Category Archives: Wentworth Main Mine
Wentworth Main head-frame and winding-house in c1895
Wentworth Main head-frame and winding-house in c1895 from the South with substantial mullock heaps running North and West. The houses along the west side of … Read more
Mining in Lucknow
There have been four peaks in the production of gold at Lucknow, the first being 1862-1867, 1873-1889, 1892-1899 and then in the late 1920s with … Read more
The Gold Process
The off-beat clamour of the battery went on for the full twenty four hours of each day during crushing. The two five-head stampers in the … Read more
Blacksmiths’ Shop
Anything made of steel was created by the blacksmith, also known as the ‘smithy’. Blacksmithing and blacksmiths were a fundamental component in gold mining and … Read more
The Marshall Family and Wentworth (Lucknow) Goldfields, 1935 to 1960
At the Wentworth Main shaft a number of buildings were erected in July 1935: fitting shops, miners’ change rooms, a manager’s office and a battery … Read more
Uncertain times, 1900 to 1935
The year 1899, saw the Department of Mines report that payable ore had become difficult to find. As companies came and went, Frank Gardner continued to have … Read more
Lucknow: a golden story, 1878 to 1898
In three months of 1896, 50,000 ounces of gold were taken from the field, largely from the ‘brown vein’, the year’s product being worth over … Read more
Mining Disaster, Two Miners Killed, Two Others Mutilated
The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) reported on Monday 3 April 1893 ‘The Lucknow gold mine, in the Orange district, has been again the scene … Read more
First Aid Room
This room is said to be the First Aid Room, set up to render first aid when a mine disaster or accident occurred. Miners would have … Read more
Safety in the mines
Safety has long been an issue in mining. Although the Lucknow mines were renowned for their good safety record, mine manager Henry Newman enforced very … Read more