Can you tell me anything about Jack Stanistreet mentioned in your paragraph on Central Nell Gwynne mine. A Richard Jno Sarsfield Stanistreet was married to one of my relatives, Mary Elizabeth Simpson Mee. Richard Jno Sarsfield Stanistreet died at Snadhurst On 25/09/05, Tom & Libby Luke <tomluke@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > You wrote > > Hello Janine, > > The Central Nell Gwynne mine was just off Victoria Hill in Bendigo and is > marked today by the steel Poppet Legs which are still standing. > It was one of the last mines to close on the Bendigo Gold-field. > We have a photograph of the miners and management including Mr Jack > Stanistreet at the mine the day they declared their first dividend > There are still two Poppet legs standing in the area the other being the > famous Victoria Quartz mine which in it's time (1910) was the deepest mine > in the world. > You will see it plainly if you drive out Marong Road. > > Best wishes...Tom and Libby. > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb and help it support genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > -- Laurence E Stephenson www.users.bigpond.net.au/steppayne I am Researching:- Butcher..............Stroud, Gloucestershire, England.................>1856 Fortune..............Berwickshire, Scotland................................>1858 Garlick...............Liverpool, Lancashire, England.....................>1863 Mee...................Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine)................>1884 Payne................Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England........>1863 Ritchie...............Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.................>1860 Stephenson........Pickering, Yorkshire, England .....................>1856 Wittick...... .......(Convict) Walsall,Staffordshire,England..........>1822