In 1905 Richard Squire was manager of the West Berry Consols at Allendale, and developed an improved system of mine ventilation, which was supported in "The Age."[4] He was successful in combating and remedying the gas and ventilation troubles of the Deep Mines of Creswick and Allendale Districts after all had failed.[5]Small pink piece of paper that is a receipt from Shire of Cohuna for hiring of a hall for a meeting with amount recevied from R.T. Squire shire of cohuna, hall hire, receipt, r.t. squire, meeting

administrative sales documents, under Victorian Explosives Act 1928, for purchase of explosives from Abbotts Supplies.Abbott Collection: Records of purchases of gelignite and detonators from Abbotts Supplies Co from various local businesses (Sandhurst Brick Company Limited, Bendigo pottery, Bendigo Sewerage Authority, blight's Granite Quarries, Shire of Deakin, E. B. Mawson Cohuna) in various company formats. Circa 1953abbott, bendigo businesses