Kalgoorlie as the Global Centre for Gold Metallurgical Innovation 1902-1907

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Author(s): Richard G. Hartley

Publication date (Print): June 2001

Journal: Prometheus

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Keywords: Cyanide Process, Gold Metallurgy, Gold Mining, Metallurgical Patenting, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

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Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

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Publication date (Print): June 2001

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Pages: 147-160

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James A.. 1908. . 'Progress in gold-ore treatment during 1907'. . E&MJ . , 4 January;: 17
Rice C. T.. 1908. . 'Veta Colorado cyanide mill, Parral, Mexico'. . E&MJ . , 18 July;: 120––22. .
Stevens T. B. and Degenhardt W. R.. 1911. . The vacuum filter press in Western Australia'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 10:: 12––23. .
Stevens T. B. and Degenhardt W. R.. 1911. . 'Description of the retreatment plant and process of the Oroya Brownhill Co.'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 10:: 60––68. .
James Alfred. . 2 January. 1910 . “'Progress in cyanidation'. ”. In More Recent Cyanide Practice . , Edited by: Bain H. Foster. . 2 January. , p. 233––36. . San Francisco : : Mining & Scientific Press. .
Inkster I.. 1990. . 'Intellectual dependency and the sources of invention'. . History of Technology . , Vol. 12:: 40––64. .
Charleton A. G.. 1903. . Gold Mining and Muling in Western Australia . London :
Allen R.. 1906. . Ore reduction plant and process of reduction on the Lake View Consols Gold Mine'. . Monthly Journal of the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia (hereafter MJCMWA) . , 31 July;: 270––71. .
Alien R.. 1905. . 'Ore reduction plant and process of reduction on the Oroya-Brownhill Gold Mines'. . MJCMWA . , 31 August;: 635––36. .
Hoover H. C.. 1952. . The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover. Years of Adventure 1874-1920 . p. 31 New York :
Hamilton R.. 1909. . 'Progress of mining in Western Australia'. . Transactions of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers (hereafter TAusIME) . , Vol. 13:: 22
Moss F. A.. 1901. . The treatment of auriferous sulphide ores of Kalgoorlie'. . TAusIME . , Vol. 8-1:: 52––53. .
Blainey G.. 1973. . 'Herbert Hoover's forgotten years'. . Business Archives and History . , Vol. 3-1: February;: 58
Nash G. H.. 1983. . The Life of Herbert Hoover, The Engineer 1874-1914 . p. 84 New York :
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1900. . Kalgoorlie Miner . , 19 January;: 3
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Segal N.. 2000. . 'The intervention that wasn't: a new look at the McArthur-Forrest cyanide patent conflict in Western Australia'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 18((2)): 175––96. .
Hartley R.. 1993. . 'Bewick Moreing in Western Australian gold mining 1897-1904: management policies and goldfields responses'. . Labour History . , Vol. 65: November;: 1––18. .
James Alfred. . 1907. . 'Progress in gold-ore treatment during 1906'. . EUfMJ . , 5 January;: 20
Alien R.. 1905b. . 'Gold reduction plant and processes on Golden Horseshoe gold mine'. . MJCMWA . , 31 August;: 322––33. .
Alien R.. 1905c. . Ore reduction and process of reduction on the Ivanhoe gold mine'. . MJCMWA . , 31 July;: 294––306. .
1905. . Report of the Royal Commission on the Ventilation and Sanitation of Mines. . Votes and Proceeding of the Parliament of Western Australia . , Vol. 1((A6)): 42––43. .
Marriner J. T.. 1903. . 'Roasting and filterpress'. . Engineering and Mining Journal (hereafter E&MJ . , 5 September;: 352––53. .
James A.. 1902. . Cyanide Practice, . , third edition. p. 94––97. . p. 163––64. . London :
Knutsen H.. 1902-03. . The "Diehl" process'. . TIMM . , Vol. 12:: 2––36. .
Clark D.. 1904. . Australian Mining and Metallurgy . p. 65––69. . Melbourne :
World Health Organisation. . 1979. . Sulphur Dioxide and Suspended Particulate Matter : Environmental Health Criteria 8 . p. 59––61. . Geneva :
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[3] Allen R.. 1906b. . 'Reduction plant and processes on the Great Boulder mine'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 5:: 133

[4] Pty Great Boulder. . 1906. . 'Description of the Ridgway Atmospheric Slimes Filter'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 5:: 463––67. .

[5] James A.. 1908. . 'Progress in gold-ore treatment during 1907'. . E&MJ . , 4 January;: 17

[6] Rice C. T.. 1908. . 'Veta Colorado cyanide mill, Parral, Mexico'. . E&MJ . , 18 July;: 120––22. .

[7] Stevens T. B. and Degenhardt W. R.. 1911. . The vacuum filter press in Western Australia'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 10:: 12––23. .

[8] Stevens T. B. and Degenhardt W. R.. 1911. . 'Description of the retreatment plant and process of the Oroya Brownhill Co.'. . MJCMWA . , Vol. 10:: 60––68. .

[9] James Alfred. . 2 January. 1910 . “'Progress in cyanidation'. ”. In More Recent Cyanide Practice . , Edited by: Bain H. Foster. . 2 January. , p. 233––36. . San Francisco : : Mining & Scientific Press. .

[10] Inkster I.. 1990. . 'Intellectual dependency and the sources of invention'. . History of Technology . , Vol. 12:: 40––64. .

[12] Charleton A. G.. 1903. . Gold Mining and Muling in Western Australia . London :

[13] Allen R.. 1906. . Ore reduction plant and process of reduction on the Lake View Consols Gold Mine'. . Monthly Journal of the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia (hereafter MJCMWA) . , 31 July;: 270––71. .

[14] Alien R.. 1905. . 'Ore reduction plant and process of reduction on the Oroya-Brownhill Gold Mines'. . MJCMWA . , 31 August;: 635––36. .

[15] Hoover H. C.. 1952. . The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover. Years of Adventure 1874-1920 . p. 31 New York :

[16] Hamilton R.. 1909. . 'Progress of mining in Western Australia'. . Transactions of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers (hereafter TAusIME) . , Vol. 13:: 22

[17] Moss F. A.. 1901. . The treatment of auriferous sulphide ores of Kalgoorlie'. . TAusIME . , Vol. 8-1:: 52––53. .

[18] Blainey G.. 1973. . 'Herbert Hoover's forgotten years'. . Business Archives and History . , Vol. 3-1: February;: 58

[19] Nash G. H.. 1983. . The Life of Herbert Hoover, The Engineer 1874-1914 . p. 84 New York :

[20] Morgans A. E.. “'Report on the Hannan's Brownhill reduction machinery and extraction plant, with some notes on the mine'. ”. (Bewick Moreing File 125). p. 32––33. . Western Australian Department of Minerals & Energy, Surveys and Mapping Division. .

[21] McNeill W.. 1897-98. . 'Filter-press treatment of gold ore slimes (Hannan's, West Australia)'. . Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (hereafter TIMM) . , Vol. 6:: 249––52. .

[22] West H. E.. 1912. . 'Early days at Kalgoorlie'. . Mining Magazine . , August;: 135––36. .

[23] 1897. . Western Argus . , 21 January;

[24] Lougheed Alan L.. 1989. . 'The discovery, development, and diffusion of new technology: the cyanide process for the extraction of gold, 1887-1914'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 7((1)) June;: 61––74. .

[25] Todd Jan. . 1995. . Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia . p. 109––84. . Melbourne :

[26] 1897. . Mining Journal & Investors' Review . , 6 February;: 6

[27] 1906-07. . TIMM . , Vol. 16:: 265––95. .

[28] Allen R.. “'Reduction plants and processes'. ”. (Department of Mines of Western Australia 1902 Annual Report). p. 163––65. .

[29] 1900. . Kalgoorlie Miner . , 19 January;: 3

[30] Blainey G.. 1978. . The Rush that Never Ended, . , third edition. p. 201 Melbourne :

[31] Segal N.. 2000. . 'The intervention that wasn't: a new look at the McArthur-Forrest cyanide patent conflict in Western Australia'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 18((2)): 175––96. .

[32] Hartley R.. 1993. . 'Bewick Moreing in Western Australian gold mining 1897-1904: management policies and goldfields responses'. . Labour History . , Vol. 65: November;: 1––18. .

[33] James Alfred. . 1907. . 'Progress in gold-ore treatment during 1906'. . EUfMJ . , 5 January;: 20

[34] Alien R.. 1905b. . 'Gold reduction plant and processes on Golden Horseshoe gold mine'. . MJCMWA . , 31 August;: 322––33. .

[35] Alien R.. 1905c. . Ore reduction and process of reduction on the Ivanhoe gold mine'. . MJCMWA . , 31 July;: 294––306. .

[36] 1905. . Report of the Royal Commission on the Ventilation and Sanitation of Mines. . Votes and Proceeding of the Parliament of Western Australia . , Vol. 1((A6)): 42––43. .

[37] Marriner J. T.. 1903. . 'Roasting and filterpress'. . Engineering and Mining Journal (hereafter E&MJ . , 5 September;: 352––53. .

[38] James A.. 1902. . Cyanide Practice, . , third edition. p. 94––97. . p. 163––64. . London :

[39] Knutsen H.. 1902-03. . The "Diehl" process'. . TIMM . , Vol. 12:: 2––36. .

[40] Clark D.. 1904. . Australian Mining and Metallurgy . p. 65––69. . Melbourne :

[41] World Health Organisation. . 1979. . Sulphur Dioxide and Suspended Particulate Matter : Environmental Health Criteria 8 . p. 59––61. . Geneva :

[42] 1953. . Under the Coolibah Tree . p. 178 London :

[43] Sulman H. L.. 1894-95. . 'Improvements in gold extraction'. . TIMM . , Vol. 3:: 202

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