Today we're going to take a look at another of these brilliant gold mine lithographs from the early 1860s.

This time it's the Pioneer Gold Mining Company, which was an underground alluvial mine working on the Durham Lead near Buninyong. This company was registered in March 1857, commenced work a few months later, and after several years of hard work they struck the gutter towards the end of 1860.

This image depicts the mine's operations both above and below the ground, and there are some very interesting features shown here!

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

The Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria [ Ссылка ]

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Researched, written and produced by Michelle Ross
© 2024

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The Incredible Story of Walhalla's Long Tunnel Gold Mines [ Ссылка ]

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IMAGES

The Pioneer Gold Mining Company - Lithograph, Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria

The Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company - Lithograph, Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria

Bendigo Red White and Blue Mine, ca 1945 - 1954. Victorian Railways. State Library Victoria

New Chum Railway Gold Mine, Bendigo. 1905. Scott, Robert, photographer State Library Victoria

Long Tunnel Mine, Walhalla, ca 1904 - 1918?. State Library Victoria

Grand Duke Co., Timor. ca. 1890-ca. 1940. Victorian Mines Department, photographer. State Library Victoria

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REFERENCES

The Pioneer Gold Mining Company - Lithograph, Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria

South West Victoria Historic Mining Plots (Ballarat South) 1850 - 1980 Historic Notes

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