Historical information
BHS Collection
Physical description
Photocopy of a newspaper article titled Water Continues to Rise in the Victoria Quartz by James Lerk. Article mentions the water problem in the Victoria Quartz Mine and where they believed it was coming from. Also mentioned is the mining inspector William Abraham. There is a short history of his working life up to the time of his qualifying as a mine manager after studying part-time for ten years at the Bendigo School of Mines. There is a dark photo of William and his horse.
Subjects
- bendigo,
- history,
- long gully history group,
- the long gully history group - water in the victoria quartz,
- james lerk,
- victoria quartz,
- william abraham,
- new chum reef,
- matthew stevens,
- south bellevue,
- new chum and victoria mine,
- lazarus,
- new chum drainage association,
- william abraham snr,
- druid,
- mary kane,
- lady miltoa,
- ballarat freehold company,
- the wallaby,
- richard grenfell,
- bendigo advertiser,
- bendigo school of mines,
- confidence extended mine,
- george ellis
