Mines and mineral resources - New Zealand - West Coast Region

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31194

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Index of miners' working places at the time of the accident. List names of those on day shift and night shift. Identifies position of persons killed in the mine on the plan, their names and the injuries they died from. Identifies structural elements of the mine, for example stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations, falls. Plan shows where at least nineteen people died. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 2 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: [ca 1875-1959]

By: Jacobson, Charles Seigmond, active 1875-1959

Reference: Micro-MS-0226

Description: Jacobsen writes of his childhood in the Nelson area, his friends and acquaintances, working as a miner, the 1913 Waterfront strike, his World War I experiences as a Private with the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion, working as a commercial fisherman in the French Pass area in the 1930s, and his discovery of uranium in Buller Gorge Includes holograph reminiscences, and typed transcript Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-024/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues, includes: Shows scientists' adhock research into the potential uses of genetic modification at the expense of commonsense. Comment on the intimidation tactics of Qantas Airlines toward Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines are shown as Air New Zealands big sister ally. Christine Rankin considers taking further action following the release of the Employment Courts findings. Shows the Government (surfer) riding the knowledge wave only to be wiped out and lodged head first in the sand. Discussion between an Israeli soldier and Palestinian child. The soldier is trying to explain to the child how violence and retaliation works. The child just wants to play and go to the movies. Shows Helen Clark dealing with Steve Maharey and his use of obscene language. Shows members of the Electoral Reform Committee as angelic, working for the best interests of the country while having vested interests in the Committees outcome. Helen Clark calls on the All Blacks to crush the Australians while they've down. New Zealand reaction to the loss by the All Blacks to the Australians. Shows All Black Anton Oliver taking the blame for the loss against Australia. Comment on the Qantas involvement in running Ansett into the ground and leaving small creditors in ruins. Comment on the lack of constructive action being taken by the Pacific Forum to deal with global warming and the consequent rising of the ocean level. Shows Helen Clark encouraging all her Ministers to keep pets. Jim Anderton is shown wrapped in the arms of his pet octupus (Peoples' Bank). Shows West Coast MP, Damien O'Connor, addressing an audience about local mining and the poor decision made by Alliance MP Sandra Lee. He is reminded by a miner in the wings that his seat is still marginal. Shows Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee observing the Reefton Alliance office being pelted with food in reaction to Sandra Lee saying 'no' to mine expansion in the area. Shows a new army armoured vehicle running over an air force plane. Comment on the current situation where the armies supplies are being boosted while the air force is having its wings clipped. Shows thugs from the power company breaking into a persons house to extract money for the latest exorbitant power bill. Shows an All Black player finishing a Springbok (South African Rugby Team) and still feeling hungry. He thinks he could polish off the entire Australian Rugby Team (Wallabies) as well. Shows the relationship between government controlled power generators, empty lakes and increased revenue for power for the Reserve Bank. Shows a proposed statue for the entrance of the Sydney Harbour. Comment on Australia's policy to exclude refugees. Shows Michelle Boag's National Party purge of Parliamentary faithful. Comment on the level of ignorant public opinion over the boat people refugees trying to gain entry to Australia, by people ringing talkback radio. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1894-1928

By: Ziman, David, 1860-1920

Reference: MS-Papers-7506

Description: Comprises folders of letters from David Ziman to his son, Herbert, and to wife, Lena, correspondence with his brother, Jacob Ziman, some newspaper clippings and papers relating to the disposal of his estate after his death. Also includes papers relating to North Blackwater Mines Ltd and the Consolidated Gold Mines Company. Source of title - Supplied Arrangement: Shortly before his death, Herbert Ziman arranged his father's papers in the order as listed. David Ziman, a founding member of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, had his attention drawn to the quartz gold mining potential at Reefton, which in 1895 was in depression. With the Rothschilds backing, Ziman formed the Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd which mined at Reefton until 1951. Ziman also put money into oil exploration and other ventures of a marginal profitability. Quantity: 14 folder(s). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescripts, printed matter Provenance: The papers, after the death of Lena Ziman, passed to her son Herbert, who died in 1981.

Date: 1915

By: Spence and Learmont (Firm); Gilbert, J M, active 2002

Reference: MapColl-834.3gbfd/1915/Acc.37275-9

Description: Plans for constructing a water race from peg 8 miles 40 chains to peg 10 miles 60 chains for the company 'Hohonu Diamond Terrace Gold Mining and Water Race Company Limited'. Work to be performed by John Gilbert of Kumura and Leonard Tomasi of Cape Terrace. The three large maps (Acc.37275-7) each contain two diagrams. The upper diagram depicts the path of the water race for up to one mile, across creeks. The lower diagram is a cross section indicating wall, bench level (bottom of ditch 4'6" below level), height above datum 400 feet, banks, cuttings, bench, formation level (line pegged to bench level), reduced Do. (with corresponding figures), distances and gradients. Sheets are numbered no. 12-14. The smaller map (Acc.37278) (blueprint, scale [1:24], 20 x 21 cm), depicts the measurements of an open ditch, its depth, the bench level and a diagonal gradient. The document (Acc.37279) is the signed contract for the construction between the company, the Engineer (Solicitor James Park) and the contractors. Quantity: 4 map(s). 1 Document - 10 separate pages. Physical Description: Blueprint, scales differ, 56 x 76 cm. Provenance: Donated by GM Gilbert, 25 January, 2002.

Date: 1947-1951

By: Croad, Ernest Norman, 1927-2002; Croad, Nancy, active 1963-2003

Reference: PAColl-7853

Description: Collection comprises: Photographs of construction of Pukaki and Tekapo hydro stations, ca 1948 Scenes in Mangakino and Tokoroa, 1947 Stockton and Rotowaro coal mines, ca 1947 Waiouru military camp, ca 1951 Otago Harbour, 1947 Ernest Norman Croad joined the Public Works Department in 1945 as a drafting cadet. He later trained as a surveyor and qualified as a civil engineer, working on roading projects for the Ministry of Works. He worked on civil engineering projects at Tokoroa, Tekapo, Pukaki, and the housing division at Waiouru. Quantity: 95 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs Nancy Croad, Auckland, 2003

Date: [ca 1887-1888]

By: Collins, G G, active 1887-1888

Reference: MSX-2270

Description: Collins describes his sojourn in NZ, giving his impressions of people, places, architecture, vegetation etc. Includes many Burton Bros photographs and some by J[ames] Ring; also ephemera, maps. Collins travelled mostly in the South Island, especially on the West Coast and many of the photographs relate to mining, bush transport, bush scenes, West Coast townships, ports, churches etc. Also includes groups of people. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and photographs (½ black morocco, dk green boards)

Date: 1912-1943

By: Westport School of Mines

Reference: MS-2373

Description: Contains minutes of annual, special and council meetings with related newspaper clippings Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (186 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (25cm, ¼ brown calf, maroon boards)

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31199

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Shows scene of explosion, position of persons killed, path and direction of explosion waves, stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations and falls. Shows index of miners working places. Annotated highlight (from manuscript map) of path of explosion waves. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:792], 57 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: [1981-1983]

From: Pringle, Michael, 1962-: Papers, photographs, maps, and posters

By: Pringle, Michael James, 1962-

Reference: MapColl-830gbf/[1983]/55461

Description: Licence application map. Printed base map of North Island of New Zealand with annotations showing exploration, prospecting, and mining areas as indicated with a colour key. Expiry dates for licences, ranging between 1981 and 1983, are given. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed base map with letraset, annotations, and hand-colouring, 97.5 x 66.5 cm

Date: [1981-1983]

From: Pringle, Michael, 1962-: Papers, photographs, maps, and posters

By: Pringle, Michael James, 1962-

Reference: MapColl-830gbf/[1983]/55462

Description: Licence application map. Printed base map of South Island of New Zealand with annotations showing exploration, prospecting, and mining areas as indicated with a colour key. Expiry dates for licences, ranging between 1981 and 1983, are given. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed base map with letraset, annotations, and hand-colouring, 97.5 x 76 cm

Date: 1951-1960, circa 1970s

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10567-13

Description: Photographs of people, buildings, industry, and landscapes taken by Les Cleveland between 1951 and 1959. Largely printed between 1951 and 1960, with some prints made later, possibly in the 1970s. All prints have captions which include the title Cleveland gave the photograph (often including the location of the photograph) and the date it was taken and printed. Almost all images are stamped "Les Cleveland Photograph" and some are also stamped with Cleveland's home address. The majority are signed by Cleveland and all are stamped or identified by Cleveland as being a "Vintage Print". Some prints include reference numbers to Cleveland's index cards. Identified people are Jack Ritchie (former licensee of the Junction Hotel, Dillmanstown), Ron Biggs (boiling a billy), Dorothy Debenham at Greymouth, Mary and Heather Cornwell at Milford Sounds, June McMillan at Makara Beach, Senior Sargent George Christopher Donnelly (making a bet at the Kumara Races), and Mike Armstrong (washing dishes in a hut at Welcome Flat). Timber workers are photographed at work at the Kopara Sawmill including Ted McGhie, Ron "Tiki" Brimmicombe, Doug Macalister, and Neil McLean. Unidentified people include timber workers, the crew of the fishing boat Hauiti (photographed in Milford Sound), men in fancy dress participating in the Mayor of Thorndon campaign, children lining up to go to the pictures in Greymouth, children on a bulldozer in Karamea, a boy fishing at Reefton, a man smoking an crib logging at the Arawhata River, and a climber resting on a rock by the Cook River. A Taupo Ski Club group is photographed outside Blyth Hut at Ohakune Ski Field [Turoa] and includes Les Cleveland as well as a box of Lux soap. Buildings photographed include in Greymouth (band rotunda, police station), in Westport (Seatons Boarding House on Bright Street, Kawatiri boarding house (also known as Flemings Boarding House), and St Canice's Catholic Church), and in Nelson Creek (Saddlers Store, Jimmy Diamond's hut, township). Further prints of buildings show the Stafford Literary Institute, flooded bushmen's huts at Mussel Point, a cottage at Blackball, a derelict house at Bell Hill, ornamental faces on the Aubrey Gualter building (corner of Brandon and Featherston Streets, Wellington), the Four Square store at Crofton, Club Hotel in Palmerston North, a two-storied house with external staircase in Turakina, Enterprise Printing in Nelson, a cottage on the road to Goldsborough, J McFarlane's Hotel in Kumara, the Whanganui town clock, and the Weights and Measures Office in New Plymouth. Photographs of industry include a Pelton wheel at Dillmanstown; remains of a gold dredge at Callaghans near Kumara; Jack's Mill near Nelson Creek including a Type CBA No 119 A&G Price Ltd bush locomotive, derelict mill buildings, and a slab elevator; Kopara Sawmill buildings; an open cast coal mine at Charleston; and dredge buckets abandoned at the side of the Greenstone River. Scenic prints show the Tatere River and Tatere Gorge, Moeraki River, the sea at Punakaiki, surf at Hokitika Beach, a log jam and driftwood at Karamea Beach, Okarito River, bush scenes (including at Waterworks Reserve), the head of the Karangarua River looking towards Copeland Pass, the Karangarua Gorge, and Lake Haupiri. Other photographs include gravestones at the cemetery in Charleston, a hedge cutter mounted on a surplus World War Two Bren Gun Carrier, and vehicle scenes outside the George Hotel, Otira Gorge (a Hupmobile tourer and a front-end loader lowering a V8 engine into a truck), Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Prints arrived at Library in no discernible order and were placed in a box labelled "Vintage Prints" by curatorial staff during appraisal. Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Transfers: Box one of two from set of prints classified as "Vintage Prints" during Library appraisal. See PAColl-10567-14 for box two.. Processing information: During processing, Library staff arranged prints by date. The volume of prints required that they be housed in two separate boxes.

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31198

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Plan drawn from measurements by F.W.J. Munden. Shows floor to roof plan, where shots blown through, shot wires, shot near rib, cavity in face, hole full of stonedust and drill holes. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Second copy at 834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31195 Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [ca. 1:792], 37.5 x 52 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group no. 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31197

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Shows wider section of plan; Green's 1 and 2 section, Kinsey's section (the C seam middle and lower sections), and also parts of Scott's section. The Green's No. 2 section, the lower split of C seam, has been highlighted on the legend and in the plan. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:792], 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940, Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: [ca 1875]-1959

By: Jacobson, Charles Seigmond, active 1875-1959

Reference: fMS-Papers-4253

Description: Covers childhood in Nelson area, friends and acquaintances, work as miner, 1913 waterfront strike, World War I experiences as private with the 1st Canterbury Infantry Battalion, work as commercial fisherman in French Pass areas in 1930s, and his discovery of uranium in Buller Gorge Quantity: 1 folder(s) (43 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: June 1996

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PAColl-10788-12

Description: Photographic prints of press photography by Damer Farrell from June 1996. Includes images of netball, and rugby games and players, clay target shooting, motorsports enthusiasts with trophies, motorsports vehicle, Also includes female model wearing body paint, teacher and students in a classroom, sculptures, sign for "Ross Historic Goldfields Walkway", opencast mine, wreck of motor vehicle, people holding a life-ring from the "SS Abel Tasman Melbourne", awarding of Chief Scouts Award certificate to Michael McEnaney, and a series of images of church services. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 38 colour original photographic print(s). Processing information: Photographic prints originally enclosed in brown paper bag annotated "June 1996" were rehoused in archival enclosures.

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31196

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Ventilation plan showing 'c' seam upper to lower split, indicates where stoppings were erected after explosion, intake and return airways, doors, etcetera. Two words annotated onto map in red pen; regulator, sole. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale [1:792], 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS Group 0940.

Date: 7 Jul 1890

By: Stames, John, active 1890

Reference: MS-Papers-3401

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 2013

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0025019

Description: Portrays Nick Smith with hard hat, spade and bag of dollars, with digger in the background creating a large hole in the earth. There are dead trees, a kiwi, snails and a bird fleeing the area, while Nick Smith says, "The good news is we get 22 million dollars to help protect and conserve the environment - What's left of it!". The Kiwi is saying "Thanks a lot!!" while running away. Refers to Conservation Minister, Nick Smith approving a deal for opencast mining by an Australian company on Department of Conservation land at Denniston Plateau, West Coast. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2013

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0025129

Description: Shows a group of protestors at right holding signs including 'Say no to mining', 'Leave Denniston alone' and 'Save the snails' why a group of people in bush shirts who are labelled W.Coast economy cling to the edge of a hole and say 'What's one more hole? We've been stuck in one for years!'. Refers to the appeal to the Environment Court by Forest and Bird and the West Coast Environment network against the granting of resource consents issued to Bathurst Resources, for an open-cast mine on the Denniston plateau, known as the escarpment mine proposal. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).