Showing 107 items matching mining equipment
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Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Fraser Park Mining Equipment, 15/03/2000
... Fraser Park Mining Equipment...8 Colour Photographs showing equipment used in mining...Photograph Fraser Park Mining Equipment 8 Colour ...7079: Fraser Park Sign. 7079a Steam Winding Engine and Bucket. 7079b Showing three items from a distance. 7079c Same as 7079b but from a differnt angle. 7079d Bailing Tank, Cage and Truck. 7079e Same as 7079a but from the other side. 7079f Gig and Rake 7079g Same as 7079f but from a different angle8 Colour Photographs showing equipment used in mining the Quartz Reef minesgold mining -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Greg Robson - Stawell Historical Society, Historical Society Display of Mining Equipment, 02/09/2019
... Historical Society Display of Mining Equipment...Photograph Historical Society Display of Mining Equipment ...Series of seven photographs placing the Mining Cage in Display Position at Stawell Historical Society by West Cranesmining, museum -
Federation University Historical Collection
Document, Albert W. Strange, Ballarat Historical Park Description of Mining Processes & Equipment as a Guide to the Diggings and Quartz Mine, 1970, 02/1970
... Ballarat Historical Park Description of Mining Processes... Document Document Ballarat Historical Park Description of Mining ...A guide to teh Sovereign Hill Diggings and Quartz MineSix typed pages including information onf the North Normanby Mine, deep leads at Ballarat, alluvial diggingsbert strange, sovereign hill, ballarat historical park, gold diggings, quartz mine, north normanby mine, cornish boiler, deep leads, ballarat east, windlass, alluvial diggings, wash paddock, windsail, shanty, quartz mining, puddling machine, hand whip, horse drawn whip, horse drawn whim, albert strange -
Stawell Historical Society Inc
photograph - Slides, Ian McCann, Mining Monumnet at Fraser Park, 1976 -1984
... Colour Photgraph of various Pieces of Mining equipment... Photgraph of various Pieces of Mining equipment that make up ...Colour Photgraph of various Pieces of Mining equipment that make up the mining monument at Fraser Park -
Marysville & District Historical Society
Book - Hardcover book, Gold for the Finding-A Pictorial History of Gippsland's Jordan Goldfield, 1979
... of two miners carrying mining equipment..... Front cover has a photograph of two miners carrying mining ...A pictorial history of Gippsland's Jordan goldfieldHardcover. Gold dust cover. Front cover has a photograph of two miners carrying mining equipment.This work is dedicated to the people of the Jordan Goldfields,/ the Pioneers who worked, lived, loved and died in the moun-/ tains of Gippsland, giving us a rich and varied heritage. It is especially dedicated to Mr William Rae, Gentleman, Late of/ Jericho, without whose assistance this work would have/ remained a dream. Stamp of the Marysville & District Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779gold, gold mining, gold mines, victoria, gippsland, history, bosa, marysusan, tomlin, owen f., chamberlain, peter g. -
Clunes Museum
Tool - GOLD CRADLE & PANNING DISH, JAMES ESMOND, CIRCA 1850
... MINING EQUIPMENT... LOCAL HISTORY MINING EQUIPMENT MINING .1 WOODEN CONSTRUCTION ...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 WATER.1 WOODEN 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. .2 PANlocal history, mining equipment, mining -
The Beechworth Burke Museum
Photograph - Photograph - Reproduction, c.1870s
... This photograph shows a piece of gold mining equipment... of gold mining equipment identified as a mine winch, possibly ...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 -
City of Moorabbin Historical Society (Operating the Box Cottage Museum)
Tool - Gold-miner's Pick, Ballarat c 1920, c1920
... mining equipment... settlers market gardeners moorabbin bentleigh mining equipment gold ...This gold miner's pick from the Ballarat Goldfields c 1920 was donated by Mr David Hopcraft, a dealer at the Arkuna Market Berwick, Victoria in December 2010. When Gold was discovered in Victoria c1853 most of the labourers and some landowners left the market gardens and farms to try their luck on the goldfields. Local Blacksmiths made picks similar to this one for them. There was a great shortage of labour in Melbourne and at the same time, due to the huge influx of people lured by the Gold, there was an increased demand for food. The market gardeners were getting very good prices for their produce and many increased their wealth considerably and many of these tenant farmers were able to purchase their blocks of land and live a profitable life. There was such a shortage of labour that J.B.Were applied for Irish immigrants to work the farms. This pick is an example of the hand made tools many pioneers took with them when they abandoned their farms and market gardens in the District of Brighton to try their luck at prospecting when gold was discovered in Ballarat and Bendigo c1853. Some were successful , most were not and retuned again to the hard life of farming. A forged steel pick with a wooden handle. The steel pick-head was hand-forged by a blacksmith. This miner's pick was used on the Ballarat gold-fields c1920gold mining, ballarat, bendigo, early settlers, market gardeners, moorabbin, bentleigh, mining equipment, gold rush, immigrants, blacksmiths, forges, tools -
Federation University Historical Collection
Photograph - Colour, Mount Lyell, 1992
... mining equipment... mount lyell mining tasmania gravel mining equipment Murray ...Photograph of Mount Lyell Minemount lyell, mining, tasmania, gravel, mining equipment -
Federation University Historical Collection
Journal, The Mechanical World and Steam Users' Journal, 04/12/1884
... mining equipment...the magazine describes some of the earlier equipment used... equipment used in mining mining mining equipment weston-capon ...the magazine describes some of the earlier equipment used in mining8 pages of the journal, some edges are torn, pages are discoloured, contains images of mining machinerymining, mining equipment, weston-capon friction clutch, steam engine -
Clunes Museum
Tool - NAPPING HAMMER, CIRCA 1851
... NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING.... HAMMER Tool NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING ...NAPPING HAMMER- CAST IRON EQUIPMENT USED IN MINING.local history, mining, equipment -
Clunes Museum
Tool - MINER'S PICK
... mining equipment... PICK Tool it is the HEAD OF MINER'S PICK local history mining ...it is the HEAD OF MINER'S PICKlocal history, mining equipment -
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
Functional object - SPADE
... mining equipment... Functional object MINER'S SPADE WITH WOODEN HANDLE Nil spade mining ...MINER'S SPADE WITH WOODEN HANDLENilspade, mining equipment, hand tools, gold prospecting -
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 -
Clunes Museum
tool - PICK HEAD
... mining equipment... tool METAL PICK HEAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USE Nil pick mining ...METAL PICK HEAD FOR INDUSTRIAL USENilpick, mining equipment -
Clunes Museum
Functional object - DOLLY POT
... MINING EQUIPMENT... "119" Marking on base "J & W Findlay" MINING EQUIPMENT DOLLY ...METAL DOLLY POT USED FOR GOLD MININGSticker marked "119" Marking on base "J & W Findlay"mining equipment, dolly -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Electro Hydraulic Dredge, Snake Valley, 1909
... Mining Equipment... 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 -
Linton and District Historical Society Inc
Photograph, Electro Hydraulic Dredge, Snake Valley, 1909
... Mining Equipment... 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 -
Unions Ballarat
The Phoenix Foundry : Locomotive builders of Ballarat, Butrims, Robert et al, 2013
... mining - equipment... mining machinery. The company started to make locomotives in 1870 ...The story of the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat that commenced business in 1856 manufacturing mining machinery. The company started to make locomotives in 1870 but ceased business in 1905 when the Victorian Railways began to make their own trains.Relevant to the history of public transportation, social customs and manufacturing in Ballarat and Victoria.Paper; book. Front cover: red background; sepia picture of a locomotive with men and a child; Phoenix logo; white and black text.Front cover: title and authors' names.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, phoenix foundry, manufacturing, public transport, locomotives, trains, mining - equipment, employment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Tool - Miner's Pick
... and large hole formed for handle. mining equipment ...Metal pick with sharp edge and large hole formed for handle.mining, equipment -
Whitehorse Historical Society Inc.
Functional object - Miner's Safety Hook, c1920
... to support bucket on a windlass rope. mining equipment trades ...Used to support bucket on a windlass rope.mining, equipment, trades, blacksmithing -
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 -
Rutherglen Historical Society
Book, Chemical Engineering and Mining Review. May 10, 1947, Vol. 39, No. 8, 1947 (Exact)
... mining equipment.... gold mining mining mining industry mining equipment Tait ...Mr Catterall, Joe & Mr L.J. Romey were partners in a cyaniding operation to obtain gold from the Southern Consuls Mine after second world war.Booklet printed in black on paper. Cover has some areas highlighted in blue. Back cover missing.Some pages have penciled mathematical calculationsgold mining, mining, mining industry, mining equipment -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Photograph - North Deborah Mine
... mining equipment...mining equipment North Deborah Five colour photographs ...Five colour photographs of North Deborah mine buildings at ground level, date unknownmining equipment, north deborah