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Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
- Date
- 1896-1957
- By
- Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand LtdZiman, David, 1860-1920; Blackwater Mines Ltd; Humphries, W J, active 1930s-1950s; Porter, Winton Gore, 1894?-1975; Wealth of Nations Mine Ltd; Progress Mines of New Zealand Ltd; Foster, Arthur Livingstone, 1859?-1935
- Reference
- MS-Group-1132
- Description
Records of the Company, consisting of reports, general and London correspondence, files on industrial relations and unions, legal documents, some minutes, mine manager reports and other papers. The records relate to both the Blackwater and the Consolidated mines, and there are some files on Progress and other subsidiary mining companies.
Also included are the business and private correspondence and diaries of David Ziman.
Source of title - Supplied
The Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd, a quartzite-crushing gold extraction operation, was founded in 1896, in Reefton, by David Ziman from the purchase of the Globe, Progress, Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece gold mining companies.
Quantity: 28 box(es) (430 folders). 4 volume(s). 9.50 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter
Finding Aids: Detailed listing available..
Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01
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- No access restrictions
- Format
- 28 box(es) (430 folders), 4 volume(s), 9.50 Linear Metres, Business correspondence, Fliers (Printed matter), Administrative reports, Office files, Diaries, Financial records, Legal instruments, Manuscripts, Mss, typescripts, printed matter, Illustration: Plans of Blackwater Mine at 76-083-06/01
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Copyright
UnknownDavid Ziman - Insurance policies, memorandum, etc
Date: 1894-1916, 1948, 1957
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-21/8
Description: Includes memorandum of agreement for David Ziman to secure option over Kotuku oil prospects; inventory of goods, Reefton, 20 Jun 1898 (books, pictures, cupboard, stable, properties, shares and loan); comparative statement of cost of ordinary articles in 1884 & 1896; will of William Blackadder, 1957; Blackwater Mines Ltd - Decision of Emergency Disputes Committee, 1948; and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s) (bundle).
Blackwater Mines Ltd - Papers relating to 1937 Waihi gold miners dispute
Date: 1937
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-01/01
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd - Report book
Date: 1896-1903
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-22/01
Description: Report topics include: Globe-Progress, Inangahua Low Level Tunnel, Humphrey's Hydraulic Sluicing Company, Boatmans, Wealth of Nations, Wangapeka (Nelson), Winding Creek (Southland), Galloway (Otago), chlorination, tailings treatment, Golden Fleece, Progress treatment plant Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Blackwater Mines Ltd and Consolidated Gold Fields of NZ Ltd - Dividends
Date: 1941-1946
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-11/17
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Gore Porter - Business and personal correspondence
Date: 1952-1953
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-06/12
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Blackwater Mines Ltd - Inward correspondence from London
Date: 1935
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-28/2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Consolidated Gold Fields of NZ Ltd - Outward correspondence
Date: Jan-Dec 1937
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-03/04B
Description: Contains progress reports on Progress drillhole No 1 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Consolidated Gold Fields of NZ Ltd - General inward correspondence
Date: Oct 1919-May 1920
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-05/09
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence re New Zealand Quicksilver Mines Ltd
Date: 1923
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-28/5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Power of attorney and other legal documents
Date: 1900, 1903
From: Consolidated Gold Fields of New Zealand Ltd : Records
Reference: 76-083-19/07B
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).