Photographs of Hargraves Goldfields Ltd main shaft at Big Nugget mine, and mining activities, Hargra...
Photographs of Hargraves Goldfields Ltd main shaft at Big Nugget mine, and mining activities, Hargraves, New South Wales, ca. 1903-1905
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1903-1905
Call Numbers
PXB 742
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
3 photographs - 11.5 x 15.5 cm - gelatin silver
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Comprises 3 photographs of Big Nugget goldmine and mining activities, Hargraves, N.S.W., ca. 1903-1905.
1. Hargraves Goldfields Ltd Main Shaft
2. [Photograph of metal pipes loaded on wagons, with mine shaft in background]
3. [Photograph showing machinery being unloaded from a wagon]
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photographs of Hargraves Goldfields Ltd main shaft at Big Nugget mine, and mining activities, Hargraves, New South Wales, ca. 1903-1905
Notes
General note
Man wearing white hat in all images is John Stanton Waddell.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Date note
Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, 2007.
Photographs show the arrival of machinery when the mine was acquired by Hargraves Goldfields Ltd. In March 1903, Big Nugget Hill was the property of Saddle Reef Syndicate, but about to change hands. An article in The Sydney Morning Herald in August 1905 notes that Hargraves Goldfield...
Object History
John Stanton Waddell, thence by descent to donor. John Stanton Waddell was assistant mine manager, then mine manager at Big Nugget goldmine from 1906.
Reference:
Library correspondence file
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Jim Waddell, September 2007
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXB 742
Record Identifier
94RxvVk1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxvVk1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
987859
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