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Negative - Horse Whim & Miners, Lewis Gold Mining Claim (?), Elaine, Victoria, circa 1860
Reg. No: MM 000051
![[Goldmining at Elaine, about 1860. The horse-powered whim winches buckets of ore and water to the surface.]](/collections/itemimages/152/390/152390_Large.jpg)
- Description Of Content:
- Gold mining at Elaine. Building probably belongs to the Lewis Mining Claim. There are two horses, one operating a windlass.
- Acquisition Information:
- Copied from Pauline Holloway, 1985
- Acknowledgement:
- The Biggest Family Album of Australia, Museum Victoria
| Discipline: | Technology |
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| Tagged with: | gold, horses, miners, mines, mining equipment, wheelbarrows, workers |
| Themes this item is part of: | Engineering Collection, Sustainable Futures Collection, The Biggest Family Album in Australia Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MINING & METALLURGY |
| Secondary Classification: | Extraction - Gold |
| Tertiary Classification: | haulage |
| People Depicted: | Rasmussen, Carl |
| Organisations Depicted: | Lewis Mining Claim |
| Format: | Negative: Black & White; 35 mm |
| Place & Date Depicted: | Elaine, Victoria, Australia, circa 1860 |
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