Papers read at the Mining Conference held at Dunedin, March, 1890
Maker and role
New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Mining Conference, Maker
Production date
1890
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2020-22
Description
President: The Hon. Thomas Ferguson, M.H.R., Minster of Mines. Vice-president: James Allen, B.A., M.H.R. Honorary Secretary: George J. Binns, F.G.S.
Contents: Meeting of conference in Dunedin, March, 1890 -- Election of chairman -- Election of vice-chairman -- Apologies -- Ordinary business -- Clutha Valley deposits -- Papers read -- The mining industry: present position and future prospects. By James Allen, B.A., M.H.R. (embodied in mining conference papers) -- Rope haulage at the Westport Company's Coalbrookdale Colliery. By T.J. Waters, C.E., F.R.G.S., &c. -- The extraction of gold and its effects on the colony. By H.A. Gordon, F.G.S., &c. -- The relations between capital and mining. By James Ashcroft -- Electricity as applied to mining. By E.J. Foord -- Notes on spontaneous combustion in coal-mines. By W.M. Shore, M.N.E. Inst. M. and M.E. -- Gold-dredging in Otago: its past, present and future. By L.O. Beal, jun., C. and M.E., &c. -- On gold-saving. By Fred. Evans, Phoenix Mine -- On prospecting quartz-reefs for gold. By H.P. Washbourne, Nelson -- Encouragement on prospecting -- Improvement in gold-saving -- Protecting investors from mining swindles -- Waipapa dredge, notes on. By James Allen, B.A., M.H.R. -- On the auriferous alluvial deposits of the Clutha Valley, and the mode of working them. By V. Pyke, M.H.R. -- On accidents in mines. By George J. Binns, F.G.S., M.G.S., &c. -- Notes to accompany a diagram of coal-outputs, &c., New Zealand. By George J. Binns, F.G.S., &c. -- The application of Robertson's atmospheric nozzles to hydraulic mining. By C. Robertson -- Papers laid on the table -- Discussion on papers -- Coal-mining -- Gold-mining -- The mining students -- Government mining expert --- Suggestions from Reefton -- Suggestions from Reefton, consideration of -- Mining accident fund -- Chamber of mines -- Mining and capital -- General.
Contents: Meeting of conference in Dunedin, March, 1890 -- Election of chairman -- Election of vice-chairman -- Apologies -- Ordinary business -- Clutha Valley deposits -- Papers read -- The mining industry: present position and future prospects. By James Allen, B.A., M.H.R. (embodied in mining conference papers) -- Rope haulage at the Westport Company's Coalbrookdale Colliery. By T.J. Waters, C.E., F.R.G.S., &c. -- The extraction of gold and its effects on the colony. By H.A. Gordon, F.G.S., &c. -- The relations between capital and mining. By James Ashcroft -- Electricity as applied to mining. By E.J. Foord -- Notes on spontaneous combustion in coal-mines. By W.M. Shore, M.N.E. Inst. M. and M.E. -- Gold-dredging in Otago: its past, present and future. By L.O. Beal, jun., C. and M.E., &c. -- On gold-saving. By Fred. Evans, Phoenix Mine -- On prospecting quartz-reefs for gold. By H.P. Washbourne, Nelson -- Encouragement on prospecting -- Improvement in gold-saving -- Protecting investors from mining swindles -- Waipapa dredge, notes on. By James Allen, B.A., M.H.R. -- On the auriferous alluvial deposits of the Clutha Valley, and the mode of working them. By V. Pyke, M.H.R. -- On accidents in mines. By George J. Binns, F.G.S., M.G.S., &c. -- Notes to accompany a diagram of coal-outputs, &c., New Zealand. By George J. Binns, F.G.S., &c. -- The application of Robertson's atmospheric nozzles to hydraulic mining. By C. Robertson -- Papers laid on the table -- Discussion on papers -- Coal-mining -- Gold-mining -- The mining students -- Government mining expert --- Suggestions from Reefton -- Suggestions from Reefton, consideration of -- Mining accident fund -- Chamber of mines -- Mining and capital -- General.
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Physical description
iv, 117 pages, [6] folded leaves of plates : illustrations, map, plans ; 22 cm.
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New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Mining Conference. 1890. Papers read at the Mining Conference held at Dunedin, March, 1890, PUB-2020-22. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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