Periodical/journal: "Embracing all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage." Articles by various contributors includes topics around mining history: Keelbottom Freehold Copper Mines Cornish, Scottish and Australian copper mining Moonta OH&S Emuford Battery Copper mining - Northern Territory Thames Miners Union Blackwater gold mine - New Zealand Burra St Wells Tin Mine Relevant to Australian and New Zealand history, particularly around miners and mining.Paperback. Front cover: crème coloured background; black and white photo; red and black lettering; 200 pages.Front cover: title and publisher.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history - mining, moonta mines, blackwater gold mine, mining - copper, keelbottom freehold copper mines, oh&s, emuford battery, thames miners union, burra, st wells tin mine

Periodical/journal: "Embracing all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage." Articles by various contributors Copper Triangle’s Spanish Legacy: Leaching the Waste Dumps at Moonta Mines 1901-1944. Australian Geochemical Mineral Exploration: It all began at Moonta through V.P. Sokoloff. Hegemony, localism and ethnicity: The ‘Welsh’ mining communities of Currawang and Frogmore in southern New South Wales. A Thirsty and Confusing Diggings: The Albert Goldfield, Milparinka-Tibooburra, north-western NSW. ‘Another Broken Hill’: The Mount Deddick Silver-Lead Field. Michael Dineen O’Keeffe: Union Leader - a ‘colourful personality. Radium Hill: Bindi To Boom Town. Tragedy on the Strickland: Jack Hides and the Investors Ltd Expedition of 1937 COMMENTS Observations on the History of the Blackwater Gold Mine. Comment on Brian R. Hill, ‘A Reinterpretation of the History of the Acquisition of the Blackwater Gold Mine’, Journal of Australasian Mining History, vol. 4, September 2006, pp. 156-165. BOOK REVIEWS Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield, Hesperian Press, Victoria Park, Western Australia, 2007; xvi +265pp Reviewer: Lenore Layman, Murdoch University Fool’s Gold: Myths and Legends of Gold seeking in Australia, Lothian Books, Sydney, 2006. Reviewer: Philip Payton, Exeter University Relevant to Australian and New Zealand history, particularly around miners and mining.Paperback. Front cover: crème coloured background; black and white photo; red and black lettering; 180 pages.Front cover: title and publisher.btlc, ballarat trades and labour council, ballarat trades hall, history - mining, moonta mines, albert goldfield, milparinka-tibooburra, mount deddick, michael dineen o'keeffe, radium hill, strickland, investers ltd, blackwater gold mine, bullfinch, yilgam goldfield, gold

Relates to mining work and history in Kalgoorlie, Northern Territory, South Australia, New Zealand, New South Wales and Queensland.Relevant to Australian and New Zealand history, particularly around miners and mining.Paperbook book. Front cover: Name of journal, date and volume number; publisher's name. A drawing of "stamping batteries", Port Phillip Gold Mining Company, Clunes from Illustrated Australian News. Cover includes the words: "Embracing all aspects of mining history, mining archaeology and heritage." Back cover: Blank.mining, history, archaeology, btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, the great depression, miners, work, welfare, class, maoris, mining - copper, mining - gold

Percydale - small mining township - history written by Betty Austin, Kendall Street Ringwood

Seven typed pages outlining the history of the Graduate Diploma of Mining at Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE)mining, ballarat college of advanced education

This book was presented to Charles Bacon by Seeley Wintersmith Mudd.Red hard covered book of 419 pages in the A.I.M.E. Series (American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Inc). It includes a presentation Bookplate from Seeley Wintersmith Mudd made out to Charles Bacon. Chapters include mining in the far north, Comstock Lode, Colorado, Mississippi Valley, Great Salt Lake, Black Hills of South Dakota, Cooper of Lake Superior, copper in Arizona, Bunker Hill Enterprise, Butte The great Diamond Hoax, Flotation Process. The book includes some simple maps and plans. The book was dedicated to 'The most distinguished of American mining engineers Herbert Hoover'.t.a. rickard, herbert hoover, seeley wintersmith mudd, bookplate, charles bacon, mining, america

Letter to the Ballarat School of Mines from A.F. McPhail requesting early mining history of Ballarat.a.f. mcphail, ballarat mining history

Port Phillip Mine was the largest mine in ClunesGREY COVERED BOOK, GOLD PRINTING AND BORDER, CONTAINING 12 PAGES PLUS DRAWINGS INSIDE FRONT AND BACK COVERS. ADDED INSIDE FRONT COVER ARE NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND A SHEET DOCUMENTING 'RETURN OF GOLD FROM SEVERAL MINES AT CLUNES TO JULY 1881 'J F WEICKHARDT, MALVERN TO TALBOT & CLUNES SHIRE COUNCIL. HOLD FOR J CONRAD WEICKHARDTlocal history, book, history, mining

SMALL VOLUME RELATING TO DEATH OF CHILDREN ON THE GOLDFIELDS AT FOREST CREEK, VICTORIA, 1852-1857local history, document, book, history, mining

INFORMATIONDOCUMENTATION AND MAPS DESCRIBING THE WORKINGS OF THE PORT PHILLIP MINE, SHOWING 54 FEET DEEP OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.local history, mining

CARBON COPY OF AN ACCOUNT OF "THE CLUNES RIOT"local history, document, local history, mining, chinese riot.

DOCUMENT / LEAFLET EXPLAINING"WHO WAS JAMES ESMOND" HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF CLUNES AND GOLD DISCOVERY (7xCopies)local history, document, history, mining, james esmond

MINER'S RIGHT ISSUED ON 20TH NOVEMBER, 1901PHOTOCOPY OF A VICTORIAN MINER'S RIGHT FOR CHARLES BARWELL OF AMHURST ISSUED AT MARYBOROUGH - TALBOT 21ST NOV1900 ISSUED AT A COST OF 2s. 6d.local history, mining, miner's right

USED TO OBTAIN ALLUVIAL GOLD THE DESIGN OF THIS EQUIPMENT IS MOSTLY BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WAY HEAVY MINERALS ARE CONCENTRATED IN ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS. THE PROSPECTING DISH IS USED WHEN WORKING WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF STONES & CLAY WHILE BIGGER JOBS THE CRADLE OR BANJO IS MORE EFFICIENT. THE GAUZE OF MESH IN THE SIEVE IS VARIABLE. THE CRADLE OR BANJO IS USUALLY SET UP AT RIGHT ANGLES TO A SHALLOW CREEK OR WATERHOLE WITH THE OPEN ENDS TOWARDS THE WATERWOODEN CONSTRUCTION MADE BY HAND WITH GAUZE FILTER IN UPPER SECTION TO SEPARATE QUARTZ ROCKS, SAND AND SOIL. A HANDLE ON BOX LIKE CONSTRUCTION IS USED TO ROCK THE CRADLE WHICH IS MOUNTED WITH ITS ROCKERS RESTING ON WOODEN BEARERS.local history, mining equipment, mining

THIS WOODEN PULLEY WAS USED IN MINESHAFTS. THE PULLEY IS A WHEEL WITH A GROOVED RIM INSIDE A WOODEN FRAME FOR CARRYING A ROPE, TURNING IN THE FRAME AND SERVING TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF, OR TRANSMIT POWER, AS IN PULLING AT ONE END OF THE LINE TO RAISE A WEIGHT OR OBJECT AT THE OTHER END.WOODEN PULLEY WITH ROPE ATTACHED. PULLEY HAS ROPE BOUND ROUND OUTSIDE TO FORM A METAL LINED LOOP TO ATTACH TO HOOK ABOVE, AND ONE LEAD REINFORCED LOOP TO ATTACH LOAD TO BE LOWERED. THE GROOVED WHEEL IN CENTRE OF PULLEY HOUSES THE ROPE, OR ATTACH THE LOAD FOR TRANSPORT.local history, mining relics, winding equipment, mining

NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING.local history, mining, equipment

PHOTOCOPY OF MINER'S RIGHT ISSUED TO ELLEN ANDREWS OF CLUNES 14th FEBRUARY 1906 AND 30th JANUARY 1923local history, mining, miner's right

HEAD OF MINER'S PICKlocal history, mining equipment

INFORMATION ABOUT A STAMP SHOE FROM A CORNISH STYLE SQUARE-HEAD STAMP BATTERY POSSIBLY USED BY PORT PHILLIP MINE, CLUNES, FROM MATTHEW CHURCHWARD, SENIOR CURATOR, ENGINEERING & TRANSPORT, MUSEUM OF VICTORIA LETTER DATED 15 OCTOBER, 1997. THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA. GOLD ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIESINFORMATION RECEIVED REGARDING THE PORT PHILLIP MINE; Including .1 COPY OF ARTICLE 12TH MAY, 1858 FROM "THE ARGUS." MELBOURNE. .2 LETTER FROM "SCIENCEWORKS" TO MR. ALAN KEEBLE DATED 15/10/1997 (3 Pages) .3 SECTION OF MERCURY, TROUGHS, STAKES & STAMPS (Extract taken from publication, The Gold Fields, Mineral Districts of Victoria, by R. Brough Smyth F.G.S, published by Queensberry Hill Press 1979) .4 GOLD. ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION (Extract taken from publication, Gold: Its Occurrence and Extraction by Alfred G. Lock F.R.G.S published by E. & F. N. Spon 16 Charing Cross London 1882) .5 PLAN OF GOLD MINING CO'S. CLUNES (Extract taken from Dicker's Mining Record 26/3/1867, page 173. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/32734386?q&versionId=39944948) local history, mining, company exploration

USED BY A MINER TO CARRY A DRINK TO WORK..1 GREY ENAMEL WITH WIRE HANDLE, .2 GREY ENAMEL LID WITH HANDLElocal history`, mining, personal gear

DEPARTMENT OF MINES, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIABOOK - "BULLETINS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VICTORIA.. NO. 6 THE CLUNES GOLDFIELD BY W M. BRADFORD.local history, mining, geological survey

COLLECTION OF MAPS AND DIAGRAMS OF TOURAAL PURCHASED UNDER PREEMPTIVE RIGHT BY DONALD CAMEROM 17TH FEBRUARY, 1857. COUNTY OF TALBOT - GOLDFIELD'S SURVEY PLAN NO.1 CLUNES COUNTY OF TALBOT. GLENDONALD - CRESWICK/CLUNES.local history, mining

HISTORY OF THE PORT PHILLIP AND COLONIAL GOLD MINING COMPANYlocal history, books, history, mining

SET OF GOLD ASSAY WEIGHTS - (1000 = 1/2 GRAMME) IN ROUND BAKELITE CONTAINER WITH LID.local history, mining, assaying, mining, gold

BOOK PRINTED TO DEPICT THE OLD GOLD TOWNS IN VICTORIA FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PAINTINGS UNDER COPY'RIGHT 1970 CE. SAYER.OLD TOWNS OF VICTORIAOLD GOLD TOWNS OF VICTORIA JOHN DARBYSHIRE. C.E. SAYERSlocal history, history, mining

MINER'S SPIDER LAMP, METAL CANDLE HOLDER WITH LOOPED HANDLE, HOOK AND SPIKElocal history, mining, personal gear

BOOK OF BENDIGO GOLDFIELDSYELLOW COVERED PAPER BACKED BOOKBENDIGO GOLDFIELDS MINES DEPARTMENTlocal history, book, local history mining, mining