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Federation University Historical CollectionLetter - Mining, Letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining, 1898, 21/10/1898
... Letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining, 1898...Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining...Blue letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields William Plain Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining Lincoln changes Collins Street Blue letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining Letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Mining, 1898 Letter Mining ...Blue letter from William Plain, Secretary of Old Man's Hope Mineral and Gold Miningwilliam plain, old man's hope mineral and gold mining, lincoln changes collins street -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT, INCLUDING GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS 1936
... MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT, INCLUDING GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS 1936... 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, Abandoned Mining Shafts, Cost of making the shafts safe, Inspection of boilers and the no condemned, No of First and Second Class e 'driver Certificates issued for 1935 and 1936, Alluvial and quartz gold yields for the Bendigo District, men employed in mining, Accidents and development at the Central Nell Gwynne....History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields DOCUMENT Gold Mining Reports Annual Report including Gold & Mineral Statistics 1936 State Batteries Central Nell Gwynne Handwritten notes from the 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, Abandoned Mining Shafts, Cost of making the shafts safe, Inspection of boilers and the no condemned, No of First and Second Class e 'driver Certificates issued for 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, 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
... MINING REPORTS - ANNUAL REPORT INC GOLD & MINERAL STATISTICS ETC 1938... Annual Repport Inc Gold & Mineral Statistics etc 1938...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 issued for the years 1937 and 1938.Albert Richardsondocument, gold, 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 -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumGeological specimen - Chalcopyrite
... ...mineral gold...Given its golden appearance, it is often confused for the mineral gold, earning it the popular reputation as 'fool's gold' or 'yellow copper'. ...Given its golden appearance, it is often confused for the mineral gold, earning it the popular reputation as 'fool's gold' or 'yellow copper'. ...This specimen was recovered from Mica Schist, Canada. Chalcopyrite is a copper iron sulfide mineral with a chemical composition of CuFeS2. Its name derives from the Greek words for copper (chalco-) and brass (pyrite). It can be found in shades of yellow, green and grey, and, when exposed to acid, it can change to purple, blue, violet and yellow tones. Weathering can cause loss of its metallic luster and its brass-yellow colour. Chalcopyrite forms under various conditions, with the most significant deposits being hydrothermal in their origin. It is known globally as the most important ore of copper for thousands of years, and is thus considered a very important mineral formation. Given its golden appearance, it is often confused for the mineral gold, earning it the popular reputation as 'fool's gold' or 'yellow copper'. However, it can be straightforwardly distinguished from gold; the latter is soft, with higher specific gravity and a yellow streak, whereas chalcopyrite is brittle, easily scratched by a nail, and has a greenish grey streak. Copper was the first metal that was used by people. It was discovered by the Neolithic man about 9,000 years ago and it gradually replaced stone as it was easier to be shaped. In Australia, search for copper began after the European settlement, leading to the discovery of substantial deposits, like the one at the Olympic Dam in South Australia, which is regarded as one of the largest copper deposits in the world. Chalcopyrite has been used for copper since smelting processes began approximately five thousand years ago. Although by no means rare, this the specimen of this mineral can be used to reflect a wider history of industrial uses of copper for a significant portion of human history. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.A solid hand-sized copper iron sulfide mineral of brass yellow, often with an iridescent tarnish, with greenish-black streak and submetallic luster. Chalcopyrite can be formed in several ways, including crystalizing from accessory minerals in igneous rocks, or from magma or within volcano sulfide deposits. Most commonly, chalcopyrite are found in hydrothermal conditions, where it forms in hydrothermal veins. As a member of the tetragonal crystal system, it often takes the shape of tetra-headed crystals, often with striations along the sides of the crystals. #18 Copper pyrites/(chalcopyrite) in/Laurentian Slate/(page 315 of inventory)/page missing from/descriptive catalogue/ Other label: 81 /fool's gold, chalcopyrite, mineral, rock, geology, geological, hydrothermal, neolithic, european settlement, olympic dam, south australia, stone, deposits, specific gravity, greenish grey streak, brittle, mineral gold, metallic luster, cufes2, greek words -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - AUSTRALIAN MINING HISTORY MONOGRAPHS, NUMBER 7, THE ROLE OF MINERALS SEPARATION LTD. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLOTATION PROCESS, c2000
... gold... mineral separation...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields GOLD Goldfields gold mineral separation Mining history Australia minerals separation flotation process Ralph W Birrell Australian Mining History Monographs Number 7, The Role of Minerals Separation in the Development of the Flotation Process. ...Australian Mining History Monographs Number 7, The Role of Minerals Separation in the Development of the Flotation Process. Paper presented at the Australian Mining History Association meeting, Adelaide 5 July 2000. Publisher: Zlota, Strathfieldsaye, Victoria. 45 pages.Ralph W Birrellgold, goldfields, gold, mineral separation, mining history, australia, minerals separation, flotation process -
The Beechworth Burke MuseumGeological specimen - Gold Telluride Ore
... The gold-bearing minerals that contain tellurium are called tellurides. ...A hand-sized silvery to pyrite-yellow striated mineral containing tellurium and gold...The gold-bearing minerals that contain tellurium are called tellurides. ...Gold usually is found as a native metal, but it also forms minerals with tellurium, sulphur, or selenium. The gold-bearing minerals that contain tellurium are called tellurides. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia contains greater than 1500 tonnes of gold.Seventy to seventy-five percent of the deposit occurs as native gold, but a further twenty percent appears as tellurides. What remains is in the form of 'invisible' gold. Extracting gold from telluride minerals, such as calaverite, which contains around forty-two percent gold, has produced approximately three hundred tonnes of gold. Prior to 1896, rocks containing tellurides were not recognised as rich gold ores, and were discarded.This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.A hand-sized silvery to pyrite-yellow striated mineral containing tellurium and goldburke museum, beechworth, beechworth museum, geological, geological specimen, mineralogy, telluride, tellurite, gold-bearing, kalgoorlie, tellurium -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - coloured, Department of Lands and Survey, Portion of Victoria showing auriferous areas and mineral localities, 1935, 1935
... Map included with book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Map included with book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria auriferous areas mineral localities department of mines tin antimony copper silver lead tungsten manganese platinum iron Yellow mark indicating deposits Fold out coloured map Portion of Victoria showing auriferous areas and mineral localities, 1935 Photograph - coloured Department of Lands and Survey ...Map included with book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Fold out coloured mapYellow mark indicating depositsvictoria, auriferous areas, mineral localities, department of mines, tin, antimony, copper, silver lead, tungsten, manganese, platinum, iron -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph, State Electricity Commission, Electric Power Station and Brown Coal Briquetting Factory at Yallourn
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria brown coal briquettes electric power station electricity Yallourn mining Photograph Electric Power Station and Brown Coal Briquetting Factory at Yallourn Photograph State Electricity Commission ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, brown coal, briquettes, electric, power station, electricity, yallourn, mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Mines Department Geological Museum and Library, Melbourne
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria mines department melbourne geological museum geological library Photograph Mines Department Geological Museum and Library, Melbourne Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, mines department, melbourne, geological museum, geological library -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, State Electricity Commission, Excavating Brown Coal at open-cut, Yallourn
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria excavating dredge brown coal yallourn Photograph Excavating Brown Coal at open-cut, Yallourn Photograph - black and white State Electricity Commission ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, excavating, dredge, brown coal, yallourn -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi showing the Conveyor System
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria brown coal wonthaggi coal mine conveyor system mining Photograph State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi showing the Conveyor System Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, brown coal, wonthaggi, coal mine, conveyor system, mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Puddling Machine used in Gold Mining
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria puddling machine horse gold mining mining Photograph Puddling Machine used in Gold Mining Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, puddling machine, horse, gold mining, mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Whim: an appliance used for Shaft Haulage
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria horse gold mining whim shaft haulage mining Photograph Whim: an appliance used for Shaft Haulage Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, horse, gold mining, whim, shaft haulage, mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Prospecting Methods - Hand Dollying
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria gold mining hand dollying prospecting method prospecting mining tools Photograph Prospecting Methods - Hand Dollying Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, gold mining, hand dollying, prospecting method, prospecting, mining, tools -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - black and white, Sluicing in a creek bed
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria gold mining prospecting method sluicing creek bed mining tools prospecting Image of a man sluicing in a creek bed. ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Image of a man sluicing in a creek bed. victoria, gold mining, prospecting method, sluicing, creek bed, mining, tools, prospecting -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Panning Off
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria gold mining prospecting method creek bed panning gold panning gold pan mining prospecting tools Image of two men involved in panning for gold. ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Image of two men involved in panning for gold. victoria, gold mining, prospecting method, creek bed, panning, gold panning, gold pan, mining, prospecting, tools -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Hydraulic sluicing
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria gold mining prospecting method sluicing hydraulic hydraulic sluice mining Photograph of a hydraulic sluice in action. ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photograph of a hydraulic sluice in action. victoria, gold mining, prospecting method, sluicing, hydraulic, hydraulic sluice, mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - Photograph - black and white, Talbot Alluvial Mine: working a deep lead
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria prospecting method talbot alluvial mine gold mining mining poppet head Photograph Talbot Alluvial Mine: working a deep lead Photograph Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, prospecting method, talbot, alluvial mine, gold mining, mining, poppet head -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Mines Department Laboratory, Melbourne
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria melbourne mines department laboratory Photograph Mines Department Laboratory, Melbourne Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, melbourne, mines department, laboratory -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Mt Buffalo: a granitic massif intruded into silurian strata: Ovens Valley in background
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria mt buffalo ovens valley Photograph Mt Buffalo: a granitic massif intruded into silurian strata: Ovens Valley in background Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, mt buffalo, ovens valley -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Jamieson Valley: Broad alluvial flats of recent geological formation: Silurian and Devonian Ranges in background
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria jamieson valley geological formation alluvial flats silurian devonian Photograph Jamieson Valley: Broad alluvial flats of recent geological formation: Silurian and Devonian Ranges in background. ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, jamieson valley, geological formation, alluvial flats, silurian, devonian -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, Miners at work underground with a pneumatic drill
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria underground drilling pneumatic drill rail tracks hand pushed cart gold mining mining tools Photograph Miners at work underground with a pneumatic drill Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, underground drilling, pneumatic drill, rail tracks, hand pushed cart, gold mining, mining, tools -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - black and white, New Red, White and Blue Consolidated Mine, Bendigo
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 victoria bendigo consolidated mine tower New Red, White and Blue Consolidated Mine poppet head mining gold mining Photograph New Red, White and Blue Consolidated Mine, Bendigo Photograph - black and white ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographvictoria, bendigo, consolidated mine, tower, new red, white and blue consolidated mine, poppet head, mining, gold mining -
Federation University Historical CollectionPhotograph - colour, William Baragwanath, Department of Mines: Geological map of Victoria, c1935
... Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935...Barker Library (top floor) Mount Helen goldfields Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935 map department of mines victoria key to land formations time periods jurassic geological map Photograph Department of Mines: Geological map of Victoria Photograph - colour William Baragwanath Victorian Mines Department ...Photograph included in book "Victoria: Gold and Minerals" issued by Mines Department Victoria, 1935Photographmap, department of mines, victoria, key to land formations, time periods, jurassic, geological map -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - BOOK - VICTORIA: GOLD AND . . MINERALS
... A copy of the 1935 guide book Victoria: GOLD and MINERALS . This book gives in great detail about promising mining areas in Victoria along with detailed maps of them....Book BOOK - VICTORIA: GOLD AND . . MINERALS ...A copy of the 1935 guide book Victoria: GOLD and MINERALS . This book gives in great detail about promising mining areas in Victoria along with detailed maps of them.book, bendigo, mining -
Clunes Museumdocument
... THE GOLDFIELDS AND MINERAL DISTRICTS OF VICTORIA. GOLD ITS OCCURRENCE AND EXTRACTION, PLAN OF GOLD MINING COMPANIES...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. ...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. ...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 -
Federation University Historical CollectionBook, Prospecting, Locating and Valuing Mines, 1902
... gold title. 381 pages. The book was 'a popular treatise for the use of prospectors, investors and Mining Men generally; with an account of the Principal Minerals and Country rocks; Ore Deposits; Locations and Patents; the early Development of Mines; Earthy Mineral Products; Coal; Gold gravels and gravel Mining; Measurement of Water; and Artesian Wells'....gold title. 381 pages. The book was 'a popular treatise for the use of prospectors, investors and Mining Men generally; with an account of the Principal Minerals and Country rocks; Ore Deposits; Locations and Patents; the early Development of Mines; Earthy Mineral Products; Coal; Gold gravels and gravel Mining; Measurement of Water; and Artesian Wells'. ...This book was most probably used at the Ballarat School of Mines.Black covered book with gold title. 381 pages. The book was 'a popular treatise for the use of prospectors, investors and Mining Men generally; with an account of the Principal Minerals and Country rocks; Ore Deposits; Locations and Patents; the early Development of Mines; Earthy Mineral Products; Coal; Gold gravels and gravel Mining; Measurement of Water; and Artesian Wells'.mining, ballarat school of mines, water, geology -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)Functional object - Gold Mining, prospector's "rocker", c1870
... After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne....After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne. ...Gold was discovered in Victoria c1850 and people came from all over the world to seek their fortune at Ballarat and Bendigo and surrounding gold fields. This large wooden rocking- box or cradle was used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as the miner put gravel into the top part and finer and heavier particles dropped through a screen, helped along by buckets of water. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. After many shovel loads of gravel were pushed through the rocker, the miner would then use his gold pan to sort out the heavy minerals to find gold. Most of the pioneer settlers in Moorabbin Shire left the area to try their luck at gold mining and there was a desperate shortage of workers to maintain the market gardens and supply food to the ever increasing population of Melbourne.This gold prospector's 'cradle' is hand made and typical of those used by many hopeful Moorabbin Shire pioneers as they abandoned their market gardens to try their luck at finding gold in the Ballarat and Bendigo minefields c1850This gold miner's rocker is very old, and very well-used. It is a large wooden rocking- box or cradle used by gold prospectors. A handle on the rocker is pushed back and forth, as gravel is put in the top part of the box so that finer and heavier particles drop through a screen.. The bottom part of the device had slats, that caught the heavier metals. i.e gold particles. The water passed through the shute at the base back into the creek or river.moorabbin, brighton, market gardens, pioneers, early settlers, fruit, vegetable, ballarat, bendigo, gold mining, gold prospedtors, gold rush, were j. b., irish immigrants, chinese immigrants, gold panning, gold digger -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection:, Department of Conservation and Environment, May 25/26 2002
... mineral wealth and better understand land degradation caused by salinity. By using instruments that send vibrations into the earth, geologists will peel back the surface layers to expose a hidden landscape of buried hills, valleys and fossil streams, undiscovered gold and mineral wealth, and giant extinct volcanos. ...mineral wealth and better understand land degradation caused by salinity. By using instruments that send vibrations into the earth, geologists will peel back the surface layers to expose a hidden landscape of buried hills, valleys and fossil streams, undiscovered gold and mineral wealth, and giant extinct volcanos. ...Victoria will be sliced in half during the next two years by earth scientists who expect to reveal hidden mineral wealth and better understand land degradation caused by salinity. By using instruments that send vibrations into the earth, geologists will peel back the surface layers to expose a hidden landscape of buried hills, valleys and fossil streams, undiscovered gold and mineral wealth, and giant extinct volcanos. The $3 million project, called the Victorian Geotraverse, will attempt to expose the processes that shaped the state and helped form its mineral wealth. The project will be discussed at a conference, Victoria Undercover, in Benalla this week. Project leader Neil Phillips, chief of CSIRO Exploration and Mining, said the project would attempt to discover where the rest of Victoria's gold deposits might be found and where the next salinity disaster might strike. Using this process they will cut a 500-kilometre swathe through the Grampians, Bendigo, Benalla and Wodonga, curving down to Mallacoota on the far east coast. The project will involve 12 earth science agencies including the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Geoscience Australia, the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape, Environments and Mineral Exploration and the CSIRO. ('Age' newspaper, 28th April, 2002. https://www.theage.com.au/national/going-to-ground-for-state-secrets-20020428-gdu5tz.html Scientists will send shocks through the Victorian earth which will be reflected back and recorded on instruments that will reveal the density of the rocks below.'Australian' newspaper article, 25/26th May, 2002, 'Geologists point to gold bonanza'. Article describes the $5 million Geotraverse research in Victoria, undertaken by CSIRO geologists, that 'estimate the northern plains of Victoria conceal up to 5000 tonnes of gold'. Image on bottom of article, possibly S.T. Gill watercolour, titled 'Victorian miners pan for gold in the mid-1800's'.bendigo mining n.l., bendigo, mining, gold, csiro, geologist, geology, victorian geotraverse project -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: Bendigo Gold Exploration
... Gold Joint Venture...International Mineral Resources NL...Companies involved: Bendigo Mining NL, Heathcote Gold Joint Venture, International Mineral Resources NL, Alliance Gold Mining NL, Ranger Gold Pty Ltd., and Perseverance Mining Corporation....Gold mining Bendigo Bendigo Mining NL Heathcote Gold Joint Venture International Mineral Resources NL Alliance Gold Mining NL Ranger Gold Pty Ltd. ...Three newspaper articles from one page of the 'Bendigo Advertiser' article, 17th March , 1995, titled ' Survey reveals gold in hills'. 1. The Minister for Energy and Minerals, JIm Plowman, discussed the results of the $16.5 million survey conducted in north-west Victoria and eastern highlands. Mr. Plowman maintained that the '$11 million exploration drive launched by Bendigo Mining to find gold in the Bendigo goldfield would succeed'. He was visiting Bendigo to officially open the refurbished Central Deborah Gold Mine. 2 .'Country mining search sparks local confusion' : Jim Plowman refutes the claim by Ron Best (National Party MLC) that Bendigo will play a 'key role in the multi-million dollar search for gold in country Victoria. 3. 'Miners form alliance": discusses a meeting by miners to form a body which will represent their interests. Companies involved: Bendigo Mining NL, Heathcote Gold Joint Venture, International Mineral Resources NL, Alliance Gold Mining NL, Ranger Gold Pty Ltd., and Perseverance Mining Corporation.gold mining, bendigo, bendigo mining nl, heathcote gold joint venture, international mineral resources nl, alliance gold mining nl, ranger gold pty ltd., perseverance mining corporation
