Talisman Gold Mining Company

Date: ca 1915

By: Bunyard, A; Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-

Reference: PAColl-3124

Description: Negatives include views the Talisman Mine; Karangahake Gorge; NZ Co-op Dairy Co factories at Ngatea and Waitoa; and the Grand Junction Mine, Waihi. One photo only Waihi-Paeroa water main. Arrangement: Negatives accessioned at 1/4-023515-F to 1/4-023533-F. Some withdrawn from sequence to recatalogue as 1/2 plate Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). 9 b&w copy photographic print(s) (of 7 images) from above negatives. 1 b&w copy photographic print(s) (with no negative). Physical Description: ¼ plate nitrate negatives

Date: [ca 1890s-1940s]

By: Vine, H R, active 1939

Reference: PAColl-6604

Description: The collection covers mining buildings; interior machinery including the use of scales and smelting; miners both at work and posed for the camera; panning for gold; mine railways and the carts used on them; general views of the area; and other houses and buildings in the area. Also included are the building of the power house for the Talisman Gold Mining Company in Karangahake, a gold mine battery possibly in Karangahake, and a coach pulled by five horses possibly in the Karangahake district. The dating is from the vehicles in some of the images and the geographical area is from information in the negative accession register. Photographer possibly H R Vine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015702, 015704 to 015711 and 015713 to 015774; 1/2-023583 to 023585 Quantity: 68 b&w original negative(s) film. 3 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass negatives

Date: 1900

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023589-G

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Talisman Gold Mining Company's battery power house, from the cliffs above the Waitawheta Gorge, Karangahake, photographed circa 1915 by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [between ca 1900 and 1928]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023680-G

Description: Stereographic photograph of a group of men working in the melthouse of the Talisman Gold Mining Battery at Karangahake. Shows men pouring bullion from a crucible inside a corrugated iron building. Photograph taken between 1900 and 1928, by George A Chappell. Other - Note on back of file print reads: `Pouring billion [sic] from a Crucible at Talisman Gold Mining Company's Melthouse, Karangahake' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023591-G

Description: The settlement of Karangahake circa 1900. Shows the Talisman Gold Mining Company offices and the Tramway Hotel. Also shows the Talisman staff houses on the hill. Photograph taken by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [between 1900-1928]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023621-G

Description: Air compressor plant, at the Talisman Gold Mining Company's battery, Karangahake, taken beween circa 1900-1928 by George A Chappell. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1203-1/2-G

Description: The Talisman Gold Mine in the Karangahake Gorge at Waitawheta. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1916. Includes the Woodstock Shaft, originally built by the Woodstock Gold Mining Company Ltd. An original print from this negative is at Godber Album PA1-q-102, page 43 Dated from other photographs surrounding this one in the album, many of which are dated 1916 Other - For further details about this photograph see a letter sent by Library client, dated 8 February 2008, filed at C.AP.005.005. Source of descriptive information - Information regarding the Woodstock Shaft from Library client. Inscriptions: Album page - Talisman Mine. Karangahake. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [between ca 1900-1928]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023645

Description: Compressor plant, Talisman Mine, Karangahake. Photograph taken by George A Chappell, between circa 1900-1928. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Copy prints from images in this collection are held at Library reference PAColl-10563-018..

Date: 1898

Reference: 1/2-023000-F

Description: Cyanide vats at Waikino, 1898. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from The Auckland Herald and Auckland Weekly News Exhibition. 1898. p.19

Date: 1914

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001825-G

Description: View over the Talisman Battery at Karangahake township in 1914. Photograph taken by William A Price? or by [?] Polland? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Talisman Battery. Karangahake. Polland Series. Protd 12.5.14. No 3290 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: [between ca 1900-1918]

From: Chappell, George A, fl 1900-1928 :Negatives, chiefly of gold mining at Waihi

Reference: 1/2-023608-G

Description: Karangahake township, including Talisman Battery in the gorge. Also visible is the new compressor plant, which replaced the burnt Woodstock Battery. The Talisman office and the Tramway Hotel can also be seen. Photograph taken by George A Chappell, between ca 1900-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: 1/2-019708-F

Description: View of Karangahake, including the railway, G. M. Talisman Co. Mill, and the Main Road, circa 1900. Taken before the Tramway Hotel was destoyed by fire in 1906, by an unidentified photographer. From N.Z. Mines Reports, 1908, p.1. Sources: Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11974, 18 September 1906, Page 3. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19060918.2.29.3 Ian Parlane. " Dorothy and Helen Bagnall, Turua, 1929 Dorothy and Helen Bagnall, Turua, 1929 Contents ►Images Journal 42 Adeline and Phil McWatters Bus Driving Days - Fred Carbutt Directory Edward Ernest James Kitching Francis James Young - Obituary Girl Guide Jamboree Gordon Bruce Scott Hamish Wilson - Obituary Harry Staples - Obituary Hauraki Battalion Hotel Advertisements Local History Books Available Maori Artefacts in the Paeroa Museum Marion Darley - Obituary Memories of Working Underground Mother's Day - Local Connection Norman Ernest Schaare - Obituary Notes 1998 Paeroa College 40th Jubilee Advert Paeroa Hotels and Accommodation Premises Radio Broadcasting in Thames Valley - an Update Radio Hauraki Random History - Time Refreshment Services Paeroa Station Ronald Stuart Nicol - Obituary Te Aroha Domain and Springs The Good Old Days in our Paeroa The Karangahake Battery Updates on Previous Articles Journals Journal 1, June 1964 Journal 2, October 1964 Journal 3, April 1965 Journal 4, September 1965 Journal 5, May 1966 Journal 6, October 1966 Journal 7, May 1967 Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre left - Railway; Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - Talisman G.M. Co.: Mill.; Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre - Main Road Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from N.Z. Mines Reports, 1908. p.1 Processing information: Date and description changed 13 March 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: 1/2-018385-F

Description: Talisman gold mine, Karangahake, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1914

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001824-G

Description: View over the Talisman Power Station at Karangahake township in 1914. Photograph taken by William A Price? or by [?] Polland? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Talisman Power Station. Karangahake. Polland Series. Protd 12.5.14. No 3286 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.5 inches

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)