Mining
This includes operators “that mainly extract naturally occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas"[1] and those performing preparatory work at the mine site as part of the mining activity - and support services that perform on a contract or fee basis, and exploration.
History
Discovery
James William Esmond was the original finder of gold at Clunes in June or July of 1851.[2]
Thomas Dunn co-discovered gold at Golden Point, Ballarat, in 1851.[3]
The Early Years
| Both plunger and lift pumps were used from an early date on the Ballarat field. A 40-inch Cornish engine operated a pump at the Great Northwest Company’s claim. The wrought iron beam was imported from England … In the 1860s, hauling was achieved either by flat ropes which were six-inch wide manila or wire up to four-and-a-half inches wide. Rectangular link iron chains were also used. Cages were comparatively simple devices. The Prince of Wales Company had double decker cages.[4] |
| Serjeant was still agitating publicly against protectionism in 1876 as the water in the Deep Leads rose steadily, threatening the Band and Albion workings and forcing the abandonment of Nos 1 and 3 shafts. This did not deter the directors from donating the patent rights and plans for a ‘self acting pyrite furnace’ to the School of Mines.[5] |
Artefacts
Innovations
Legacies
The People
William A. Blaikie was one of a party of six from Geelong who were the first to sign a cooperative mining agreement on 22 September 1851.[6]
H. T. Bond was one of a party of eight from Geelong who signed a cooperative mining agreement on 8 October 1851.[7]
William Brownbill was the discoverer of gold at Brown Hill, Ballarat in 1851.[8]
Thomas Butler was in a party of six from Geelong who signed the first cooperative mining agreement on 22 September 1851.[9]
See also
Operators involved in Mining will have one or a combination of the following activities as the primary activity of their operations:
Operators involved in Coal Mining will have one or a combination of the following activities as the primary activity of their operations: black coal mining; brown coal mining; lignite mining; and/or peat cutting (except horticultural).
Operators involved in Oil and Gas Extraction will have one or a combination of the following activities as the primary activity of their operations: black coal mining; brown coal mining; lignite mining; and/or peat cutting (except horticultural); natural gas extraction; oil shale mining; and/or petroleum gas extraction.
Operators involved in Metal Ore Mining will have one or a combination of the following activities as the primary activity of their operations: iron ore dressing or beneficiating; iron ore mining; iron sand mining; aluminium ore mining; bauxite mining; copper ore leaching; copper ore mining; electro won copper production; alluvial gold mining; eluvial gold mining; gold bullion production; gold dredging; gold mining; gold ore roasting and flotation extraction, including metallurgical hydro-extraction; gold washing or sluicing; reworking of mullock heaps or tailings for gold; ilmenite sand mining; leucoxene sand mining; mineral sand mining; monazite sand mining; rutile sand mining; synthetic rutile production; zircon sand mining; nickel ore mining; lead ore mining; silver-lead-zinc ore mining; silver ore mining; zinc ore mining; antimony ore mining; beryllium ore mining; bismuth ore mining; iron pyrite mining; manganese ore mining; molybdenite mining; platinum group metal mining; tantalite mining; tin ore mining; tungsten ore mining; and/or uranium ore mining.
Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying
Operators involved in Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying have construction material mining as the primary activity of their operations.
Exploration and Other Mining Support Services
References
- ↑ Dennis Trewin and Brian Pink. Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) – 2006. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics/Statistics New Zealand, 2006, page 96.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ P L McCarthy. ‘What was it like to be an Underground Operator in Ballarat in the 19th Century.’ 1992 Address to Underground Operator’s Conference, Ballarat, page 3.
- ↑ P L McCarthy. ‘What was it like to be an Underground Operator in Ballarat in the 19th Century.’ 1992 Address to Underground Operator’s Conference, Ballarat, page 3.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.
- ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrick/Ballarat%20a%20to%20b.html accessed 15 March 2013.