, manual ore crusher, hand tool -
Clunes Museum
Tool - ADZE HEAD
... Gold mining equipment... with shoulder Nil Adze Hand tool Gold mining equipment ...Hand made iron adze head with hammer one one end with shoulderNiladze, hand tool, gold mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
Tool - PICK
... Gold mining equipment... shoulder Nil Pick Hand tool Gold mining equipment ...Handmade iron pick, plat pointed, hammer other end, quarter shoulderNilpick, hand tool, gold mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
Tool - PICK
... Gold mining equipment... at hammer end, no shoulder Nil Pick Hand tool Gold mining equipment ...Hand made iron pick head, no handle, slightly curved point at hammer end, no shoulderNilpick, hand tool, gold mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
Tool - TONGS
... Gold mining equipment... Iron tongs for handling crucibles Nil Hand tool Gold mining ...Iron tongs for handling cruciblesNilhand tool, gold mining equipment, tongs -
Clunes Museum
Tool - MATTOCK
... Gold mining equipment..., broken end Nil Gold mining equipment Hand tool Mattock ...Mattock with splayed blade, hammered on end, full shoulder, broken endNilgold mining equipment, hand tool, mattock -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Electro Hydraulic Dredge, Snake Valley, 1909
... in. pumps. Mining Gold Mining Equipment Electro Hydraulic Dredge ...Electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley 1909. J Mc Bennett, was an engineer back at the main base, at Dawson's dam on the Carngham Road, Between Linton and Snake Valley. These dredges were used for getting gold. The streams of water under high pressure just washed the hills and ground away. This dredge closed down early 1910. 200 H.P. motors were used and 10 in. pumps.Black and white image of three workmen, one beside mining building the other two at dredge pump outlet. Image mounted on dark brown card. Between 1904 and 1911 the Electro Hydraulic Company sought to extract gold in an area north of Linton known as the Hard Hills. By blasting water from high-pressure hoses into the hillsides, soil containing gold was washed out for sluicing. Two gravel pumps in Dawson's Dam pumped the wash through the sluices. Despite considerable investment in expensive equipment, the Company did not have a great deal of success, and the mining operation ceased in 1911.mining, gold, mining equipment, electro hydraulic dredge, dredging, sluicing, dawson's dam, snake valley, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Nesting weights
... Gold Mining equipment... grains of barley. Gold Mining Gold Mining crucibles Gold Mining ...Troy ounces are slightly heavier than avoirdupois ounces that we commonly use. 1 troy ounce equals roughly 1 1/8 ounces and is used for the weighing of precious metals and gems. It is believed that the troy ounce dates back to the 16th century to the town of Troyes in Frances. This was a major trading centre for Europe and a standardised for of weights was needed. One troy ounce equalled 480 grains of barley.Two Sets of Troy weights all circular and tapering to the bottom plus two individual weights - 1oz. One Complete set of Troy weights round in shape and tapering to bottom with six inner weights imprinted with 6oz, 4oz, 2oz, 1oz and nothing on two inner smaller ones.2nd set is incomplete with three inner crucibles next size is missing and then smallest size 6oz 4oz 2oz 1oz . Two individual weights 1oz.gold mining, gold mining crucibles, gold mining equipment, gold smelting -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Shepherd’s Gold Book launching with Gold Pan and Gold Washing Cradle
... Shepherd’s Gold Book Launched 1966 with gold mining... with gold mining equipment. Gold Pan and Gold Washing Cradle ...Shepherd’s Gold Book Launched 1966 with gold mining equipment. Gold Pan and Gold Washing Cradle.stawell -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Electro Hydraulic Dredge, Snake Valley, 1909
... Dredging Sluicing Mining Gold Miners Mining Equipment Snake Valley ...Black and white image of workmen at electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley mine site. Image has been mounted on dark brown card. Electro hydraulic dredge Snake Valley Victoria 1909. J.M.C. Bennett was an engineer back at the main base, at Dawson's Dam on the Carngham Road, bet Linton and Snake Valley. These dredges were used for getting gold. The streams of water under high pressure just washed the hills and ground away. This dredge closed down early 1910. 200 H.P. Motors were used and 10 in. pumps.electro hydraulic dredge, dredging, sluicing, mining, gold, miners, mining equipment, snake valley -
Federation University Historical Collection
Unknown - Object, Allan Mine Cage Safety Brake, c1873
... millwright mining gold mining tools equipment Victorian Board ...A mining safety cage was used in a mine lift. It was fitted with mechanisms to prevent the cage from dropping if the lifting rope broke. In the 1870s in Victoria, deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts of gold mines were a major problem. The inventor of this safety cage was Robert Allan, a machinery maker of Creswick Rd, Ballarat. He said his cage featured a ‘dissolving’ fulcrum. Others called it an eccentric (off centre) system. Note the pair of clutch levers designed to grab the side guides if tension ceases in the suspending rope from the poppet head pulley. Also, the hinged ‘lids’; designed to protect miners trapped in a braked cage from falling rope, and to enable rescue of the miners. This model was presented to The Ballarat School of Mines Council in November 1876. This model was shown at the Smeaton Show in November 1874, Ballarat School of Mines Museum from 1876, and examined by the 1879 Victorian Board of Inquiry (Pg 15 of FedUni Catalogue 3437) From the Argus of 13 November 1874: At Smeaton Show, Robert Allan of Ballarat won 1st prize for a Model of a Mining Cage, a Butter working machine, a Cheese press and a Curd Mill. By 1878 an Allan Safety-Cage was in operation in the Number 6 shaft of the Band and Albion Consols mine in Ballarat. This cage was judged the best inspected by the Victorian Board of Inquiry by 1879, p. 39.Mining was a big industry in Ballarat in the late 1800s and a lot of deaths were recorded because of mining accidents, the development of the mining safety cage brake limited the deaths and injuries from falling cages in vertical shafts. The model also has links to the Ballarat School of Mines, being presented to the council in 1876. Ballarat School of Mines is the oldest Technical School in Australia and is a predecessor of Federation University. The model is significant to Ballarat's mining history.Model of a mine safety cafe. A grey painted wooden frame with metal model of cage and safety brake system. When tension ceases in rope a pair of crutch levers grab strongly onto the wooden guide strips which run down the sides of a vertical shaft. This safety cage was discussed in "Safety Mining Cages. Report of the Board of Enquiry on Safety Cages 1878-9; together with proceedings of the Board and Appendices".safety cage, mine cage safety brake, robert allan, model, safety cage model, machine maker, millwright, mining, gold mining, tools, equipment, victorian board of inquiry -
Clunes Museum
Drawing - TECHNICAL DRAWING, REES DAVIES, SECTION OF MERCURY TROUGHS, STRAKES AND STAMPS, 1868
... MINING MINING EQUIPMENT OR METHODS REES DAVIES STAMPED ...PORT PHILLIP MINE DRAWING BY REES DAVIES 1868WOODEN FRAMED DRAWING ON MATT BOARD UNDER GLASS. MERCURY TROUGHS, STRAKES AND STAMPS. PORT PHILLIP MINE. TYPED NARRATIVE AT THE BOTTOM (LOOSE)STAMPED WITH LINNEAN SOCIETY OF N.S.W. inc. 1884clunes, gold mining, mining equipment or methods, rees davies -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL-SOUTH DEBORAH GOLD MINES
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Cast iron company seal used by the South Deborah Gold Mines for official documents including shares, painted black with wooden handle and gold embellishments, painted on one side Sth.Deborah in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-south deborah -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - DEBORAH UNITED GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black cast iron company seal for Deborah United Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, black enamelled cast iron with gold trim, painted on one side Deb United in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- deborah united -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - NAPOLEON REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-compaines-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Napoleon Reef Gold Mining Company used for official documents including shares, with gold trim and Napoleon Reefs.NL and Nap.Reef painted on sides in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-compaines-gold mines-napoleon reef -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - CENTRAL GARDEN GULLY GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Central Garden Gully Gold Mining Company, with gold trim and C.G.Gully painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-central garden gully gold mining company -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - MONUMENT HILL CONSOLIDATED
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the Monument Hill Consolidated (Bendigo) mine, with gold trim and the name Mon.Con painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-monument hill -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - NORTH VIRGINIA GOLD MINING COMPANY
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Black enamelled cast iron company seal for the North Virginia Gold Mining Company with gold trim and the name N.Virginia painted on one side in white paint.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines- north virginia -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - COMPANY SEAL - GENERAL CROSS HATCHED
... MINES Mining equipment Company seal Bendigo-companies-gold mines ...Large black enamelled cast iron company seal with wooden handle, red and gold decoration, seal is a general cross hatched pattern.gold mines, mining equipment, company seal, bendigo-companies-gold mines-seals -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Book - DICKER'S MINING RECORD & GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES OF VICTORIA, 1863
... MINING Mining equipment mining records Mining Gold Mines Mining ...Dicker's Mining Record and Guide to the Gold Mines of Victoria; showing the bearings, depths, thicknesses and underlies pf the Auriferous Lodes. The progress and cost of works in operation; containing also a variety of valuable interesting and statistical information. Vol. 11 - 1862 - 3. Published by the proprietor, Thomas Dicker with 276 pages. Green hardcover bound in leather with gold lettering and paper.Thomas Dickergold mining, mining equipment, mining records, mining, gold mines, mining statistics, mining companies. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - KENTISH'S MINERS LIGHT CLEANSER, 1900
... MINING Mining equipment Miners' lamp Cleaner Bendigo-Business ...Cardboard box with contents of Kentish's Miners Light Quick Cleanser, paper label, green with red & navy blue lettering, showing a depictions of a miner with light, directions printed on one side.Manufactured by W.M.Kentish & Son Bendigogold mining, mining equipment, miners' lamp cleaner, bendigo-business-mining-kentish -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' UNDERGROUND LAMP
... MINING Mining equipment lamp Black metal lamp with handle ...Black metal lamp with handle attached to top. Lamp is a rectangular shape with small curved section on top. Top of lamp hinged to allow access to inside section. No glass on side panels. Small cylindrical section in centre of inside section of lamp presumably to hold light source (candle?) Further research required re operation and provenance of lamp.gold mining, mining equipment, lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' LAMP
... MINING Mining equipment Miners' lamp Black metal miners' lamp ...Black metal miners' lamp, rectangular base with 'pyramid' shaped, perforated, top section. Circular metal loop attached to top with metal pin. Glass sides with metal cross bar for protection. Candle holder inside lamp.gold mining, mining equipment, miners' lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - MINERS' SPIDER CANDLE HOLDER
... MINING Mining equipment Spider Lamp Metal miners' 'spider ...Metal miners' 'spider', circular candle holder on side, half loop on side for resting 'spider'. Circular handle on end. Spike on one end. One continuous piece of metal forged to shape.gold mining, mining equipment, spider lamp -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - GOLD CRUCIBLE
... MINES Mining equipment Gold Crucible Bendigo clay crucible used ...Bendigo clay crucible used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Printed inside circular mark on side of crucible in black : 'Bendigo Clay Crucible' Large letter 'G' stamped in centre. Manufactured by Bendigo Pottery.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - GOLD CRUCIBLE
... MINES Mining equipment Gold Crucible Bendigo clay crucible used ...Bendigo clay crucible used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Printed inside circular mark on side of crucible in black : 'Bendigo Clay Crucible' Large letter 'F' stamped in centre. denoting size. Manufactured by Bendigo Pottery.gold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Container - CLAY CRUCIBLE
... MINES Mining equipment Gold Crucible Battersea Works England ...Small, clay crucible bowls, used for smelting, assaying and refining gold. Pink discolouration inside crucible. Impressed on bottom of crucible "Battersea Works England' and number '3', denoting size, in centre of maker's name.Battersea Works Englandgold mines, mining equipment, gold crucible