Hi guys, today we’re going to take a look at Ballarat’s Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company as it was in the year 1864!
The Cosmopolitan was an underground alluvial mine which was working on the Golden Point and Cosmopolitan leads. The company was registered in the year 1856, and commenced work early the next year.
There are quite a few interesting features shown on this lithograph which I’m going to talk about in this video, and I hope you find it all as interesting as I do!
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The Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company – Lithograph by Herman Deutsch, 1864. State Library Victoria
The Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company – Lithograph by Herman Deutsch, 1862. State Library Victoria
Images of poppet heads – Tanburies Quartz Mine, Park Gold Mining Company, General view of Ballarat East, United Red Jacket Gold Mining Company. State Library Victoria.
The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria, R. Brough Smyth, 1869
Section of Nelson & Wellington Co shaft – History of Ballarat and some Ballarat Reminiscences, W B Withers
Yield of the Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company – Ballarat Mines and Deep Leads, Geological Survey Report No 94, I.S. Finlay and P.M. Douglas, 1992.
Koh-I-Noor Gold Mining Company – Lithograph by Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria
The Defiance Gold Mining Company – Lithograph by Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria
Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company – Lithograph by Herman Deutsch. State Library Victoria
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Exploring the Victorian Goldfields
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