Handwritten notes on the New Chum Railway Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include depth of shaft, (At the time, the New Chum Railway Mine and the Victoria Quartz were the deepest in the world), size of lease, locality, plant, engine houses, crushing battery, early history, where the best gold was found, prominence, total gold production and dividends.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, notes on the new chum railway mine, victoria quartz, great extended hustler's coy, w d c denovan, mr piper, rourke & henderson's claim, young chum reef, thorpe's reef, shenandoah reef, mines dept. special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet bendigo goldfield geo brown 1936, annals of bendigo mining sections 1880 to 1910, a richardson

Black & white photograph of the Site of the New Chum Railway Mine's 4,318 feet shaft. Photograph is of a dug out area under some trees. The hole has some rubble, corrugated iron and a board in it. Written on the back: New Chum Railway Mine - Site of 4,318 feet shaft as at November, 1966. A Richardson, 29 Harrison St. Bendigo.photo, new chum railway mine, site of new chum railway mine shaft, a richardson

Handwritten notes of the New Chum Railway Mine (shaft No 145) showing the depth of each plat, production of gold, and with the influx of water making operations costly, work ceased in 1910.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, depth of levels of the new chum railway mine, m d folders etc page 1

Black & white photograph of the New Chum Railway Mine Engine Beds. Photograph shows the engine beds on land beside the railway line. Signal and telephone pole at the line. In the foreground is grass and weeds. The engine beds are in the centre and behind them are a number of bushy trees. Written on the back of the photograph: New Chum Railway Mine, Engine Beds. 115 men employed here, 1899. A Richardson, 29 Harrison St. Bendigo.photo, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine engine beds, a richardson

Three type d copies of notes on the New Chum Railway Mine on the New Chum Line of Reef. Notes include depth of shaft (4,318 feet), Size of lease, locality, plant - includes poppet legs,winding engine, two engine houses, crushing battery, early history, where the best gold was found, prominence, total gold production and dividends.document, gold, new chum railway mine, new chum railway mine, notes on the new chum railway mine, w d c denovan, mr piper, rourke & henderson's claim, mines dept special edition australian mining standard 1/6/1899, mines dept booklet 'bendigo goldfield' g brown 1936, 'annals of bendigo' mining sections 1890 to 1910, a richardson

Handwritten notes on the New Chum Railway Mine and other mines and connections between various mines underground. Descriptions of mines and their equipment. Mines mentioned are: New Chum Railway Mine, Eureka Extended, Shenandoah, Shamrock Mine, Young Chum, Old Chum, Little Chum, New Chum Tribute, Cravens, Garibaldi, New Chum Consolidated, Menzies, Ellesmere, Consolidated, Denis, Lansell's 222, New Chum United, Kochs & Hildebrandt Mine, Lazarus, Central Blue, Lazarus No 1 Coy, Hudson's, Burrows & Sterry, Victoria Tribute, North Old Chum, Lansell's Big 180, Sandhurst, Victoria Quartz, The Great Central Victoria (known as the 'Midway'), Victoria Consols, Advance, Adventure, Ironbark, Victoria Gold Mines Company, No 83 claim, The Hercules & Energetic, North Energetic, Victoria Pilot, Bendigo Amalgamated Goldfields Company, Pearl, Hercules No 1, Hercules New Chum, Great Extended Victoria, New Victoria Catherine, Mystery (later the Duke of Edinburgh), New St Mungo, Duchess Tribute, Extended South Devonshire, South Devonshirte, Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Alexandia (later United Devonshire), Danes, United Devonshire, South Devonshire, Hopewell, Phoenix, Unicorn, Lady Barkly, Sadowa, Eastwood Lease, Ellenborough, Belmont & Saxby, York & Durham, Acadia, Williams United, Ulster, North Red White & Blue, North Deborah, Catherine Reef United, Central Catherine, Princess Alice, Catherine Reef United, Murchison, North Catherine (or Franklin), Catherine Reef Extended,document, gold, gold mines of bendigo & eaglehawk, new chum railway mine, gold mines of bendigo & eaglehawk, eureka extended, shenandoah, shamrock mine, young chum, old chum, little chum, new chum tribute, cravens, garibaldi, new chum consolidated, menzies, ellesmere, consolidated, denis, lansell's 222, new chum united, kochs & hildebrandt mine, lazarus, central blue, lazarus no 1 coy, hudson's, burrows & sterry, victoria tribute, north old chum, lansell's big 180, sandhurst, victoria quartz, the great central victoria (known as the 'midway'), victoria consols, advance, adventure, ironbark, victoria gold mines company, no 83 claim, the hercules & energetic, north energetic, victoria pilot, bendigo amalgamated goldfields company, pearl, hercules no 1, hercules new chum, great extended victoria, new victoria catherine, mystery (later the duke of edinburgh), new st mungo, duchess tribute, extended south devonshire, south devonshirte, duchess of edinburgh, princess alexandia (later united devonshire), danes, united devonshire, south devonshire, hopewell, phoenix, unicorn, lady barkly, sadowa, eastwood lease, ellenborough, belmont & saxby, york & durham, acadia, williams united, ulster, north red white & blue, north deborah, catherine reef united, central catherine, princess alice, catherine reef united, murchison, north catherine (or franklin), catherine reef extended, mr clark magee, john delbridge - engineers, a harkness & sons, mr lansell, b c v 8 studios, mr gibbs, mr barnet lazarus, mt alvernia hospital, p m g repeater station, john brown knitwear, mr burrows, mr sterry, john wybrants, mr wittschiebe, theodore ballerstadt, mr wm rae, california hill state school, freeman & coy

Three page typed document plus map. Document details location and history of the New Chum Railway Mine, Golden Square and includes: depth of shaft, size of lease, locality, poppet legs, winding engine, engine houses,crushing battery, best gold obtained, prominence, and total gold production and dividendds. References provided. Document forms part of research referred to in Albert Richardson's paper 2264.70.bendigo, mining, new chum railway gold mine

Handwritten excerpts from Mine Manager's Reports from January 1880 to May 1884. Mine Manager Mr J Alderson. Items mentioned: telephones, mechanical breakdowns, air supply, trouble with flat ropes, water problems, leaning and testing boiler engines.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum railway mine manager's report 1880 - 84, mr j alderson, o'rourke and henderson, allingham, aitkens, pandora, richard heals, flat ropes, young chum co, horwood's, old chum, harkness, crushing mill, g armstrong, roberts & sons, eureka coy

Newspaper article titled 'Last Years of Mine captured in Postcard Form' from the Bendigo Miner, Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Ian Fenselau. Article mentions some history of the mine, how it got it's name, depth of the mine and it's comparison with the Victoria Reef Quartz. It also mentions the death of James Nolan when he fell down the shaft and studies of ventilation released by Dr Walter Summons. The machinery foundations are still visible in Golden Square.newspaper, bendigo, the bendigo miner, new chum railway mine, last years of mine captured in postcard form, ian fenselau, victoria reef quartz mine, james nolan, dr walter summons

Handwritten extracts from the New Chum Railway Mine Manager's Report 17/2/03. Mine Manager W Hicks. Extracts: Machinery. New Boiler is giving every satisfaction. While bailing water after the Xmas holidays, one of the ropes broke with a full tank of water. The tank being fitted with safety appliances, acted. Therefore no damage was done to the shaft. The old ropes were taken off and replaced by two new ones of 2,500 feet each, with a breaking strain of 34 tons. Mine 7 machinery are all in good working order. 1925 - Portion of Cath. Reef battery sold to Big Blue.document, gold, new red white & blue mine, new red white & blue mine, new red white & blue mine manager's report 17/2/03, w hicks, cath reef battery

Typed notes for a tour of the area. Areas mentioned are: Hospital Hill, The Central Deborah Mine, New Chum Railway Mine, The Rocks, New Chum Hill, Victoria Hill, Central Nell Gwynne, Rae's Open Cut, Housing Commission Homes and Latham and Watson's. Description of machinery at the Central Deborah Mine, yields, dividends, depth of shafts and directions to get ot the various places is included.document, gold, victoria hill, victoria hill, bendigo branch historical society mine tour, all saints church, joseph la trobe, bendigo's first hospital, sacred heart cathedral, the central deborah mine, city council, londonderry west shaft, new red, white and blue consolidated (big blue), a roberts & sons, big deborah, the new golden fleece, new chum goldfields, central wattle gully mine chewton, virginia consols, black's quarries coldstream, thompson's engineering and pipe co ltd castlemaine, new chum railway mine, golden square methodist church, the rocks, e j dunn, gold monument, shamrock mine, mt alvernia hospital, j b lazarus, john brown knitwear factory, gold fmines hotel, david sterry, new chum hill, fortuna villa, geo lansell, theodore ballerstedt, a h q survey regiment headquarters, old chum mine, central nell gwynne, rae's open cut, theodore ballerstedt, new chum syncline, little 180 mine, victoria quartz, wittcheibe's 'jeweller's shop', adventure, advance, cinderella, j n macartney, bendigo goldfields registry 1870, wm rae, johnson's devonshire mine, snobs hill mine, ellenborough mullock heap, belmont mullock heap, sadowa, st mungo, united devonshire, mechanic's institute, log lock-up, court house, j b watson, housing commission homes, hustlers hill, latham and watsons', the great extended hustlers, a richardson

Printed Report on Observations of Underground Temperature at Bendigo, by James Stirling, Government Geologist. Report mentions temperature increases as the mines get deeper, temperature of air and rocks, Meteorological Observations at 180 Mine, Bendigo, comparison temperature in other parts of the world and Bendigo, Temperature of air at the 180 Mine, Shenandoah Mine, victoria Quartz, Shamrock, Great Extended Hustlers, Princess Dagmar and United Hustlers and Redan, Daily Variation of Temperature and Pressure of the Air, Temperature of Fault Line, Drawing of Lansell's No 180 Mine showing levels, geological features, graph of Curves of Atmosphere Pressure at 180 Mine Bendigo, graph of Curves of Temperature at 180 Mine Bendigo, Lansell's 180 Mine Rate of Aincrease of Rock Temperature, Comparisons with Observations in other Countries, Observations in November and December 1895, Meteorological Observations at New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo, Kiagram of working 'ends' showing temperatures therein at the New Chum Railway Mine Bendigo Vic, Additional Observations at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, United Hustlers and Redan and Great Extended Hustler's, Humidity with formula which was adopted, Hygrometer Observations, The Ventilating Currents (and formula), Notes on Anemometer Records 180 Mine, Tabulated List showing Velocities of Air Currents at Various Levels in the 180 Mine Bendigo, Pressure of Air (and formula), Composition of the Air at Lansell's 180 Mine, Shamrock, Princess Dagmar, Gt Extended Hustlers and United Hustlers and Redan and Miners' Complaints. A Richardson name written on the top right corner.document, gold, mining reports, mining reports, report on observations of underground temperature at bendigo, department of mines, james travis, the hon henry foster, james stirling, 180 mine, shenandoah mine, victoria quartz, shamrock, great extended hustlers, princess dagmar, united hustlers and redan, new chum railway mine, north old chum, m grehauf, dr boyd, robt s brain

BHS CollectionHandwritten notes on recommendations for cleaning up and signposting Victoria Hill. Also contains list of photos from the Bendigonian of 1899. List of photos: Shamrock Mine, Undershot Water Wheel at Diamond Hill for Phillips Crushing Battery. Mr Ballerstedt's Crushing Battery at Victoria Hill, Thompson's Foundry at Castlemaine, Machinery made for Bendigo Mines, Air Compressor at Shenandoah Mine, Winding Engine at Koch's Pioneer Mine, Poppet Legs at Koch's Pioneer Mine, Air Compressor at New Chum Railway Mine, Fortune Hustlers G M Co Bendigo View of Mine, Winding Plant and Afternoon Shift and Underground Work in the New Chum Railway. Also mentioned are notes on Machinery made by Thompsons. Also a carbon copy of Annual Report to Bendigo Branch Royal Historical Society, Victoria 1/7/71. Mentioned in the Report are: Historical Ball, The Central Deborah, Victoria Hill, Tours and Society Business. Albert Richardson document ?document, victoria hill, victoria hill, recommendations for victoria hill, north old chum, ballerstedt's rich 24 yard claim, floyds battery lansell's big 180, the bendigonian 26/1/1899, 2/2/1899, 20/4/1899, 11/5/1899, 10/8/1899, 14/9/1899, shamrock mine, undershot waterwheel at diamond hill, phillips crushing battery, mr ballerstedt's crushing battery, thompson's foundry, shenandoah mine, koch's pioneer mine, new chum railway mine, fortuna hustlers g m co bendigo, new chum railway, st mungo lady barkly, catherine reef, new moon, rae's open cut, old court house eaglehawk, police barracks, vic wodetzki, joss house, central deborah, central nell gwynne, mr harold curnow, bendigo branch royal historical society victoria, mrs kingerlee, felicity kingerlee, mr h biggs, city council, rotary club of bendigo south, white hills cemetry, chinese joss house, bendigo pottery, mr derham, reservoir high, princess theatre, a n a hall, mr hattam, col. sprenger, survey corps, a richardson

Handwritten notes mentioning Vic Consols E Shaft, best gold, connections to other shafts, dates of working, Little 180, size and sill of shafts, South Virginia, Lazarus New Chum, Lazarus, Healthy Golden Bendigo, New Chum Railway, Picturesque Australia, Annals of Bendigo, Hercules and Lazarus No 1. Some mines are listed with the Sill of Shaft. They are Ironbark South, Ironbark, Stanfield, Herc. No 1, Rly Red W & Blue, Nth Blue, Blue Freehold, Big Blue, Blue No 3 and the South Blue.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, notes on bendigo mining, vic consols, ironbark south, ironbark, stanfield, herc no 1, rly red w & blue, nth blue, blue freehold, big blue, blue no 3, south blue, little 180, central blue, south virginia, a richardson, lazarus new chum, old chum, lazarus no 1, lazarus, j owen, healthy golden bendigo, dainty series, picturesque australia, annals of bendigo, lazarus & lazarus no 1, hercules

Handwritten notes on the Deborah Mine, the North Deborah, The Central Deborah, the New Chum Railway, Eueka Extended and the South Belle Vue. Mentioned in the noes are: Depth of shaft, Formed, Closed, Best Gold, production and plant.document, gold, mining in bendigo, mining in bendigo, the bendigo goldfield, deborah mine, north deborah, central deborah, new chum railway, eureka extended, south belle vue, shenandoah, shamrock, rourke and henderson's claim