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Federation University Historical CollectionBooklet, Peter McCarthy, Ballarat Underground Mining Conference Paper, 1992
... Ballarat Underground Mining Conference Paper......underground mining...Mining underground mining Peter McCarthy Four A4 pages from the AMG Conference Ballarat Underground Mining Conference Paper Booklet Peter McCarthy ...Four A4 pages from the AMG Conference mining, underground mining, peter mccarthy -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - UNDERGROUND MINING: JUMBO MACHINERY BEING OPERATED
... UNDERGROUND MINING: JUMBO MACHINERY BEING OPERATED...Copy of photo: underground mining scene. Large jumbo machine digging at face of mine. ...COTTAGE Miners Copy of photo: underground mining scene. Large jumbo machine digging at face of mine. ...Copy of photo: underground mining scene. Large jumbo machine digging at face of mine. Two men standing alongside machine. Bendigo Mine ? Fosterville Gold Mine ? Photo donated by John Williams in Feb. 2012. Written on rear of photo : John Williams, Feb. 2012'cottage, miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: underground mining machinery, 21st May 1999
... Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: underground mining machinery...Four separate images showing underground mining machinery working in the Swan Decline, Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine. ...Photograph Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: underground mining machinery ...Colour photocopy of original photo. Four separate images showing underground mining machinery working in the Swan Decline, Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine. On one machine (bottom LH corner) 'Tamrock DT 18' visible on side of equipment. Date stamp on all four images is 12/6/2000, between times of 12.35 p.m. to 12.48 p.m.western mining corporation, goldmining, capping, shaft, mining regulations, kangaroo flat gold mine, 2000, swan decline, machinery -
Stawell Historical Society IncMap, Stawell Gold Mine, Stawell Gold Mine Photo Map of Stawell Township showing Underground Declines in mining lease, 2007
... Stawell Gold Mine Photo Map of Stawell Township showing Underground Declines in mining lease....mining gold map Aerial Views Stawell SGM photo Map 2007 Produced for Public Consultation over Big Hill Open Pit Proposal. Stawell Gold Mine Photo Map of Stawell Township showing Underground Declines in mining lease. ...SGM photo Map 2007 Produced for Public Consultation over Big Hill Open Pit Proposal. Aerial Views Stawellmining, gold, map -
Stawell Historical Society IncMemorabilia - Realia, 1880-1900
... Underground Mining Trolley with Four Wheels. Type used in Stawell (From Queensland) ...Stawell Underground Mining Trolley with Four Wheels. Type used in Stawell (From Queensland) Memorabilia Realia ...Underground Mining Trolley with Four Wheels. Type used in Stawell (From Queensland) stawell -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: PRESS RELEASE
... Copy of a two page press release mentioning the placement of an information marker to acknowledge the achievement that underground mining made to Bendigo. It was felt that Long Gully was the ideal location for a marker as not only was the Long Gully township an underground mining centre it is also close to being geographically the centre of the Bendigo deep mining field....BHS Collection BENDIGO History long gully history group The Long Gully History Group - Press Release The Long Gully History Group The Cornish Association The City of Greater Bendigo Long Gully Community House Copy of a two page press release mentioning the placement of an information marker to acknowledge the achievement that underground mining made to Bendigo. It was felt that Long Gully was the ideal location for a marker as not only was the Long Gully township an underground mining centre it is also close to being geographically the centre of the Bendigo deep mining field. ...BHS CollectionCopy of a two page press release mentioning the placement of an information marker to acknowledge the achievement that underground mining made to Bendigo. It was felt that Long Gully was the ideal location for a marker as not only was the Long Gully township an underground mining centre it is also close to being geographically the centre of the Bendigo deep mining field.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - press release, the long gully history group, the cornish association, the city of greater bendigo, long gully community house -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - BENDIGO MINING, WALKING UNDERGROUND FROM SPRING GULLY TO EAGLEHAWK
... BENDIGO MINING, WALKING UNDERGROUND FROM SPRING GULLY TO EAGLEHAWK...It was said in the 'heyday of Bendigo's gold mining it was possible to walk underground from Spring Gully to Eaglehawk' Article describes a walk done in 1988 from the 8th level of the Central Deborah Gold Mine shaft (270 m) through a series of tortuous and at times hazardous drives, stopes, shafts and cross overs to the 8th level of the North Deborah Gold Mine. ...Newspaper BENDIGO MINING, WALKING UNDERGROUND FROM SPRING GULLY TO EAGLEHAWK ...Newspaper article, Bendigo Advertiser, Thursday October 13, 1988, page 1. It was said in the 'heyday of Bendigo's gold mining it was possible to walk underground from Spring Gully to Eaglehawk' Article describes a walk done in 1988 from the 8th level of the Central Deborah Gold Mine shaft (270 m) through a series of tortuous and at times hazardous drives, stopes, shafts and cross overs to the 8th level of the North Deborah Gold Mine. Steven Hinde, Bendigo Mining's Chief Geologist lead the trek, which proved it was still possible to go down one shaft and emerge up another. When Bendigo Mining dewatered the Central Deborah shaft it uncovered the old connecting passages.bendigo, mining, central deborah gold mine -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - UNKNOWN MINING PHOTOS - UNDERGROUND MINERS
... UNKNOWN MINING PHOTOS - UNDERGROUND MINERS...Unknown Mining Photos... Underground...Photograph UNKNOWN MINING PHOTOS - UNDERGROUND MINERS ...Two photocopies of photos of men working underground in a mine. Each photo has two men in it. In one photo, the men are shovelling ore.photo, unknown mining photos, underground miners -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Booklet - Central Deborah Gold Mine, Undergo a Golden Experience
... ...underground mining...Central Deborah Gold Mine gold tourism underground mining Folded, colour brochure describing an underground tourism experience that can be had at the Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo. ...Folded, colour brochure describing an underground tourism experience that can be had at the Central Deborah Gold Mine, Bendigo. A trip on the Vintage Talking Tram is also encouraged. central deborah gold mine, gold, tourism, underground mining -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Ephemera - Invitation to official opening of Central Deborah Gold Mine
... ...underground mining...Central Deborah Gold Mine gold tourism underground mining invitation Hon. John Cain Daryl McClure Invitation on gold card, issued by the Chairman of the Bendigo Trust, Mr. ...Invitation on gold card, issued by the Chairman of the Bendigo Trust, Mr. D.H.R. McClure and Directors to Mr and Mrs. Martin Sheehan, to the official opening of the Central Bendigo Gold Mine, by the Hon. John Cain. on 20th June 1986. central deborah gold mine, gold, tourism, underground mining, invitation, hon. john cain, daryl mcclure -
Clunes MuseumTool - PULLEY
... UNDERGROUND MINING...USED IN UNDERGROWN MINING ON THE GOLD FIELDS UNDERGROUND MINING MINING TOOL WOODEN PULLEY Wooden Pulley with ropes attached. ...This wooden pulley was used in mineshafts. The pulley is a wheel with a grooved rim inside a wooden frame for carrying a rope, turning in the frame and serving to change the direction of, or transmit power, as in pulling at one end of the line to raise a weight or object at the other end.USED IN UNDERGROWN MINING ON THE GOLD FIELDSWooden Pulley with ropes attached. Pulley has rope bound round outside to form a metal lined loop to attach to hook above and one lead reinforced loop to attach load to be lowered. The grooved wheel in centre of pulley houses the rope or to attach the load for transport.underground mining, mining tool, wooden pulley -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Miner with core samples, Not dated but possibly 1980's
... Mining...underground...Gold Mining underground Western Mining GMC core samples Gold miner Black and white photograph: Miner, dressed in hard hat, light on belt, inspecting a case of core samples. ...Black and white photograph: Miner, dressed in hard hat, light on belt, inspecting a case of core samples. Mine not named on image.gold mining, underground, western mining gmc, core samples, gold miner -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - CENTRAL DEBORAH GOLD MINE, 1985 ?
... Black and white photograph of underground mining scene, showing helmeted male with wheeled skip on rails. ...ORGANIZATION Business central deborah gold mine Black and white photograph of underground mining scene, showing helmeted male with wheeled skip on rails. ...Black and white photograph of underground mining scene, showing helmeted male with wheeled skip on rails. Level 2 Centrel Deborah Gold Mine 1985 ( j. Lerk 11.2.2000 )organization, business, central deborah gold mine -
Lakes Entrance Historical SocietyBook, Paill Raymond, Old Walhalla- Portrait of a Gold Town, 1964
... A history of the town of Walhalla victoria, from the early alluvial mining in 1860's through the heady days of rich underground mining to its rgression to a sleepy ghost town in the 1960's...Mines and Mining Township Transport A history of the town of Walhalla victoria, from the early alluvial mining in 1860's through the heady days of rich underground mining to its rgression to a sleepy ghost town in the 1960's Old Walhalla- Portrait of a Gold Town Book Paill Raymond ...A history of the town of Walhalla victoria, from the early alluvial mining in 1860's through the heady days of rich underground mining to its rgression to a sleepy ghost town in the 1960'smines and mining, township, transport -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: LOCAL HISTORY GRANTS PROGRAM ROUND 3
... Application is for a Poppet Head to acknowledge the Men and their families who worked in the underground mining industry and the achievement that Underground Mining made to make the City of Greater Bendigo what it is today. ...Application is for a Poppet Head to acknowledge the Men and their families who worked in the underground mining industry and the achievement that Underground Mining made to make the City of Greater Bendigo what it is today. ...Application form to Local History Grants Program Round 3. Four pages with Public Record Office Victoria and logo in the top left corner and Victoria the Place To Be and logo in the top right corner. Written at the top of the page is ? Draft. Application is for a Poppet Head to acknowledge the Men and their families who worked in the underground mining industry and the achievement that Underground Mining made to make the City of Greater Bendigo what it is today. Also mentioned is estimated cost of of the project.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - local history grants program round 3, public record office victoria, long gully community house inc, long gully history group, mr george ellis, city of greater bendigo, long gully linear park, city of greater bendigo recreation department, city of greater bendigo community environmental education department, long gully community newsletter, eaglehawk times, bendigo advertiser, bendigo tourist bureau, shared action project (st lukes) -
Ballarat Heritage ServicesImage, Mine Warfare During World War One, c1918, c1918
... ...underground warfare...mining...world war one underground warfare mining warfare western front Tunnellers mining corps Four black and white images of miners under the Western front during World War One. ...Four black and white images of miners under the Western front during World War One. They are possibly French soldiers. world war one, underground warfare, mining warfare, western front, tunnellers, mining corps -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: MARKING OUR MINING HISTORY
... the Long Gully History Group plans to create an information marker in its neighbourhood acknowledging the role underground mining made to Bendigo....BENDIGO History long gully history group The Long Gully History Group - Marking our mining history Long Gully History Group The Bendigo Cornish Association George Ellis Bendigo Advertiser Copy of a newspaper article titled Marking our mining history printed in the Bendigo Adveretiser 27/5/2002. the Long Gully History Group plans to create an information marker in its neighbourhood acknowledging the role underground mining made to Bendigo. Document LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: MARKING OUR MINING HISTORY ...Copy of a newspaper article titled Marking our mining history printed in the Bendigo Adveretiser 27/5/2002. the Long Gully History Group plans to create an information marker in its neighbourhood acknowledging the role underground mining made to Bendigo.bendigo, history, long gully history group, the long gully history group - marking our mining history, long gully history group, the bendigo cornish association, george ellis, bendigo advertiser -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - ALBERT RICHARDSON COLLECTION: UNDERGROUND CONNECTIONS
... Mining...underground connections...On front cover: Mining Information. Underground Connections Approx. Longitudinal Sections. ...BENDIGO Mining underground connections Buff cover, exercise book. ...Buff cover, exercise book. On front cover: Mining Information. Underground Connections Approx. Longitudinal Sections. First page contains an index of the mines. Book contains handwritten records of the connections between the mines under Bendigo. Mines in index: Carshalton Line, Lancashire Line, Napoleon Line, British and Foreign Line, Nell Gwynne Line, New Chum Line, Eureka Extended, New Chum Railway, Shenandoah, Young Chum, Garibaldi, Ellesmere, New Chum United, Lansells 222, Lazarus, North Old Chum, Lansells Big 180, Great Extended Victoria, New Victoria, Catherine, New St. Mungo, Duchess of Edinburgh, Phoenix, St. Mungo, Sadowa, Acadia, Williams United, Catherine Reef United. Garden Gully Line, Great Southern to Ulster United.bendigo, mining, underground connections -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: mining equipment, 21st May 1999
... A bogger is a heavy-duty piece of equipment used in underground mining to transport rocks, ore, and other materials from the digging face to processing facilities or loading areas. ...A bogger is a heavy-duty piece of equipment used in underground mining to transport rocks, ore, and other materials from the digging face to processing facilities or loading areas. ...A bogger is a heavy-duty piece of equipment used in underground mining to transport rocks, ore, and other materials from the digging face to processing facilities or loading areas. A bogger operator is an individual who controls the machinery used to transport materials.Colour photocopy of original photo. Image shows red load haul dump loader, pictured parked on a mine road at the Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine site. Date stamp on bottom RH corner: 21/5/1999.western mining corporation, goldmining, capping, shaft, mining regulations, kangaroo flat gold mine, 1999 -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Newspaper - Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: Bendigo Mining
... Bendigo Mining is planning open pits in Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat but may change their plan to develop underground mining projects. ...Bendigo Mining is planning open pits in Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat but may change their plan to develop underground mining projects. Newspaper Kangaroo Flat Gold Mine Collection: Bendigo Mining ...'Bendigo Advertiser' article, 8th July, 1997, 'Mine plan doubt'. Falling gold prices are forcing a rethink on Bendigo Mining's 'plans for open cut mining'. Bendigo Mining is planning open pits in Eaglehawk and Kangaroo Flat but may change their plan to develop underground mining projects. gold mining, bendigo, open cut mining, bendigo mining co., doug buerger, eaglehawk, kangaroo flat -
Federation University Historical CollectionPlan, Underground Survey of Mines, Ballarat East, 1885, 09/1889
... mining...underground survey...Surveyed by Robert Allan under the direction of the Secretary of Mines. ballarat east mines mining underground survey robert allan chinese ah chong ah young bakery hill black hill black hill lead bakery hill lead cricket pennyweight hill gravel pitts lead golden point lead navy jack's lead mopoke lead eureka lead association lead warrenheip lead cgt plans Rectangular plan showing placement of mines in 1889. ...Surveyed by Robert Allan under the direction of the Secretary of Mines.Rectangular plan showing placement of mines in 1889. Mines include Hick's and Gilpin's lease, Comstock, Melbourne Company, Victoria United, Speedwell Company, New Normanby, Pasha Surprise, Central Sulieman, West Llanberris, Britannia United, Victoria Unites, Clinton's, Orient Company, North Sulieman, Sulieman Extended, Pasha Surprise, Golden Fountain, Prince regent, Clark and Company, Tinworth, North Woah Hawp, Detering, R.A. Thompson, Dazelles and buchanan, Barnett, Braybrook, Ladt Cornwall, Hanthorne, Dalzelles and gay, Southern Cross, M. Acheson, Cricket Reserveballarat east, mines, mining, underground survey, robert allan, chinese, ah chong, ah young, bakery hill, black hill, black hill lead, bakery hill lead, cricket, pennyweight hill, gravel pitts lead, golden point lead, navy jack's lead, mopoke lead, eureka lead, association lead, warrenheip lead, cgt, plans -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Williams United Mine Eaglehawk, Possibly 1990's
... Mining...underground...underground miners inspecting a promising sample from a strong quartz vein at the face. Photo is duplicate of image published in the Bendigo Advertiser (no date). Text on newspaper image: "Deep in the Williams United mine at Eaglehawk miners examine promising samples from a strong quartz vein at the face. To the left is Western Mining's...Gold Mining underground quartz vein Williams United Gold Mine Eaglehawk Black and white photograph. ...Black and white photograph. Two underground miners inspecting a promising sample from a strong quartz vein at the face. Photo is duplicate of image published in the Bendigo Advertiser (no date). Text on newspaper image: "Deep in the Williams United mine at Eaglehawk miners examine promising samples from a strong quartz vein at the face. To the left is Western Mining's Bendigo residential manager Colin Cruickshank and to the right underground shift boss for the mining contractors, Eltin Pty Ltd Wetner Borchert".gold mining, underground, quartz vein, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Engine room, Not dated but possibly 1980's
... Mining...underground...Gold Mining underground Black and white photograph: engine driver sitting at controls of winding engine with left hand on lever. ...Black and white photograph: engine driver sitting at controls of winding engine with left hand on lever. Mine not named on image but possibly Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton.gold mining, underground -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, Not dated but possibly 1980's
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine Chewton winding gear Black and white photograph: view of engine room. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: view of engine room. Wattle Gully Gold Mine winding gear, two winding wheels in centre of image.gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, chewton, winding gear -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Winding Gear, Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, 1982
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine Chewton winding gear Black and white photograph: view of engine room. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: view of engine room. Wattle Gully Gold Mine winding gear, two winding wheels in centre of image.gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, chewton, winding gear -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, 1982
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine Chewton ore bins poppet head mine sheds Black and white photograph: view of Wattle Gully mine site with ore bins, poppet head and mining sheds. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: view of Wattle Gully mine site with ore bins, poppet head and mining sheds. Eucalypt trees in centre of image. gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, chewton, ore bins, poppet head, mine sheds -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, 1980's
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine ore elevators Black and white photograph: view of Wattle Gully mine site with two elevators, centre of image. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: view of Wattle Gully mine site with two elevators, centre of image. gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, ore elevators -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewton, 1980's
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine mine sheds ore bins Black and white photograph: landscape view of Wattle Gully mine site. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: landscape view of Wattle Gully mine site. Eucalypt trees in foreground, mining sheds in background. Ore bins on left hand side of image.gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, mine sheds, ore bins -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - AUSTIN COLLECTION: Bill Williamson, 1980's
... Mining...underground...Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Gold Mining underground Wattle Gully Gold Mine mine sheds ore bins Written on back of photo in blue pen: Bill Williamson, old miner from Castlemaine, (mined through depression yrs) Black and white photograph: former miner from Castlemaine, Bill Williamson, leaning on a shovel, reading newspaper clippings pinned on trifold noticeboard. ...Wattle Gully Mine holds a pivotal position in the history of the State's quartz mining industry. The rich strike at Wattle Gully mine in 1937 helped revive the State's gold mining industry that had been in the doldrums since the First World War. Wattle Gully, and a handful of other 'new' companies - the Maude and Yellow Girl, Morning Star, A 1, and North Deborah - were the flagships of the revived industry and sustained the State's gold production for some 30 years. Wattle Gully mine, with a yield of 350,000 ounces, was the richest mine of its era. By 1940, the Wattle Gully Company had paid out £207,000 in dividends to its shareholders. The company continued to mine profitably through the Second World War, though it struggled due to a shortage of manpower. After the war, the mine continued to develop - in the early 1950s new plant including a winding engine, steel poppet head, and twenty-head battery was added. The plant was obtained from the Central Nell Gwynne Company, Bendigo. On 13 March 1969, the Wattle Gully Company closed down the mine, laying off 62 men. Since 1970 Wattle Gully mine has worked intermittently. Recent additions to the mine's infrastructure has been a new ore processing plant and a decline tunnel. The ore processing plant was operated by Newmont mining from 1987 to 1990 and subsequently operated by Consolidated Victorian Mines and Duketon Goldfields. The mine site has retained evidence of its development since 1937 with its most recent periods of equipment upgrades in the 1950s and 1980s being documented by buildings, structures and intact and working machinery. Heritage Council Victoria: https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2380 Black and white photograph: former miner from Castlemaine, Bill Williamson, leaning on a shovel, reading newspaper clippings pinned on trifold noticeboard. One notice ' Bendigo Advertiser, 'Gold protest dig aims to strike it rich'. Photo probably taken near Chewton.Written on back of photo in blue pen: Bill Williamson, old miner from Castlemaine, (mined through depression yrs) gold mining, underground, wattle gully gold mine, mine sheds, ore bins -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Photograph - Austin Collection: miners underground, 1980's
... mining...underground miners...mining underground miners 1980's. shovel skip Bendigo Written on back of photograph in blue pen: ' Paul Maher, John Jeffrey'. ...Black and white photograph: two men holding shovels, standing near a skip, rock wall behind. Men are wearing hard hats and lights, overalls.Written on back of photograph in blue pen: ' Paul Maher, John Jeffrey'.mining, underground miners, 1980's., shovel, skip, bendigo
