George McCulloch was an inspector of machinery for the Western Australia Department of Mines. Brown hard covered book of 452 pages including illustrations and index. Contents include Design; Tail ropes; Winding from Great Depths; Colliery Winding; Electric Winding; Steam engine details, Drims; brakes; Clutches; Safety Devices; Winding ropes; Cages; Skips; Cage Safety Gear, Safety Cages; Cage Guides; Head gearsmining, winding, engines, steam engines, safety devices, winding ropes, cages, safety cages

Four-page typed document plus location map. The United Hustlers and Redan mine was located in the North Bendigo, Long Gully area on the Hustlers line of reef. The lease was 153 acres and included Holdsworth, Holmes, Havilah Roads and Wood Street. The Redan shaft was 1,830ft and the South or K.K. Shaft was 1,960 ft. Poppet legs steel 71 ft high. Features of the plant are described including the engine house, winding engine, air compressor, boilers, fuel, winding ropes.bendigo, mining, united hustlers and redan mine

Five page handwritten document with: 1. details of the Carshalton line of reef and a photocopied extract from an book (not referenced) with information about the Carshalton Gold Mining Company NL 2. Some facts and figures and comments ( about Bendigo mines generally) topics include deep shafts, shafts made safe, men employed on field, cost of firewood, winding ropes - flat and round, size of mining shafts, weekly wages, 'years of pride' and 'years of destruction'. Signed by Albert Richardson, 29 Harrison Street, Bendigo.March 1968.bendigo, mining, carshalton reef line

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

J.H. Merivale was a prodfessor of mining in the Durham College of Science, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. H.F. Bulman was an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a member of the federated Institution of Mining Engineers. Green hard covered book of 188 pages. mining, brook, mining students, mathematics, newcastle coal field, ropes, chains, seams, dykes, dams, timber measure, timber costing, mines act, rules, explosives act, horses, windmills, horse power, boilers explosions, compressed air, wire ropes, steam, water power, electricity, sinking, winding, draining, hauling, chemistry, gases, ventilation, boring, formulae

Found under the wooden floor of the Billiards room of 717 Flinders St. during renovation works on Tuesday 29 May 2018. This size of pack would have held 5 small cigarettes. Probably dropped by a visiting seafarer during a game of billiards. ( NB the term Capstan in the nautical context refers to the winding mechanism used to wind in ropes and halyards often manned by several crew on older vessels.)The company WD & HO Wills were also cigarette manufacturers of the brand "Senior Service" ( referencing the Navy) this pack also uses the term "Navy" and "Capstan" in the brand name, alluding to the nautical, perhaps suggesting that seafarers or those with an interest in the sea were especially targeted by promotions and advertising in the 20th c. Commercially printed very small packet wrap or box for a pack of 5 cigarettes originally folded and glued now opened out. ( the card slide out holder or silver paper wrap of the cigarettes that would have completed the packet is missing).See Image for detailscigarettes, packaging, capstan, navy cut, sailors, seamen, smoking

Handwritten notes, with typed transcript of same, on Catherine Reef United Mine Manager, J. M. Eyre Report 20/5/'72. Recommends the purchase of a new boiler. S. Jackson killed in a boiler explosion which the jury said was due to an error of judgement on his part. Recommendations, re New Winding Engine and Poppet Legs by Rbt. Coakes 18th May, 1905. Truck road from the shaft to the battery. Recommendation to call for tenders for a new changing house and a blacksmith shop. Reports about boilers, ropes, cleaning of machinery, testing of brakes, slack coal from the Powlett North Woolamai Collieries, crushings, number of batteries, low wood supply and a visit to the New Moon & South New Moon which are burning the Powlett slack coal. Albert Richardson Collectiondocument, gold, mining reports, mining reports, catherine reef united mine managers reports, j m eyre, myrtle creek coy, s jackman, rbt coakes, great northern co, virginia co, mr roberts, mr harkness, mr mcgrath, ernest mueller, roberts & sons, mr bennett, mr abrahams, mr sluyterman, j langdon, electrical supply coy, smiths, powlett north woolamai collieries, m j gwatkins, new moon, south new moon

Two copies of handwritten extracts from the Mine Managers of the Princess Dagmar Mine, Garden Gully line. Mine managers were J. Ebboth, Charles Gambetta, A. Williams and S. Richards. Subjects reported on include supply of water to boiler, new engine- driver, stolen gold, engine house destroyed by fire, painting and cementing the chimney stack, sale of galvd iron and oil barrels, contractors erecting machinery, crushings, repair to shaft, new ropes, broken indicator on winding engine and work stopping and recommencing seven months later. Reports range in date from 1881 to 1914.document, gold, mining reports, extracts from princess dagmar mine manager's report, john ebbott, mr roberts, mr lansell, john roberts, bendigo advertiser sat jan 23rd 1897, harkness and coy, almond williams, mr r eddy, f warren, s richards

Handwritten notes and typed copy of same, on a fire at Ironbark. From the Bendigo Advertiser 1/1/1894 (Page 2). Destructive Fire at Ironbark. A Mining Engine House Destroyed. Shortly before 12 o'clock Sat. night a fire broke out in the engine-house of the North Garden Gully & Passby Company. Flames first noticed by neighbours. Contacted Capt. J Walker - Temperance Brigade. Building was of brick. Interior of building completely gutted. Winding plant appears to be not altogether destroyed. End of one of the compressors was blown out, and the wire ropes damaged somewhat. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north garden gully & passby company, north garden gully & passby company, bendigo advertiser 1/1/1894 page 2, capt j walker, temperance brigade

Handwritten page and typed copy of same, of happenings at the North Johnsons and on the back North Garden. Written on page: North Johnsons, Copy our from M/M Reports. Cage stuck 26/10/1900, Scarcity of water 6/1/1899 9/11/1900, Boiler at Rose taken down etc 28/10/1899, Old workings giving trouble 14/10/1898, 8/7/1898 No ladderway, slack ropes fouled - cage etc at 485 ft., 7/6/1901 Water 3,000 gals a day, 2360 feet 2/3/1900 Miner burnt Candle (Gas?). On the back: North Garden, G. Armstrong ?, E'House open, Machinery, 16/6/1881 Old W. Wigley as watchman. 3/11/1881 Engine man Toy let 5 men into the well through carelessness. (Discharged.) Got another man - Grey. He could not manage it. Now have Syme ? Cannot say much about him yet. Half Yearly Report. 26/1/1882. New Plant. All work suspended to put in new machinery. Pair of 20'' cyl. For winding. 12 inch Ford Compressor, New Poppet Legs & Brace & Quartz shoots. Av. Of 13 1/2 dwts from new reef at 1320 '. Albert Richardson Collection. document, gold, north johnsons mine, north johnsons mine, north garden, happenings at the north johnsons mine and north garden, m/m reports, g armstrong, w wigley, engine man toy, grey, syme?, ford compressor

Handwritten notes on New Chum & Victoria Mine Manager's Report. Dates 1878 and 1879. Wm. H. Grainger Mine Manager. Items mentioned are: amount of firewood, winding engine, mishap towinding gear, winding engine driver mistake, flat ropes, rope breaking, Directors deciding to replace flat ropes with round ropes, water laid on from main to mine, Directors decided to throw out present winding gear, old machinery being pulled down and all work stopped except repairs to shaft and alterations to pithead pulleys.document, gold, new chum & victoria lines of reef, new chum & victoria mine manager's report, wm h grainger, messrs mitchell of melbourne, north old chum, mitchell & osborne, middleton safety hooks, ar

Documents: Envelope contains - 1934 Certificate for wire ropes, Certificates of Inspection of Boiler 1936, 1933 Prospectus, Agreements with Herbert Jackson Leed(South Blue Consolidated), correspondence, 1933 list of applications for shares and related documents, suspension of Labour Covenant for lease 9982, 1933 list of Allotted shares, 1933 hire agreement - Miller & Co machinery for winding engines boiler, air compressor, pump, air receiver.MCCOLL RANKIN AND STANISTREETorganization, business, gold mining - legal, mccoll rankin and stanistreet

Significant to mining history of Bendigo.Black and white photographs: winder. Winder inside corrugated iron shed. Two winder wheels, metal framework on right hand side. (a) Winding wheels erected 1/7/35, three men inspecting various aspects of the machinery. (b) Winder in shed, side view with two men putting on winder ropes. Written in pencil on back of photographs : (a) 'Napoleon winder 1/7/35. (b) Napoleon winder putting on ropes 30.8.35. napoleon gold mine, winder, bedplate

Set of reports for the "Return of fuel & Oil used at ...... Power House during the Month of November 1918", listing the amount and value of fuels, lubricants, bearing oil, road pulley lubricants, rope oil and rope tar for various cars houses. Prepared on a pre-printed form. Also lists the length of ropes and the average amounts per mile of rope. Form No.374, 7/17 Gives details for the following Power houses. Richmond Fitzroy Brunswick Johnston St North Carlton St Kilda Esplanade Prahran North Melbourne South Melbournetrams, tramways, cable trams, reports, winding houses, power house, richmond, fitzroy, brunswick, johnston st, north carlton, st kilda, esplanade, prahran, north melbourne, south melbourne

"Melbourne Tramways Past & Present" - set of photos, drawings and notes of (Left to Right, Top to Bottom), Cable tram Richmond Depot employees 1909, Grip mechanism, Photo of the WW1 Honour Board, a horse cab carrying revenue to a bank, Transporting a cable by horse, installing cable to the Windsor line by T Warr & Co 1891, Nicholson St Power House interior, Chief Magistrate of Port Phillip settlement 1836 to 1939 who lived in a house now occupied by Head Office Building, illuminated address to F B Clapp, retirement 1916, drawings by Hal Gye & David Low of J G Roberts Cable Manager, Official & Clerical Staff at Clifton Hill - last line to operate, Depot Employees at Clifton Hill at Final Stage Oct 1940, No. 1 tram becomes Museum piece for National Museum, Australias First Conductresses Aug 1941, Instructor G S Boardman, Decorated peace tram in celebration following armistice 1919, Double deck bus with Conductresses, Royal Park Zoo tram, Openings of PMTT 1910, text box history of the bodies that formed the MMTB, Peter Henry ABC Broadcaster 3-7-1940 on a cable tram, and opening of HTT in 1916. Original poster prepared by the MMTB in 1943 See Reg Item 2854 for a framed photograph and 6367 for another poster of the time - Melbourne tramways past and present poster. See Reg Items 6358, 6122, 6121, 6354 and 6774 for individual photographs.Yields information about the Melbourne tram system and its history to 1943Photograph - of a MMTB Poster titled "Melbourne Tramways Past & Present"tramways, trams, cable trams, richmond, honour board, cash transport, cable ropes, clifton hill, nicholson st, winding house, f b clapp, conductresses, peace tram, double deck buses, zoo horse tram, pmtt, htt, abc

Paper presented to the 31/3/1927 Annual meeting of the Victorian Institute of Engineers by W R Pollock, titled "Melbourne Cable Tramway System". Covers the motive power, the steam engines themselves, horse power required for the system of cables, operations, effects of flooding on the cable, the cables themselves, rope materials, changing ropes over, use of pulleys, supervision of the ropes, wearing of the rope, repairs, operation of the cables, bunched strands, splicing of new ropes into old ropes, keeping of records, and country of manufacture. Followed by a series of questions and answers from attendees; operation of the grip, could ropes be made in Australia and loading on the cable.Yields information about the cables used in the cable trams system, its operations, repairs and wear.Journal - printed, centre stapled, 24 pages - proceedings of 31/3/1927.Has some corrections to the text of the cable tram paper.cable trams, cable grip, cable ropes, grip tram, engine houses, winding house

Typed original of the text for item 1836 - "Melbourne Cable Tramways - Details of Construction and Operation of the Power Houses and Track". See item 9692 for the associated drawings. The report compiled by William R. Pollock, MMTB Power House Superintendent. Report not dated, possibly late to mid 1930's. Consists of 12 pages of notes on the power house, cable operation and repairs, the grip and other aspects of operation. Published by the MMTB. See also Reg Item 7895 for the drawings and 2129 re Mr. Pollock's employment.Yields information about the cables used in the cable trams system, its operations, repairs and wear.Report - typed carbon copy 15 foolscap sheets titled "The Melbourne Cable Tramway System"cable trams, cable grip, cable ropes, grip tram, engine houses, winding house