Summary

Page from the booklet: 'Victorian Deep Lead Mining, The Charlotte Plains Consolidated Gold Mines Limited', showing three portraits of key employees in the Charlotte Plains Group of deep lead alluvial gold mines in central Victoria.

The lefthand portrait depicts Mr Frederic Nicholson George Latimer, who was appointed as engineer to supervise the operations of the Deep Leads Electric Transmission Co.'s electic power station at Charlotte Plains, in December 1899. Born in Northampton, England, he had spent his early career as a steam engine driver and engineer in the British coal mining industry, before serving as a marine engineer on steamships trading internationally and on Australian coastal routes for almost a decade. He had subsequently worked as the engineer in charge of the North Melbourne cable tram engine house for a further decade before joining the Deep Leads Electric Transmission Co.

The central larger portrait depcits Mr William Capron, described as one of Victoria's most experienced and most successful deep lead alluvial mining managers, "well known throughout mining circles in Victoria", with an intimate knowledge of the Majorca lead in particular. Prior to being appointed as the general manager of the Charlotte Plains and New Havilah Gold Mines in March 1901, he had been manager of the Kong Meng, Napier Freehold, Chalk's Freehold, and other mines. From 1896-1899, as manager of the Chalk's Junction mine from beginning to end he was responsibkle for sinking the main shaft, laying out the mine, and working it out in "a most successful manner", before taking up the management of the Chalk's No.3 Consolidated mine, further down the same lead in December 1899.

The righthand portrait depicts Mr Harry Albert Thomas, who had joined the Deep Leads Electric Tranmission Co. as the electrician and electrical engineer after considerable experience with electric power plants and the construction of electric transmission lines in various parts of North America, including time spent at the works of the General Electric Co. in Schenectady, New York, manufacturer of the electrical equipment used at Charlotte Plains.

Description of Content

Three portraits depicting the head and shoulders of: Mr William Capron, Mining Manager, Charlotte Plains Proprietary Gold Mines Ltd and New Havillah Gold Mining Co. Ltd; Mr F.N.G. Latimer, Engineer, Deep Leads Electric Transmission Co. Ltd, and Mr H.A. Thomas, Electrician, Deep Leads Electric Transmission Co. Ltd.

Physical Description

Three head and shoulders portraits in elliptical frames reproduced as photolithographic print of screened black & white photographs, with printed caption below each image.

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