Bendigo Advertiser newspaper article in the 'Weekender' supplement, 2nd. January 1999, 'Going for Gold'. Two page article on the operations of Bendigo Mining at the Kangaroo Flat site includes information on the construction of the decline, the use of the jumbo drill, use of dynamite, extraction of mullock and the potential to find gold. Colour photograph on the first page shows Bendigo Mining's Managing Director, Doug Buerger in the 30 metres box cut where the decline begins. On second page: 'Dollars - and jobs', discusses the expectations of the Company in finding gold and the (then) processes involved in treating the ore. Two photographs on page: 'Behind the blind' The Carshalton tenement where the tunnel begins' shows an aerial image of the Kangaroo Flat site. Second photograph 'Demystifying the project - geologist Doug Buerger, Bendigo Mining's Managing Director, is pictured in overalls and hard hat standing in the box cut, near the tunnel. gold mining, bendigo, bendigo mining, box cut, decline, doug buerger, kangaroo flat, explosives, jumbo drill

Stawell Joint Venture. Jumbo Drill. Drilling Machine in decline entrance.stawell mining

Colour photo: group of 30 workers dressed in high visibility clothing and helmets, from Northgate Minerals Mine at Fosterville, 2009. People are standing in front of a jumbo drill rig, behind rig is canopy of eucalypt trees. Names from back left: John Keane, Andrew Aitkin, Warren Perrymen, Adrian Gath, Geoff Viney, Khan Oats, Ash Ryan, Dean Maltby, Vaughn Hobden, Gerard Sheppard, Brian Sewell ( standing on jumbo rig ) Simon Doyle, Chris Murrell, Brett Jensen, Tommy Donaldson, Stuart Lynn, Erran Matana, Gwen Aitkin, Chris Fellows, Greg Farmer, Kane Andrea. Sitting at front from left : (unknown) , Andrew Binks, Damien Slow, Jason McKinley, Jeff Norris, Ian Cowan. Photo was formerly in Folder 56.mine, gold, northgate minerals fosterville, fosterville, northgate minerals, crocodile gold, mining, gold

Stawell Joint Venture. Drilling Machine in decline entrance.stawell mining