500 of these books were printed, and many were used in the field, making good copies very rare. A simple but detailed account of the process written especially for the working miner and the small syndicate, the Quintessential Australian gold Mining book.Orange, hard, cloth covered b270 page book with brown dust jacket. Chapters include sampling sand and slime dumps; treating sand; aeration; treatment of slime; smelting; solution testing; cyanide solution; air- slaked lime; cyanding in Queensland; copper troubles; treatment of concentrates; amalgamations; assaying; floatation; chemistry; testing for minerals. Includes photographic reproductions of a cyanide plant for sand; aeration tower; mixer tank; Eleanora cyaniding plant; mining, gold, cyanide, cyaniding, leaching, smelting, slimes

Part of a collection relating to the Parkin family. Slum dam is the same as slime dam or tailings dam.Black and white photograph of an area of disturbed ground with buildings, horses and a large mullock heap in the backgroundOn back of photo: "Slum Dam 1937" "Great Southern where tip is now 1986"slum dam, gold mining, tailings dam, mining industry, great southern

Table of Contents: Editorial, Rotary converter notes, Ambulance, Slime treatment for attraction of gold, Description of slime settler or dewaterer in use at the Brownhill Consols mine Kalgoorlie, Transvaal geology, Chlorine produced electrolytically, Scaling of copper plates, The eucalyptus, Sports meeting, Rowing, Past students, News and notes, Answers to correspondents, Editorial notices. Images.Magazine of 24 pages. Page 17 lists the whereabout of past Ballarat School of MInes students: J.R. Booth, W.t. Lakeland, Lewis Westcottm Leo M. Seward, Reginald Williamson, Stanley White, Clyde Allan, Charles Lamb, W.E. Eyres, Virgil Tucker, H. Hawkesworth, H.J. Saw, Fred G. Brisnden, C. Stevenson, Fred Treloar, J. Peart, E.M. Weston, Dick Galloway, H.B. Bennetts, G.R. Curry, H. Meadows, Eric Bieske, Cliff Garrard, Phil Brown, Lindsay D. Cameron, Phil Brown,, W.P. Avery, J. Foster, J. Bickett, F.H. Inglis, G. Devenport, t. lennon, h. wilkins, g.h. reid, c. hesselman, E. Fraser, Reginald Callister, F. Bicknell, Leslie Blick, W.T. Sayer, W.F. Hall, O.e. Jaeger, W. Gelard, P.C. Downes, G. Sides, F. Bruce, Frank Bruce.rotary converter, ambulance, slime treatment for attraction of gold, slime settler or dewaterer, brownhill consols mine kalgoorlie, transval geology, chlorine produced electrolytically, scaling of copper plates, eucalyptus, alumni, rollo e. huntley, j.r. booth, w. t. lakeland, lewis westcott, leo m. seward, reginald williamson, stanley white, clyde allan, charles laird, w. e. eyers, virgil tucker, h. hawkesworth, h. j. saw, fred g. brinsden, c. stevenson, fred treloar, j. peart, e. m. weston, dick galloway, h. b. bennetts, g. r. curry, h. meadows, will watson, don cameron, eric bieske, cliff garrard, lindsay d. cameron, phil brown, w. p avery, j. foster, james bickett, f. h. inglis, g. davenport, l. c. courbould, t. lennon, h. wilkins, g. h. reid, c. hesselmann, e. fraser, reginald callister, f. bicknell, leslie blick, w. t. sayer, h. f. hall, o. e. jaeger, w. geldard, p. c. downes, g. sides, f. bruce, e. c. hurdsfield, william baragwanath, r. i. moore, j. l. sampson, h. conran, w. gelard, frederick j. martell, h. cornell, g.c. klug, great fingall consolidated ltd, transvaal geology, eucalyptus gum tree, w.t. lakeland, lewis westcottm leo m. seward, charles lamb, w.e. eyres, h.j. saw, fred g. brisnden, e.m. weston, h.b. bennetts, g.r. curry, w.p. avery, j. bickett, f.h. inglis, g. devenport, g.h. reid, c. hesselman, w.t. sayer, w.f. hall, o.e. jaeger, p.c. downes, frank bruce., mt morgan, kalgoorlie, mt elliott copper mine, ballarat city baths, r.b. young

Two handwritten pages, and typed copies of same, addressed to Mr J. J. Stanistreet, Commonwealth Bank Chambers, Bendigo. Notes mention the gross weight, moisture content and net-dry weight of Pyrites Lot no 68, Slimes or Strakes Lot No 67 and Blanket Sand Lot no 66. Assay results are also mentioned. The share for Tributors is also tabled. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north deborah gold mining co n. l., north deborah gold mining co n. l., assay results for north deborah gold mining co n. l., mr j j stanistreet, school of mines, victor leggo & co

Maroon hard covered book of 239 pages. Along with technical information the book looks at cyanide processing around the world including South Africa, New Zealand, Kalgoorlie, Golden Horseshoe Mine, Great Boulder Main Reef, New South Wales, United States of America, Mexico, India, Canada.cyanide, mining, mcarthur-forrest process, laboratory, slimes, leaching, zinc precipitation, siemens-halske process, cyanide plantbutters' distributer, cyanide poisoning antidotes, south africa, new zealand, waihi mine, waikino, south kalgoorlie, united states, mexico, india

The 1st edition of this famous work, giving an excellent account of the machinery used in late 19th century metal mining in the UK and overseas is very rare. It covers a wide range of equipment - pumps, steam engines, drills, winding engines, stamps & concentration mills, aerial ropeways, tramways and early uses of electricity etc. Brown hard cloth covered book. xvi 564 pages with additional advertisements, with over 300 illustrations and drawings, some fold out. Chapters include Water as a motive power, Wind engines and ventilating machinery, Steam boilers/engines and oil engines, hoisting machinery, draining of Mines, pumping engines, rock drilling machinery, boring machinery, concentration machinery, sizing and classifications trommels, joggers and jigging, fine concentration, milling of gold ores, milling of silver ores, amalgamation plates and machinery, dry and roasting machinery, chlorination and cyandide processes for the extraction of gold, electricity as a motive power for mining, electric lighting and blasting, aerial wire ropeways, transport by rail and road. There a a number of lovely line illustrations in the book including: Poncelot's undershot waterwheel; Fromont furnace;Victor turbine; Pelton waterwheel; Root's positive blower;Cross section and front elevation of Lancashire boiler; Robey's Compound Mill Engine; Portable Winding Plant; Iron Pit Head Gear ; Loading Arrangement in an Incline Shaft; kibble; Worthington Pump; California Pump; Scram's Air Compressor; Rock drill Bits; Special Sharpening tools; Boring tools;Rotating Picking table; Ore Feeder; roller crusher; stamp battery; round buddle; slime table; vanner; amalgamating plant; belt elevator;roasting furnace;splicing wire rope; capel; tipping waggon;mining, cornish pump, linkenbach table, water wheel, ventilation, oil engine, california, america, water, steam boilers, steam engines, oil engines, pumpimg, rock drilling, boring, jiggers, milling, silver, gold, drying and roasting, chlorination, cyaniding, lead, zinc, copper, electricity, electric lighting, wire ropes, transport, wind engine, poppet head

Daphne WALLACE (1964- ) Gomaroi, Ullaroi, Wurralli, Muralli Country Wallace is a Gamilaroi/Ullaroi-Yuwaaliaay artist whose intensely coloured and textured abstract and pictorial paintings are interpretations of the Yuwaaliaay stories passed down to her by her grandmother. They are evocative of her spiritual and emotional attachment to her home in Lightening Ridge.Daphne WALLACE Gomaroi, Ullaroi, Wurraili, Muraili country Artist's statement: This painting tells of many different stories, most of them I knew growing up and some were told to me since working on the Bubbles of the Surface Project. ... Reading this landscape through Murri / Murdi eyes and our relation to country. In the top, Yurri Yurri women/people, Rainbow serpents the other side of Coocoran Lake, Bunyip waterhol near Angledool, Ants nest believed to be where Baiame laid his tow wives, where the ants ate off the slime and brought them back to life, mining fields around Lightning Ridge, Bush tucker such as bumbull, burrigan, nappan, greewee, snotty gubbuls. In the middle, Gurra the crocodile, Gurra the crocodile himself, when Baiame killed him to retrieve the two wives, a rainbow shone no him and his scales turned inot opals, left to the Narran Lake was where Baiame sat down and left his bottom imprinted in the rock. he got up and moved onto the blue mountains where his wives gave birth to the three sisters. At the botttom of the painting, Walgett council dug up two old Kings sitting up face to face with their legs crossed, with their Tin King plates around their necks; Their head bands of kangaroo teeth were still inbedded in their skulls. The water dog stories are at spots along river "don't go down thereon the bend (Namour Researve River) the water dog witll get you" Nan used to tell us. It is believed that the water dog makes whirlpools and will drown you. He makes a druming sound, which can be heard along the Namoir, Barwon, Darling, Gwydir, Mihi and the Narran River; and the Duck is part of the creation story, with the twin platypus. It tells how the water dog kidnapped her and kept her in a cave on the river bank, she escaped back to her people. They knew she was bingal therefore vanished her fro that region, she travelled to New England region giving birth to twin platypus.daphne wallace, aboriginal, gippsland campus, churchill, gomaroi, ullaroi, wurraili, muraili

The Ballarat School of Mines is a predecessor institution of Federation University Ausgtralia.Five copies of the Ballarat School of Mines Students' Magazine bound in a blue hard cover and quart bound in calf. 1902 - Retirement of Herbert L. Krause 1905 - Mt Lyall Ore Deposits Images: Ballarat School of Mines Sports Association Committee and Officers, 1905 Standing left to right: W. Pearce, T. Williams, S. Hepburn, Seward, W. Figgis, J.R. Reid, P. Elliott Sitting left to right: P.A. Pratt, N. Buley, John Sutherland, H.R Murphy, J. Inglis, R. Nevett 1906 Excursion to Broken Hill, The Artistic Printing Process, Hints on Portraiture, Arizona, Cornish Mining Images Ballarat School of Mines and AusImm at the Central Mine, Broken Hill; At Iron Knob, Brown Boveri Turbo Generator at Block 10, Junction Mine plant or Potter Process, Broken Hill Propriety Mill, Carlyon's Hotel, Sam Jamieson, Electrical Labortory, Ballarat School of Mines Rowing Eight, Sports Committee,ballarat school of mines, magazines, sports committee, thomas williams, mount lyell, w. pearce, t. williams, s. hepburn, seward, w. figgis, j.r. reid, p. elliott, p.a. pratt, n. buley, john sutherland, h.r murphy, j. inglis, r. nevett, herbert l. krause, broken hill, artistic printing process, hints on portraiture, arizona, cornish mining, ausimm at the central mine, broken hill, iron knob, brown boveri turbo generator at block 10, junction mine plant or potter process, broken hill propriety mill, carlyon's hotel, sam jamieson, electrical labortory, ballarat school of mines rowing eight, sports committee,, rowing on lake wendouree, boat shed, h. valentine, l. seward, c. macgennis, d. don, m. gaunt, h. owne, l. nott, s. leathes, j.a. reid, h.r. murphy, alfred mica smith, r. hosking, zeehan, moonta, wallaroo, smelting silver, south africa, south australia excursion, sunnyside woollen mills, tasmanian excursion, swedish iron, mt jukes excurson, western australian gold ore, wynne-grant furnace, bhp sintering slimes, leggo furnace, mine ventilation, mount morgan mine, mount pani ltd, new zealand coal, adelaide school of mines, students' association, at iron knob, ausimm, excursions, visits, south australian excursion