Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph, Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Two men standing in front of a diamond drill. Man on left hand side, wearing shorts, rubber boots and hard hat, has a large spanner in his hand. Man on right in overalls, boots and hard hat, is standing alongside a ventilation pipeline and holding a tool in his hand. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive, diamond drill

Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph, two men standing in front of lift shaft. Colin Cruickshank, Manager, Western Mining standing on right of image. David Horsfall, reporter from the Bendigo Advertiser, standing on the left. Mine cage in immediate background. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine shaft, mine cage, colin cruickshank, david horsfall

Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph showing decayed and broken mine timbers in a drive at the Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive, mine timbers

Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph, Mick Lovell, operations, standing beside a mechanical loader (bogger) in drive of Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Loader is tipping ore into a truck. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive, mechanical loader, bogger

Black and white photograph: image taken looking upwards in a stope toward ladders and timbering in a drive at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive, stope

Black and white photocopy of newspaper article. Two photos and text: 'Two underground miners standing in front of a diamond drill operating at the Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Western Mining's Bendigo residential manager Colin Cruickshank on left hand side and Dexter Broughton working on the drill'. gold mining, underground, quartz vein, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, colin cruickshank, western mining gmc, diamond drill, dexter broughton

Black and white photograph: underground mine photograph. Miner in a drive, standing in front of an ore truck. Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive, ore truck

Black and white photograph: Miner with case containing equipment; underground at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, mine drive

Black and white photograph: Two underground miners operating a diamond drill in a drive at the Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Men are wearing hard hats, lights and overalls. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, diamond drill

Black and white photograph: ore cart on rails in drive, Williams United Gold Mine Eaglehawk. Man driving, looking down on rails. Ventilation pipeline on right hand side of image. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, ore cart, ventilation system

Black and white photograph. Two underground miners inspecting a drive at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk 1987. Colin Cruickshank Manager of Western Mining on right of image. Timbering and rock bolt on wall behind. gold mining, underground, quartz vein, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, colin cruickshank, western mining gmc

The Williams United Shaft (New Chum Reef) is a significant historical gold mining site in Eaglehawk, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. Located at the end of Junction Street, this heritage-listed site contains remnants of mining infrastructure, including a poppet head, compressor beds, and a winder bed, amidst old open-cut workings and mullock heaps. The mine was part of the rich Bendigo goldfield and is recognized on the Victorian Heritage Inventory. In the 1980s, a company, Bendigo Mining NL, proposed a re- development of the mine with an opencut and underground workings, leading to environmental assessments and the collection of photographs of the decaying underground infrastructure.Black and white photograph: two miners timbering a drive at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Miner in background hammering a nail in, with hand extended to miner squatting on floor of drive, who is handing up a nail. Miner, holding the hammer, is smoking a cigarette.gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, timbering

Black and white photograph: two miners operating a rock drill in a drive at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. Temporary roof support jack in centre front of image. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, timbering

Black and white photograph: miner, wearing hard hat and lamp, holding a pelican pick. Two miners in background. Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, pelican pick

Black and white photograph: miner (possibly Dale Williams ?) holding a small pick, inspecting quartz vein at the Wattle Gully Gold Mine Chewton. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, timbering

Black and white photograph: miner holding a piece of quartz, standing in drive in front of rockface at Williams United Gold Mine, Eaglehawk. gold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc

Black and white photograph: miner standing in front of timbered section in drive at Wattle Gully Gold Mine, Chewtongold mining, underground, williams united gold mine, eaglehawk, western mining gmc, timbering