Photographs of Hargraves Goldfields Ltd main shaft at Big Nugget mine, and mining activities, Hargraves, New South Wales, ca. 1903-1905

PXB 742

fonds

ca. 1903-1905

Graphic Materials, Photographs

987859

3 photographs - gelatin silver - 11.5 x 15.5 cm

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

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]

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Man wearing white hat in all images is John Stanton Waddell.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

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 Goldfields Limited has recently purchased Big Nugget Mine and has put through their first trial crushing of 15 tons.

References:
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 9 March 1903, p. 3
The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 August 1905, p. 11