Showing 89 items matching "mine cage"
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Federation University Historical Collection
Unknown - Object, Allan Mine Cage Safety Brake, c1873, c1873
... Allan Mine Cage Safety Brake, c1873...mine cage safety brake...A mining safety cage was used in a mine lift. It was fitted... A mining safety cage was used in a mine lift. It was fitted ...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 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Napoleon Gold Mine Safety Cage, 1935
... Napoleon Gold Mine Safety Cage...Black and white photograph: Mine cage being maneuvered... Mine Safety Cage Written in pencil on back of photograph ...Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: Mine cage being maneuvered into position within headframe and over shaft by three workmen. Rope attached to bottom front of cage to assist in steadying the cage.Written in pencil on back of photograph : ''... (illegible) cage in Napoleon main shaft 31/8/35'.napoleon gold mine, safety cage -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - GREAT SOUTHERN MINE - CAGE ACCIDENT AT VICTORIA QUEEN NO 4 SHAFT
... GREAT SOUTHERN MINE - CAGE ACCIDENT AT VICTORIA QUEEN NO 4...MINE Gold Great Southern Mine Cage Accident at Victoria ...Handwritten account of cage accident at the Great Southern Coy's Victoria Queen No 4 Shaft in 1881. Two brothers, David and Thomas Clapperton were killed when the cage fell. The engine driver's name was Tyler. Also, a typed copy.mine, gold, great southern mine, cage accident at victoria queen no 4 shaft, david clapperton, thomas clapperton, tyler -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Napoleon Gold Mine Cage, 1935
... Napoleon Gold Mine Cage... Mine sinking cage shaft Written in pencil on back of photograph ...Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: six workmen positioning the metal sinking cage over the Napoleon shaft. Cage is suspended by ropes from the cross beams of the headframe. Two railway tracks leading to shaft, presumably to transport the sinking cage to site. Workman on left hand side has a hammer inserted on his belt.Written in pencil on back of photograph : ' Cage being put in Napoleon shaft 9/3/35'. napoleon gold mine, sinking cage, shaft -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Colin Cruickshank and David Horsfall, Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk, 1987
... mine cage... on the left. Mine cage in immediate background. ... Western Mining GMC mine shaft mine cage Colin Cruickshank David ...Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph, two men standing in front of lift shaft. Colin Cruickshank, Manager, Western Mining standing on right of image. David Horsfall, reporter from the Bendigo Advertiser, standing on the left. Mine cage in immediate background. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine shaft, mine cage, colin cruickshank, david horsfall -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala cum Moonlight Mine Workers near lift cage at bottom of poppet head
... Magdala cum Moonlight Mine Workers near lift cage at bottom... Moonlight Mine Workers near lift cage at bottom of poppet head ...Magdala cum Moonlight Mine. Group of miners standing near lift cage at bottom of poppet headCloseup of group of miners in front of mine infrastructure stawell gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Slide - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: TAMBOUR MAJOR GOLD MINE
... in front of the poppet head. Mine cage at rear of men under poppet.... .Manager and workers pose in front of the poppet head. Mine cage ...Slide. Tambour Major Gold Mine. .Manager and workers pose in front of the poppet head. Mine cage at rear of men under poppet head. A diving suit is worn by one man.No. 34 printed on bottom of slidemine, gold, tambour major., bendigo mines-jack hattam collection. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - Napoleon Main Shaft, 1935
... Black and white photograph: metal mine cage at level... and white photograph: metal mine cage at level in Napoleon mine. Man ...Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photograph: metal mine cage at level in Napoleon mine. Man standing on right hand side looking directly at cage, with both arms raised. Lengths of timber and rock rubble on floor of level. Written in pencil on back of photograph : 'Nap. main shaft 22/6/36 opposite No. 10 plat' napoleon gold mine, mine machinery, plat, shaft -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Stanley B. Hunter, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria No 7., The Deep Leads of Victoria, 1909
... horse whim chalk's no. 1 mine, maryborough mining cage shaft ...Pink paper covered book by Stanley Hunter, Engineer in Charge of Boring Operations. Contents include tunnelling, deep sinking, the Chiltern Method, the Ballarat Method, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West Leads, Berry-Moolort-Loddon Lead System, Clunes, Creswick, Bullarook Affluent, Corinella, Daylesford-Castlemaine Tributary, Majorca-Carisbrook tributary, Huntly, Coliban, Campaspe, Rutherglen., Smythesdale, Durham Lead, Tanjil, Evolution of Mining Machinery, size of claims, Definition of a Deep Lead, Discovery of Gold in Victoria, Geographical Position of Deep Leads, Water in Deep Leads, Methods of Deep Lead Mining, Cost of Deep Lead Mining, Stawell, Ararat, Moyston, Raglan, Wimmera, Landsborough, Avoca, Ballarat West, Berry, Springs Hill, Loddon Valley, Charlotte Plains, , Timor, Burn Creek, Huntly, Colinan, Goulburn, Ovens Valley, Chiltern, Indigo, Morrison's Lead, Plans include: geological Map of Stawell, ararat, Raglan and Landsborough; Kempson's Freehold Mine, Stawell; Geological Map of Beaufort, Avoca, Maryborough, Ballarat west, Berry-Moolort, Loddon, Creswick, Marong, &c; Cardigan Propriety Gold Mine; Working Miners United Gold Mine, Homebush; Hepburn Deep Lead Plan; Madame Berry West Mine; West Berry Consols Mine; Spring Hill and Central Leads; Berry Consols Extended Mine; Loddon Valley Goldfields; Chalk's No 3 Mine; Charlotte Plains Considated Mine; Duke United Mine; Geological Map of Bendigo, Huntley, Campaspe, Malmsbury, Kyneton, trentham, &c; Geological Map of Chiltern, Rutherglan, Eldorado, Beechworth, &c; Chiltern Valley Gold Mine; Wallace Chiltern Valley Consols Mine; great Southern and Chiltern Valley United Mine; great Northern extended Consols; Prentice and Southern deep Leads; Glenfine South Gold Mine; Geological map of Pitfield, Rokewood, Mt Mercer, Ballark, Meredith, &c.; McEvoy Mine; Dargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . mining, deep leads, squire, tools, gold panning, gold cradle, cradling, puddling, tubbing, mining shaft, shaft sinking, whip, horse whip, whim, horse whim, chalk's no. 1 mine, maryborough, mining cage, shaft, mining trucks, maryborough, washdirt, puddler, tunnelling, deep sinking, chiltern method of working, ballarat method of working, sampling washdirt. gravels, balmoral, mt william, stawell, moyston, great western, ararat, raglan, wimmera valley, landsborough, cardigan, haddon, beaufort, waterloo, avoca, lamplough, caralulup, ballarat west, ballarat, smythesdale, glenfine, illabarook, durham lead, morrison's lead, bullengarook, berry-moolort-loddon system, clunes, creswick, spring hill, bullarook, castlemaine - daylesford, majorca, carisbrook, timor, burnt creek tributary, tarnagulla, marong, rheola, inglewood, huntly, coliban, campaspe, goulburn lead system, ovens valley system, mitta mitta, kiewa valley, tarago, tanjil, moondarra, bogong, dargo high plains -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - MINING GROUP, late 1880's ?
... . Mine cage at back right. All the men are wearing a hat, some... legs and mullock heap, weatherboard shed on left. Mine cage ...BHS Collectionsepia photograph on cream board - 52 workmen in front of base of poppet legs and mullock heap, weatherboard shed on left. Mine cage at back right. All the men are wearing a hat, some with moustache. Printed at bottom 'Cyril White, photo, Mundy Street. In ball point pen at bottom 'Cyril White, photo, Mundy Street, Bendigo Open lattice poppet head visible.Cyril Whiteorganization, business, commercial, james lerk 17.12.1999 ' could be great central victoria or ….. not many of the open lattice poppet heads in bendigo. -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION; MINING ACCIDENTS
... owners to install safety devices on mine cages. There is a photo... on mine cages. There is a photo of miners coming off their shift ...BHS CollectionPhotocopy of a newspaper article titled In the Viewfinder by Jack Perry titled Mining Accidents. Article mentions the number of men killed in the mines in Bendigo. Victorian Minister for Mines Angus McKay introduced a Bill, which forbade the employment of children in the mines, introduced the eight hour day, called for the licensing of engine drivers and instructed mine owners to install safety devices on mine cages. There is a photo of miners coming off their shift. There are two other articles on the page - a piece about a 'Bendigo Pottery' Milk Jug by Ken Arnold.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - mining accidents, jack perry, ken arnold, leighton rawlings, leanne lloyd, cornish association of bendigo, cornish newsletter, angus mckay -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Newspaper - JENNY FOLEY COLLECTION: POWERFUL
... the cages in the main mine shaft. Cages were used to transport... machinery which lowered and raised the cages in the main mine shaft ...Bendigo Advertiser ''The way we were'' from 2000. Powerful: steam-driven winding machinery which lowered and raised the cages in the main mine shaft. Cages were used to transport miners to and from their shifts at various levels and to transport buckets of ore, timber and even animals from the different working levels of the mine. The clip is in a folder.newspaper, bendigo advertiser, the way we were -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - MINE SAFETY CAGES & FEDDER DUSTER
... Three pages of extracts titled Mine Safety Cages, Old... DOCUMENT Names of bendigo pioneers Mine Safety Cages & Fedder ...Three pages of extracts titled Mine Safety Cages, Old Bendigonians, memories of 'Fedder Duster', a Chinese Market Gardener; and a book review. The Safety Cage was an invention to stop the cage falling down the shaft if the rope gave way. Fedder Duster was a Chinese Market Gardener who was forced off his garden lease. His name was Ah Louey. The Book Review was 'Land, Labour and Gold' or Two Years in Victoria, with visits to Sydney and Van Diemen’s Land, by William Howitt.document, names of bendigo pioneers, mine safety cages & fedder duster, tasmanian foundry, mr j h seymour, dr stewart, conflecua mine malmsbury, thomas dunne, mr frank fitzpatrick, mr a llewellun, old bendigonians, mr john robshaw, mr hugh mcdevitt, alexander bayne, mr f sciallero, camp reserve, art gallery, hon. w i winter-irvine, george avery fletcher, great central goldfield, dear old bendigo 1892, fedder duster, mrs chancellor, ah louey, market gardener, mr curnow, technical school art class, bendigo benevolent home, joch, land labour and gold 1855, two years in victoria with visits to sydney and van diemen's land, william howitt, lowden publishing co, government camp, stars & stripes of america, odd fellows, freemasons, miss f kingerlee -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Magdala Mine Workers -- one of a series of 19 Photos
... Magdala Cum Moonlight Mine Workers. Note the cage... grampians Magdala Cum Moonlight Mine Workers. Note the cage ...Magdala Cum Moonlight Mine Workers. Note the cage at the far right of phoyograph. Some known workers Back Row : ????, G. Grainger, W .Tiddy, H. Wilson, M. Hayes, D. Wells, ???? Front Row : ????, McClean, ????, ????, Taylor or Constable, Bob Tiddy.B/W Photo Two rows of Magdala workers in work clothes in front of Shaft Housing c.1900stawell gold mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: MINE CODE OF SIGNALS FOR UNDERGROUND
... Mine operations using the cage and winder. Bells, and what... used in the Central Deborah Gold Mine operations using the cage ...Card (copy) of signals used in the Central Deborah Gold Mine operations using the cage and winder. Bells, and what they mean, is set out in a table. Levels 1 to 15 bells are described. On back of card the mine, internal and extgernal phone system is described.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Model - MINERS' SAFETY CAGE MODEL
... on wooden stand to simulate a mine shaft. Cage section is painted... MINES Model of miners' cage with safety brake system, mounted ...Model of miners' cage with safety brake system, mounted on wooden stand to simulate a mine shaft. Cage section is painted red, timber support and base aqua. Cage is suspended from wooden support by thin wire attached to top section of cage to demonstrate its position in a mineshaft and the operation of the safety brake system. Small metal crutch levers on side of cage gripping wooden guides. 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. Safety cages were discussed in "Safety Mining Cages. Report of the Board of Enquiry on Safety Cages 1878-9; together with proceedings of the Board and Appendices". https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/papers/govpub/VPARL1879-80No31.pdfgold mines -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - WILLIAMS UNITED - WILLIAMS UNITED MINE MANAGER'S REPORT 16 & 30/9/1898
... Handwritten copy of the Williams (Shaft 95 M. D.) Mine.... . . 'There is no gates to any of the plats in the mine to rest cage on, only ...Handwritten copy of the Williams (Shaft 95 M. D.) Mine Manager's Report. 16/9/98 Still 35 men tributing in mine. 'Our water pipe was broke the other day by some-one driving a cart over it. And I had to get a short piece put in'. 30/9/1898 Have not yet finished filling in open cutting, as two quartz shoots had to be repaired. Old wood in those shoots almost perished. . . 'There is no gates to any of the plats in the mine to rest cage on, only loose bearers. Which is a contravention of the act.' . . 'and with your permission I would get the cost per gate. Mine Manager T. Carpenter.document, gold, williams united, williams united, williams united mine manager's report 16 & 30/9/1898, t carpenter -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Document - Allan Llewellyn Collection: Safety Cages, 1876
... Company Mine Sandhurst, two black line drawings showing cage... Company Mine Sandhurst, two black line drawings showing cage ...Allan Llewellyn was a well known Eaglehawk identity. See Allan Llewellyn Collection Cat. No.8389. Five page photocopied document. Three pages of plans for safety equipment in mines: Middleton's Patent Safety Hook & Safety Cage, two black line drawings of safety cage; Improved Safety Catches & Signal used in the Pandora & Victory Amalgamated Company Mine Sandhurst, two black line drawings showing cage and alarm bell line to Engine House; Hooper's Signalling Apparatus used in the Great Northern mine, Eaglehawk, black line drawing of apparatus with eleven point reference to parts. Two page document (unknown source) with letter from William Grainger, Inspector of Mines, Sandhurst, 22nd March, 1879, detailing a report on the efficacy of the mine safety cages tested. Cages tested: No. 1 Allan's; No. 2 Seymour's; No. 3 Nance's; No. 4 Williams'; No. 5 Pryor's; No. 6 Hassan's; No. 7 Jackson's; No. 8 Carolin's. One page summary, by Thomas Couchman, Esq., Chief Inspector of Mines, on 'the subject of providing increased safety appliances for mining' which has been the focus of 'eminent engineers in Great Britain, Europe and America.'safety cages, seymour's patent safety cage, j.h. seymour, bendigo, mining, allan llewellyn, , middleton's safety hook and safety cage, pandora and victory amalgamated co., sandhurst, mining equipment, hooper's signalling apparatus -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction, c.1870s
This photograph shows a piece of gold mining equipment identified as a mine winch, possibly an air winch cylinder of 1870s RG Ford's Patent design. Throughout the history of mining for gold and other precious materials, the windlass or winch (pictured) was used to bring up buckets full of soil from the bottom of a mine. This soil was then searched for gold/metals before being relocated to a different area. Due to the size and complexity of this particular piece of equipment, this winch may have been used to raise and lower mine carts to the entrance of the mine (often used in coal mining) and could have been used in raising cages up and down (acting as elevators) containing miners if the mine was particularly deep. The actual use of this particular item in the Beechworth locality is undocumented but these are some possibilities based on the use of these pieces of equipment in other mining locations. Mining can have a largely detrimental impact to the environment and therefore, the study of machinery like the one depicted in this photograph can help researches to reconstruct the methods and technologies used in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This particular item appears to have been removed from it's original site where it would have been used to assist with mining. It is possible that this photograph has been taken for recording purposes or as part of a machinery exhibition. Prior documentation records that this piece of equipment had connections to the Rocky Mountains Mining Company. Today, the Rocky Mountains Gold Mining company is famous in Beechworth for having been instrumental in the creation of the Rocky Mountain tunnel. Construction for this tunnel began in 1859 when a group of 12 men blasted a 400ft long tailrace though the rock beneath the town of Beechworth. Today, the 800ft tunnel, completed in 1871, is a popular tourist attraction but during the decades of gold mining, the purpose of this tunnel was to divert water away from the main sluicing operations so miners could better access gold and precious materials. The tunnel was used for this purpose for many years, later becoming useful for the Zwar Brother's tannery and currently as an outfall drain for Lake Sambell. This area continued to be mined until the early 1900s. The period when this item was in use is unclear but it is estimated to have been in the 1870s based on the design and appearance of the image. The gold works at the Rocky Mountain Tunnel closed in the early 1920s but the impact of mining remains in Beechworth today and therefore the study of photographs like this one which contain mining equipment can further understanding of mining in this region.This photograph has historic and research potential for study on the gold mining of the Beechworth region and types of equipment used to locate gold after the initial gold rush of 1853-1854 which resulted in the discovery of the surface gold and required miners to dig deeper to access precious metals. The clarity of the photo, and its good preserved condition, means it can continue to be used for research. This photo is part of a collection of six photos all within the Burke Museum Collection which depict mining equipment.Square black and white photograph on card.7793.1beechworth, mining, goldmining, goldmining equipment, beechworth burke museum -
Blacksmith's Cottage and Forge
Book, F.W. Niven and Co, History of Ballarat, 1887
... cage descending a mine shaft. On back cover: In black... : BY W.B.WITHERS 1887 Picture of two miners in a lift cage descending ...This book came into our collection via a donation to the Book Barn, which operates as a second-hand book shop. The donor is unknown.This book was published in 1887, a time of consolidation of wealth after the initial gold rushes in Ballarat in the 1850s. Its full title is 'History of Ballarat from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time.' By William Bramwell Withers, Journalist. Second Edition with Plans, Ilustrations and Original Documents. It is an invaluable history of the origins of Ballarat and its mining history, with a chapter devoted to the Eureka Stockade. Book bound in green cloth on hard cover. On cover: Title incised in black on gold: HISTORY/OF/BALLARAT In gold: REVISED EDITION In black:By/W.B.Withers/PUBLISHED/BY/F.W.NIVEN &Co/Ballarat. Front cover embossed with gold pictures, one of a spray of wattle, one of a spray of eucalyptus leaves, a picture of a miner standing at a winch, and two panoramas of Ballarat, one in its early days as a gold-mining camp, and one as a built-up city. On spine: In green on gold: HISTORY/OF/BALLARAT : BY W.B.WITHERS 1887 Picture of two miners in a lift cage descending a mine shaft. On back cover: In black, picture of an aborigine looking into the sun, which is either rising or setting. On inside front cover: label pasted in. Inscription in gold: PRESENTED TO/THE/MEMBERS/OF THE/Empire Commerce Congress/BY/BALLARAT'S PIONEER DIGGER,/MR.JAMES ODDIE,1851. Front brown flyleaf partially torn off. ballarat gold rush, w.b.withers, eureka stockade, mining history, early maps of ballarat, mr james oddie, empire commerce congress -
Federation University Historical Collection
Instrument - Telegraph Relayer, Electromagnetic Relay Device, c1870-1893
This item was probably acquired for, and used by, participants in telegraphy at the Ballarat School of Mines courses between 1873 and 1893.An electromagnetic relay device on a brass base plate, and mounted onto a wood base. It is covered by a removable wood-framed glass sided cage. The item has four terminal posts and an adjustable conductor mechanism.ballarat school of mines, telegraphy, relay device, telegraph coding -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document - Invoice, James Barnett, William Barrett Mining and Agricultural Blacksmith Invoice, 26/7/1898 (exact)
Printed invoice with business address and image of a forge on the top. The invoice was made at to Fred Martell of the Ballarat School of Mines, and was signed by James BarrettStamped 'Passed for Payment Ballarat'james, ballarat school of mines, barrett, william barrett, blacksmith, armstrong st ballarat, frederick martell, ovens, safety cage, mining blacksmith, agricultural blacksmith -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, Winding Engines and Winding Appliances, 1912, 1912
George McCulloch was an inspector of machinery for the Western Australia Department of Mines. Brown hard covered book of 452 pages including illustrations and index. Contents include Design; Tail ropes; Winding from Great Depths; Colliery Winding; Electric Winding; Steam engine details, Drims; brakes; Clutches; Safety Devices; Winding ropes; Cages; Skips; Cage Safety Gear, Safety Cages; Cage Guides; Head gearsmining, winding, engines, steam engines, safety devices, winding ropes, cages, safety cages -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, The Witwatersrand Goldfields: Blanket and Mining Practice, 1898
Red hard covered book of 495 pages.witwatersrand, rand, bookplate, orange free state, south africa, mining, poppet head, geology, shafts, cages, buckets, headgears, winding engines, pumps and pumping, sream, stoping, ventilation, crushing, mine managers, library, ballarat school of mines library -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph (black & white), Ballarat School of Mines Students visit the New Normanby Mine, 1899, 1899
... ballarat school of mines safety cage john rowe new normanby gold ...In 1875 John Rowe enrolled at the Ballarat School of Mines (SMB) where he studied Metallurgy and Assaying. In 1880 the Britannia Mine closed and John Rowe moved to Launceston working as Manager of the Royal Tasman Gold Mining Company. He returned to Ballarat two years later to manage the Long Gully United Gold Mining Company. In 1885 John Rowe sought work in New Caledonia followed by South Africa. While in South Africa he received an offer from SMB to lecture in Practical Mining, an instructional innovation which involved weekly visits to some of the principle mines in the district. John Rowe took up this position in 1994, but it appears to have been a short lived innovation ending in 1996, possibly due to John Rowe's failing health. (http://guerin.ballarat.edu.au/curator/honour-roll/honourroll_Rowe,John.shtml)Nineteen men, some Ballarat School of Mines students, pose outside Ballarat's New Normanby Mine. Some hold picks and candles. The man in the centre wearing a waistcoat is John Rowe, experienced miner and lecturer in Practical Mining at the Ballarat School of Mines. The June 1899 Ballarat School of Mines Magazine records: "The mining class visited the Britannia Gold Mine, and were kindly shown over the surface and underground workings by Mr. Harvey."candle, ballarat school of mines, safety cage, john rowe, new normanby gold mine, mining alumni, pick -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book - Ledger, Ballarat School of Mines Donation Book, 1878 - 1895, 1878-1895
... The Donation Book relates to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum which ...The Donation Book relates to the Ballarat School of Mines Museum which opened in 1872. Very few of these items are still held by Federation University. The Museum was emptied in the 1960s with items being distrubuted to the Ballarat Historical Society, returned to original lenders (ie Pern Collection), of disposed of. Donations to the Ballarat School of Mines include: 34. M. Hamburger, Ballarat - bunsen burner 41. W.H. Shaw, Phoenix Foundry - 81 nos of 'Engineer' 89. Juvenile Industrial Exhibition Association Committee per Joseph Flude - dies used for striking medals awarded to successful exhibits. 165. Ferdinand Von Mueller 172 Ferdinand Von Mueller o hortus siccus 6 197. James Stoddart 203. Edward Gazzard, North Creswick - Model of safety Cage invented and made by donor 218. E. Morey 222. Alfred Lestor 228. J.J. Sleep, Ballarat, patent Lever escarpment Clock (displayed in laboratories) 237. Bernard Smith (Warden) per favor of James M. Bickett - Bust of Mr John Lynch, Smythesdale. (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 241. James Oddie, J.P., Ballarat, Copy of 'the Chemist and Druggist' 267. John Lynch Junior, Smythesdale - Cast of "Golden Age" nugget, found at Browns by Co-operative party, 12 men. Weight 75 oz, 12 dwts, 12 grs.(Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 270. Isaac Davis, Main Road, Ballarat 294. W. H. Shaw, Ballarat - 94 nos of 'The Engineer' 295. Rivett Henry Bland, Clunes - Specimen of water pipe from the Port Phillip Company's mine encrusted with carbonites of lime and magnesium (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 299. D.J. Williams, Queenscliff - 1 case shells from Fiji 305. C. Retallack, Ballarat 314. William Henry Shaw, Ballarat - glass case 323. W. Longley, Ballarat - Botanical Specimen (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 327. W. H. Angove, Perth 337. J. Cosmo Newbery, B Sc, Melbourne 343. James Hector, M.D., New Zealand 353. R.S. Mitchell, Ballarat - 8 specimens live plants (medicinal) (for the Ballarat School of Mines Garden) 355. W. Magee, Ballarat - Sugar cane plants and seeds (for the Ballarat School of Mines Garden) 363. James Hector, Wellington, new Zealand 371. William Wesley, 28 Essex St, Strand, London - Scientific book circular 380. Jacob Upfold (deceased) per favor of the trustees - bequest of steam engine indicator and belongings (boothe and case) 381. Joseph Mitchell, 22 Macarthur Street, Ballarat - sod of turf cut from Warboy's High Few, County Huntingdon, England, 1872. 394. W.H. Barnard 401. James Orr 418. F. Ratte, Sydney 440. Alfred Mica Smith, Sandhurst (Bendigo), Inaugural Address, delivered to the Bendigo School of Mines Science Society, June 20. 1881 by P.H. Macgillivray, MA, MRCS, FLS, President. (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 446. C. C. Shoppee, Ballarat 462. Dr Bunce, Ballarat 468. James Black, Mining Manager "Kerrit Bureet' 479. J.S. North, Mining Manager No. 2 Queen Co, Black Hill Ballarat. 505. Smith Tibbitts - A block of ancient leaves from the Nigtingbool Estate near Haddon on the Ballarat district from shaft 80 feet deep. (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 512. F.W. Niven, Ballarat - "A Handy Book to Tasmania" 522. James Hector, Wellington, New Zealand 549. C.E. Grainger, Manager Ballarat Woollen Mills - samples of dyed and raw wools 600. (4 July 1882) Henry Sutton, Ballarat - 13th annual report of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain; 2 papers from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, nos 217 and 218- 1882, "One a new electrical storage battery by Henry Sutton, Ballarat, Victoria. 608. H. Glenny J.P., Ballarat - Specimen of Asbestos from Tasmania 610. M.H. Edelmann, Munich, Germany 674. W.H. Shaw, Phoenix Foundry - Steel boring 95 feet long taken from bed-plate of locomotive engine. 675 - H.R. Hancock J.P. pre favour Mr James Pryor, Moonta Mines 676. Baron Ferdinand Von Mueller KCMG, etc, Melbourne 678. E.F.A. Gaunt, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Nelson, per favour Lyde Gaunt - Specimen of manganese ore from the mines - Russell - New Zealand 728. Dr Pinnock, Ballarat 760. Simon Morrison, Ballarat 784. James Shugg, Hamilton - 1 case fossils from Muddy Creek, near Hamilton. (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 786. W. Bolam (inspector of Schools), Melbourne - 2 spears and 1 fishing prong Fijian 806. James Oddie, Ballarat 708. Henry G. Hanks, San Francisco 786. W. Bolam (Inspector of Government Schools Melbourne) - 2 spears and one fishing prong Fijian 824. Henrique Gorceixm Onro Preto, Brazil 840. W. Laplau, Ballarat - Gas furnace with a large assortment of fittings, also large gas holder and oil-heating apparatus 854. Robert Borch, Main Road, Ballarat - Improved safety chain (Note: This item is not in the present Federation University Historical Collection) 928. James Oddie 944. James P. Munroe, Registrar, Massachusetts 952. L.E. Cutter per favour of Mr F.J. Martell - Unexploded bomb shell from the Eureka Stockade 957. H. Glenny, Hobart 962. George Hart, Ballarat - eagle 976. Henry Sutton, Ballarat - 1 volume "Plattner on the Blowpipe" 978. J.W. Flatow, 45 Madeline Street, Carlton, Melbourne 984. Charles C Shoppee Ballarat - Copies of ancient coins 989-95 - Specimens from Moonta, South Australia 985. W.H. Wooster BOlwarra - books microscope related 1179. James Oddie - Live hedgehog 1181 C. Crisp, Bacchus Marsh, Portugal Copper Coin, 1785 1248 James Oddie, Solomon Islands - Bow and arrows & Spears 1285. C. Colyer, Smythesdale 1327. John L. McKenna, Smeaton - Fragment of Stone Axe. 1395. Mrs O. Skoglund, Nerrina 1428. Daniel Brophy, Ballarat - Collection of mineral specimen form Silverton (Collected by Mrs James Murray) 1442. Henry Sutton, Ballarat - Specimens of fossil fruits collected at Haddon by Charles Brown. 1444. Mining Department - Underground Mine Workings from Band of Hope and others. 1517. W.H. Wooster, Ballarat 1592. Bishop of Ballarat - Stone Axe and other native items 1669. H. McHaffier, Napoleons - 1 Spanish silver coin 1681. James Oddie, Dunedin 1688. W. Burbridge, Ballarat - Native Tomahawk from Metung 1708. A. Doepel, Ballarat 1712. Marty Guerin, Ballarat 1735. Bella Guerin. M.A., Ballarat - Copy Wide Awake Vol 1 No 7 May 28th 1887 and The Bulletin, March 19th 1887. 1747. Bella Geurin M.A., Ballarat - Copy Wide Awake Vol 1 No 8 June 4 1887 1751. Bella Geurin M.A., Ballarat - Copy Wide Awake Vol 1 No 9 June 11th 1887 1842. Linnean Society, London England - Charter, By Laws, Proceedings, Transactions, Journals 1853. W.J. Corbould, Silverton, NSW - chloride of silver from Pinnacles, Broken Hill, Silverton 1888. W. J. Corbould, Sample of metallic silver from Silverton, NSW 1928. E. Morey, Ballarat - Steam Engine 1937. Henry Sutton A.S.I.E., Ballarat - Plate Electric Machine, chimes and Sportman (number crossed out) 1951. Henry Sutton A.S.I.E., Ballarat - Plate Electric Machine, chimes and Sportman 1981. Harrie Wood (per W.H.B.[Barnard?), Ballarat 1996. W.H. Shaw, Phoenix Foundry - Papers "The Vict Engineer July 1887, May June July August 1888 and others 2014. Harrie Wood, Sydney - Report Department of Mines, 18872027. W.J. Bechervaise - Copy of Book by Baldwin Spencer 2034. A.G. Randall - Native Hatchet 2045. W.H. Corbould, Silverton, Collection of silver ores 2051. Fowler, Tarnagulla - Native Tomahawk 2123-2131. James Oddie, London 2163. Roff. F. Taplier, Sturt Street - Native Tomahawk 2178. Syd. Johnson, Meredith - Native Tomahawk, Greenstone 2184. Mr Tupp for Hall - Native Spear and Club 2292. Emmanuel Steinfeld, Melbourne 2313. A. Atwood, Rowlands Factory, Dana Street 2361. Dr Pinnock, Ballarat - Collection of Living Sponges 2363. P. Curnow, Ballarat - Piece of wood with stone naturally embedded 2364. R. Dowling, Waubra 2875. Mrs C, Flude, Ballarat - Collection of (5) mineral specimens 3460. Joseph Weir, Ballarat - Sample of rolled Annibar 3466. J. Hart, Ballarat - Native Shield - supposed to have been made by King Billy 4784. Mr. O. Woolnaugh, Pleasant Street - Four Native Tomahawks 6469. L. Balhausen, Ballarat 3472. John English, Smeaton - three samples of auriferous wash dirt 3607. Columbia College, New York - Handbook of Information of the Columbia College in the Ciry of New York 1892-3. 3672. L.A. Samuels, Bendigo 3724. P. Paperhagen 3736. The Late Rivett Henry Bland per John Noble Wilson - Collection of mineral specimens and fossils 3752. G.A. Denny, South Africa 3755. J. Carroll, Ballarat - Specimen of Native bread found in Ballarat East. 4765. J. Donnelly, Springs, Bungaree I. Fowler, Coolgardie, Specimen of Gold Bearing Quartz ballarat school of mines, doantions, museum, ballarat school of mines museum, safety cage, botanical garden, materia medica garden, library, bella guerin, james oddie, phoenix foundry, w.h. shaw, john lynch, henry sutton, aboriginal, stone axe, tomahawk, geological specimens, moonta, fedinand krause, oddie collection of minerals, thomas bath, spears, solomon islands, king billy, bows and arrows, ancient coins, birds eggs, snakes -
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Book, Bound copies of the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine, 1910-1912, 1910-1912
... ballarat school of mines alumni hydro-electric scheme tasmania ...Bound copies of the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine from 1910-1912 1911 - Hydro-electric Scheme for Tasmania - Wayne Krause 1912 - Mt Lyell Disasterballarat school of mines, alumni, hydro-electric scheme, tasmania, ballarat, mount lyell, wayne krause, krause, ferdinand krause, pyke's creek reservoir, pyke's creek reservoir excursion, excursions, pananma coal, pig iron, mount morgan, mount morgan old boys, mine salting, radium, safety cages, rifle shooting, oliver jager, oliver jaeger, o.e. jaeger, a. galloway, henry sutton, a.d. gilchrist, william baragwanath, virgil tucker, b .whitington, lim khoon fah, herbert hawkesworth, surveying, tuneneling, america, clays, floatation process, frequency changer, grampians, mt buffalo, mt feathertop, port pirrie, repatriation, scotsburn, scotsburn excursion, kalgoorlie school of mines, former ballarat school of mines students in kalgoorlie, kalgoorlie ore treatment -
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Plan, Plan of the Duke and Main Leads Mines, Issued by Holst and David
Small, pink page showing the Duke and Main Leads Mines, including Duke Junction, North Duke Co, Duke United Ci, Lord Roberts Co, North Man Leads Lease, Main Leads, Bet Bet Valley United, Duke and Fifle Lease, Burnt Creek, Great Duke Lease, Timor. On verso are two advertisements including one for J. Hillman (includes image), and John R. Harrisonj. hillman, mining and engineering smith, adze-eye pick, hillman pick, ballarat pick, safety cage, john r harrison, engineering, cgt, duke and main leads mines, duke junction, north duke co, duke united co, lord roberts co, north main leads lease, main leads, bet bet valley united, duke and fife lease, burnt creek, great duke lease, timor., stockbrokers, holst and david -
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Report, Annual Report for the Secretary For Mines, 1889, 1889
... gillies mining safety cages timbering in mines ballarat minin ...Blue soft covered book.duncan gillies, mining, safety cages, timbering in mines, ballarat minin district, statistics, chinese, fossil plants, wolf's miners' safety lamp, thorneburry safety lamp, wood's point, clunes, chiltern valley, underground survey, wire ropes, ballarat, warrenheip, dowling forest -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, D.C. Davies et al, Metalliferous Minerals and Mining, 1892, 1892
Brown hard covered, illustrated book of 518 pages. It includes a bookplate of the Ballarat Ironworkers' and Polytechnical Association Library Rules. The book was bequethed to the Ironworkers' Association by the late James Oddie.mining, minerals, quartz, nova scotia, california, germany, ural mountains, gold deposits, virginia, new england, new brunswick, brazil, australia, new south wales, mount morgan, new zealand, africa, statistics, india, phillipines, aruba island, silver, russia, nevada, ruby hill, nevada, utah, emma mine, nevada, colarado, red mountain district, colorado, yankee girl mine, arizona, mexico, peru, bolivia, chili\copper, south africa, italy, austria, norway, swedan, france, cornwall, dolcoath mine, sandstone, parys mines of anglesea, carnarvonshire, cardiganshire, wicklow, ireland, mississippi valley, wisconsin, lake superior, wyoming, cuba, jamaica, venezuela, south australia, york peninsula, flinders ranges, japan, tin, banca, malaysia, bohemia, saxony, sweden, spain, cligga point, rin lodes of cornwall, andalusia, belgium, shropshire, isle of man, durham, westmoreland, limestone, flintshire, dengigshire, canada, lead, zinc, siberia, hungary, silesia, sardinia, algeria, ireland, new jersey, iron, lancashire, missouri, michigan, superstitions, equipment, cages, stopes, winzes, timbering, ventilation, fans, drilling, boring, dynamite, electricity, blasting, horse whims, water wheels, boilers, petterson's elephant ore stamp, stamper battery, jogs, linkenbach table, panning, cradle, quartz mining, hydraulic mining, alluvia; mining, altai mountains, north wales, neugluck mine, freiberg, christbescherung mine, drei prinzen lode, miask, woodville, virginia, gongo soco, brazil, sierra nevada, california, st john del rey mine, brazil, leydenberg gold field, south africa, banket reefs, transvaal, kongsberg, norway, santa rosa mine, peru, huelva, spain, dolcoath mine, cornwall, parys mine, anglesea, waterbury copper mine, lake superior, copiapo, chilli, altenberg, saxony, whea; uny, cornwall, wast wheel mine. redruth, cornwall, cligga point, cornwall, old hewas mine, cornwall, hartz, germany, snailbeach mine, shropshire, llangynog, north wales, van mine, mongomeryshire