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| View Original: | StateLibQld 2 134949 Miners with a Californian pump on the tinfields at Stanthorpe, ca. 1872.jpg (1000x747) | |||
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| Keywords: StateLibQld 2 134949 Miners with a Californian pump on the tinfields at Stanthorpe, ca. 1872.jpg en Miners with a Californian pump on the tinfields at Stanthorpe ca 1872 The early part of William Boag's career was spent in Sydney where he was in partnership with portrait photographer Joseph Charles Milligan Images made by Boag are in the collection of the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society Boag arrived in Queensland in November 1871 He travelled around the south-east along the foreshore of Moreton Bay and the township of Cleveland He then moved into the Logan and Albert area where he captured images of local crushing mills and sugar plantations While at Yatala he took on a partner John Henry Mills and by the end of 1872 both men were in Stanthorpe where they remained for several months producing views of the booming tin-mining settlement In July 1873 after stopping off in Warwick Boag and Mills extended their operations to Mackay where they remained until October 1875 During this time Boag made trips to St Lawrence and Cooktown however his movements after this are difficult to trace It is known that by mid 1876 he was at Copperfield and Clermont and in February 1878 he inserted a notice in the Peak Downs Telegram announcing that he was leaving for the west Then information ceases abruptly It is possible that Boag never reached his destination since his death certificate records that he died in 1878 at an unknown location A claim near a creek was sought after by miners since it indicated the existence of alluvial tin and the same water was diverted and drained from the miners' workings by means of a Californian pump The large wheel at the left of the picture was turned by two men and was used to drive a canvas belt with wooden blocks attached Water was brought to the surface by the pressure of these blocks as they passed upward through a rectangular wooden pipe The Californian pump was an ingenious invention however ultimately it could not cope with the large amount of soakage encountered in the Stanthorpe swamps The working cost also was prohibitive amounting to 260 pounds in wages a year 1872 handle 10462/deriv/9214 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Boag William 1838 -1878 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Water supply infrastructure in Australia Black and white photographs Tin mining in Queensland Creeks in Queensland Tents in Australia 1872 in Queensland Water pumps | ||||
