Well narrated and interesting subject thanks for sharing

@goldfieldsguide

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Thank you 🙂⚒

Another well researched and interesting video⚒️

Excellent series as always. Nice to see you keeping our Victorian history alive.

@goldfieldsguide

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Thanks 🙂⚒

Great work once again ❤

Excellent explanations and bringing out details that aren't readily understood, not even with an amazing lithograph, not only the geography had it's drifts and faults! That's the gold you bring to the exchange, priceless! Thanks from Gabi of Narre Warren.

Thanks for shearing

Thats a lot of sinking through rock to reach that lead. Thanks for showing us how these mines operated.

@goldfieldsguide

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Would have been hard going! ⚒

Thanks for walking us through the images. Really good to point out all the details. Good watch 😁👍

@goldfieldsguide

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Thanks, these lithographs are filled with so many interesting details 🙂 glad you enjoyed the video 🙂⚒

The Cosmopolitan was gas lit by reticulated Town Gas. The headframe was located at what is now the Windemere St entrance to the Urquhart St State School. Not a trace of the mine site can be seen now but you can be sure that those suburban streets are literally paved with gold-bearing mullock. The location of the shaft, far from the gold-bearing deep lead, was necessitated by the "frontage" system of mineral tenements, which is too complicated to explain here! Those were the days!

That’s amazing stuff, well done 👍

@goldfieldsguide

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Cheers 🙂⚒

A surprisingly great deal of information contained within that drawing. Excellent video!

@goldfieldsguide

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They are amazing images 🙂 thanks! 🙂⚒

Grouse history lesson again, I love the history you explain so well and your knowledge seems endless! ❤it 😊

@goldfieldsguide

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Thank you, glad you like these videos 🙂⚒

@andypandyAU.6669

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I like, I love the history you display with passion

Another excellent episode. So much detail in that lithograph! Keep up with your good work! Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

@goldfieldsguide

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Thanks, yes there’s so much information presented on these images 🙂⚒

Captivating. Paul 😂

I have just stumbled across your channel and its lovely to watch and listen to you describe the workings at these old sites. I use to work as an underground exploration driller in gold mines and just wanted to say its nice to listen to someone who is obviously passionate about what they do. Well done and keep doing what you love.

@goldfieldsguide

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Thanks, much appreciated 🙂 yes I absolutely love what I do 😍⚒🌿🙂

G'day, thanks for the video l have a photographic book of the mines of Ballarat with surface images of this mine only, you have explained much more on this subject, cheers mate, Neil, keep safe and see you on the next one.

@goldfieldsguide

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Thanks Neil, sounds like a great book!

I can’t describe how frustrating it is knowing I live on top of such gold rich earth and I’m not allowed to try getting it 😂 I was born 150 years too late 😭 Great video as always, thanks.

@goldfieldsguide

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Well if it’s any consolation, to get through the basalt and drift then out under the leads was no walk in the park for these fellas 😅 I think I’d rather be over at the rich shallow ground of Forest Creek 😎⚒

@Aaron_Hanson

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@@goldfieldsguide I’d still like to have the choice of trying 😂😂😂

@goldfieldsguide

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😂👌⚒

Thanks

The mine at devils kitchen, didn't they use a boat or something that's still down there? Did you cover that or have I seen it elsewhere?

$160,000,000 at today's value. People think life is tough today. Work all day and go home to meagre food supplies and housing.

@goldfieldsguide

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It would have been a very hard life! For sure