Coal mines and mining

Date: 1 September 1909

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0722

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Kihnikau Coal Mine, Whangarei, taken by A W Schaef, 1909. Printed as a Supplement to the `Weekly Graphic' and New Zealand Mail', 1st September, 1909. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Kihnikau Coal Mine, Whangarei; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef; Recto - top centre - Printed as a Supplement to the "Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail." September 1, 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1987

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-362-160/191

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Quantity: 31 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary.

Date: 1938

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/16-Acc.38882

Description: Identifies coal fields in the North Island of New Zealand 1938 Base map - New Zealand Geological Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 63.5 x 48.8 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1859 - 1862

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/6-Acc.38872

Description: Identifies: Kaitangata where there has been coal minining since 1859; extensive coal mining at Saddle Hill (1861); Shag Point where coal has been mined since 1862 and Gabriel's Gully where Gabriel Reed discovered gold in 1862. Base map - Department of Lands and Survey 1937 Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink and colour on cream paper. Scale [ca. 1:1 000 000] 74 x 90 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: ca 1890s

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0820

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Chamber at No. 4 level, no. 8 shaft, Waihi mine, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Chamber at No. 4 level. No. 8 shaft 700 ft from Surface; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, photo - Waihi N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1890]

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0988

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a group of G M Co. employees at work on the Royal Reef, Waihi, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - At work on the Royal Reef Waihi G. M. Co.; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, Photo - Waihi, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1886

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/14-Acc.38880

Description: Identifies coal fields in the North Island of New Zealand 1886 Base map - Department of Lands and Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 60 x 49 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0727

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a group of employees at no. 1 shaft, Waihi mine, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Chamber at No. 1 shaft, Waihi mine; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, Photo - Waihi, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1886

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/15-Acc.38881

Description: Identifies coal fields in the South Island of New Zealand 1886 Base map - New Zealand Geological Survey Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 60 x 49 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1886

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-7/4/12-Acc.38878

Description: Identifies in colour coalfields in New Zealand 1886. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on cream linen. Scale indeterminable. 78 x 58.5 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0802

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of workers with their trucks at Empire Lode, Waihi, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Truckers at work - Empire Lode 700ft. level; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, Photo - Waihi, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1939-1950

By: Wellington Regional Planning Authority

Reference: PAColl-0287

Description: New Zealand Towns, regions, scenery and primary industries. Includes many aerial views. Quantity: 175 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890]

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0924

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a group of employees at no. 1 shaft, Waihi mine, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Employees at No. 1 Shaft, Waihi Mine; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, Photo - Waihi, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1930 - ca 1950

By: Hughson, W G, active 1930s-1950s; Robertson, I G, -1995

Reference: PA1-q-380

Description: 140 photographs providing a survey of coal mines mining processes and working conditions Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 20 Feb 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: Bolger, Montague Graham, 1910-2007; McKelvie, Edna, active 1998

Reference: OHInt-0428/02

Description: Montague Bolger was born in Christchurch in 1910. Mentions his Irish grandparents meeting on the journey to New Zealand and subsequently having four sons. Notes that his parents John and Ethel had six sons. Recalls his father's employment at Costers coal mine, the Mataura Freezing Works and on their farm on the Mataura Winton road. Describes attending the Mataura School and leaving at the age of fourteen. Talks about working as engine driver at Rowes coal mine where his father was manager. Describes the job conditions, rate of pay, working hours, use of explosives, machinery and the change from steam to motor power. Recalls sitting his exam for second class steam ticket. Talks about the uprade of the Winton Road and the provision of gravel and water by Rowes Mines. Mentions coal deliveries by Lindsay Rowe and taking over this job. Describes the Depression, being offered work at the New Zealand Paper Mill at Mataura in 1936 and the installation of a new boiler. Comments on finishing working with coal. Talks about getting his first class steam ticket in 1940. Describes how Fletchercorp took over the paper mill. Discusses an exam, visiting the Secretary of the Institute of Marine and Power Engineers, membership of the Institute and the status at the mill of the old millhands. Describes becoming senior shift engineer and then power house engineer until his retirement in 1975. Interviewer(s) - Edna McKelvie Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 1.40 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2593.

Date: [ca 1970s-2000s]

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PA12-11569

Description: Copy transparencies of photographs by Tyree Studios, made by Les Cleveland circa 1970s to 2000s. Tyree images feature a group portrait of fire fighters outside a fire station, coal miners at Pakawau, and a group drinking tea. Further transparencies are of photographs taken by Cleveland, including a cabbage tree, a street scene, and a car covered in hats in New York in the 1980s. Title transcribed from item. Arrangement: Set originally labelled "Tyree" by Cleveland. Quantity: 6 b&w copy transparency/ies. 1 colour copy transparency/ies. Physical Description: Black and white and colour transparencies mounted in plastic slide frames Transfers: Part two of two. See remainder of set at PA12-11568.. Processing information: Slides that were originally stored together were split into two parts to facilitate appropriate storage.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Eustace, C H, active 1890s

Reference: PA4-0725

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a chamber at no. 4 level. no. 8 shaft in a Waihi mine, taken by C H Eustace ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Chamber at No. 4 level. No. 8 shaft 700 ft from surface; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - C H Eustace, Photo - Waihi, NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: 1936-1939

By: Junge, Norman Earl, 1916-1989

Reference: PA-Group-00536

Description: Photographs taken by Norman E Junge including images of Reefton, Black's Point, Lewis Pass, Stevenson's Flat, Keep-It-Dark mine, Inangahua River, Inangahua Junction, Buller Gorge, Rahu Saddle, railways, gold and coal mining Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints from these negatives also deposited in the Black Point Museum. Their accession numbers are noted in the ATL negative register. Arrangement: Negatives accessioned at F 22917 1/4 to 23023 1/4 and F 23165 1/4 to 23174 1/4. No negatives at F 22962, 23006, 23011 to 23015 Quantity: 89 b&w original negative(s). 94 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives, silver gelatin prints

Date: 1930-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-1778

Description: Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.

Date: 28 Aug 1989

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1989/3161-F

Description: Original newspaper caption reads: "About a thousand people turned out at the Court of Appeal in Wellington today to support the Tainui Maori Trust Board's bid to stop the sale of Coalcorp." Photograph taken on 28 August 1989 by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm