Photograph - GREAT EXTENDED HUSTLERS MINE

Physical description

black and white postcard. Great extended Hustlers poppet head, now at Wattle Gully, Chewton ( J. Lerk 26.22.1999 ) Poppet head in front of mining buildings, stacks of sawn timber to right. Written on back ' Royal Historical Society of Victoria Bendigo Branch, printed across top. Great Extended Hustlers/locality/ Hustlers Hill, Nth. Bendigo/Formed 1865/Last production 1921/Depth of Shaft 3470 feet/Poppet Legs - Steel, 70 feet high. /Winding Engine: First motion 8 ft. drums/Gold Very Rich/Total Yield - 300,000 ozs. / Dividends $675,000. 'Post Card' printed on RH side.

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