Skinner, Walter E. - THE MINING YEAR BOOK; With which is incorporated the Mining Manual for 1939
A comprehensive work with complete record of information concerning mining companies (including all from South Africa), proceded by total of 22 folding plates and numerous tables of the annual gold production of the World's Principal Goldfields. Including the 14 folding plates showing maps, plans, properties and mineral rights of Transvaal Mines (including General Plan of the Witwatersrand Goldfields of the Rand Mines, Ltd.) and numerous tables of the annual gold production of the World's Principal Goldfields (including the Transvaal and South Rhodesian Gold Output for 8 years). Contains also the complete list of Mining and Kindered Companies operating in all parts of the World, complete register of Directors of Mining Companies (with their addresses and the names of the Companies in the present volume with which they are connected), list of Mining & Consulting Engineers, Mine Managers and Agents (with addresses and names of Companies in the present volume for which they are act). With this volume is incorporated the Mining Manual for 1939.
Folding plates shows maps, plans, properties and mineral rights of:
1) Ariston Gold Mines (1929) (Gold Coast Colony, West Africa)
2) Brakpan Mines (Transvaal)
3) Daggafontein Mines, LTD. (Transvaal)
4) East Rand Consolidated, LTD. (Witwatersrand, Transvaal)
5) Gold Coast Selection Trust, LTD. (Gold Coast Colony, West Africa)
6) Great Boulder Proprietary Gold Mines, LTD. (Hannan's East Coolgardie district, Western Australia)
7) Lake View and Star, LTD. (Western Australia)
8) London Tin Corpn., LTD. (showing properties in Malay Peninsula and Siam)
9) Mount Charlotte (Kalgoorlie) Gold Mines, LTD. (Western Australia)
10) New Central Witwatersrand Areas, LTD. (Transvaal)
11) Oceana Development Co., LTD. (Transvaal)
12) Paringa Mining and Exploration Co., LTD. (Western Australia)
13) Rand Leases (Vogelstruisfontein) Gold Mining Co., LTD. (Transvaal)
14) Rand Mines, LTD. (Witwatersrand, Transvaal)
15) The South African Land and Exploration Co., LTD. (Transvaal)
16) Spaarwater Gold Mining Co., LTD. (Transvaal)
17) Spring Mines, LTD. (Transvaal)
18) West Rand Consolidated Mines, LTD. (Transvaal)
19) West Springs, LTD. (Transvaal)
20) West Witwatersrand Areas, LTD. (Transvaal)
21) Western Reefs Exploration and Development Co., LTD. (Transvaal)
22) Wiluna Gold Corporation, LTD. (Western Australia)
"The Mining Year Book with which is incorporated the Mining Manual for 1939."; London, Walter E. Skinner and Financial Times, 1939; 21 x 13 cm; Original red cloth; Collation complete - Title page, lxxii, 872 pages, [3] pages including adverts, further adverts interleaved; Binding is tight and firm, worn as usual for the age, boards and spine rubbed, cloth little tarnished, spine and boards extremities bumped. Text block/pages in very good condition, extremities of pages yellowed, but clean and very bright without foxing throughout except pages 445-470 which are wrinkly and affected by foxing. A few front and rear adverts pages also affected with foxing. Folding plates are whole and clean, overall in excellent condition for the age (see pics).