Gold mining, past and present. 19 [transparency]
- Bib ID:
- 2562277
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Glass Plate #PIC/8334/3 copy
- Description:
-
- [London : W. Butcher & Sons, between 1901 and 1906]
- 1 slide: lantern, col. ; 8.2 x 8.2 cm.
- Series:
- Our colonies: Australia.
- Summary:
-
"Gold was discovered at Bathurst in N.S. Wales in 1851, and soon after, in immense quantities, at Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria. There was an excited rush of gold-seekers from all parts of the world, and fortunes were sometimes made in a few days: for given the gold, the process of washing was simple. A cradle such as you see in the upper picture, water, a tin pan, this was the most simple apparatus, and sometimes enormous nuggets were found, almost pure lumps of virgin gold. The gold is now obtained from the quartz, a process involving heavy and expensive machinery, the chief being a battery of heavy stamps to crunch the quartz. You see the works of a modern gold mine in our picture. Gold is found in all the Australian colonies to the value of some L.12,000,000 annually. South Australia has extensive copper mines."--Accompanying leaflet.
- Notes:
-
- Primus junior lecturer series. B ; [no. 742]
- Title from accompanying leaflet.
- Part of collection: Our colonies: Australia.
- PIC Glass Plate #PIC/8334/3 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-147415331
- Subject:
- Gold mines and mining -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- Other authors/contributors:
- W. Butcher & Sons
- Related Records:
-
This belongs to the Our colonies: Australia.
This collection contains 8 records. - Copyright:
-
Out of Copyright
You may copy or order a copy through Copies Direct or use the online copy for research or study; for other uses Contact us for further information about copying.
- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1906
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Tasmanian wildlife calendar / drawn by Jane Burrell
- Fish trap / Jenni Kemarre Martiniello
- Sir Harry Gibbs, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, approximately 1981 / Australian Information Service
- Wragge's Camp, Snowy Mountains, New South Wales, approximately 1900 / Kerry Photo Sydney
- Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and an unknown soldier at Parliament House, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory [picture]