Mining Handbook
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Useful Publication With Pacific Islands Data
A USEFUL and informative handbook, for which there has been great need, has just been published in Melbourne. It is the Mining Handbook of Australia, 1936, issued by the Tait Publishing Co., and which is designed to be the standard re ference book of the industry.
The principal section of the book is de voted to a summary of the essential infor mation relating to more than 800 gold and base metal mining companies operat ing in Australia, New Guinea (including the Dutch territory), Papua, Fiji, Malaya, and New Zealand. This information is unusually complete, and includes capital, directors, secretary, solicitors, bankers,
etc., as well as brief details of the mine, ore reserves, treatment plant, and, in most cases, a brief extract from the com pany’s last report.
The particulars given are up to No vember 1, 1935.
Complete statistics of metal production in all states of the Commonwealth for the past 25 years and the detailed metal and mineral production in each State for 1933 and 1934 comprise an important fea ture. A summary of the mining laws of the Commonwealth and of Fiji and New Guinea is published for the first time.
Other features include London metal prices for the past 25 years, wages awards, a handy glossary of technical terms, a discussion on the valuation of gold min ing shares, and cost data for the mining industry.
Mining Handbook Of Australia,
1936, Published by the Tait Publishing Co., 39 Queen St., Melbourne. Price 20/-.