Internet Find - Heritage in this Digital Age

 

Introducing this blog site - been around since 2011 (blogger Don) Was doing some online research on Turua and surrounding area - back in the beginning of the 1900's. This blog is a mix of Scottish heritage, Southland New Zealand and other places. Hence how I landed on: 

The Lothians: The Waihou and Ohinemuri River Improvement Scheme, 1911 - 1928 (the-lothians.blogspot.com) accessed 25/10/2022

A great account with photographs of this scheme - thanks blogger Don.

We live in a digital age emphasised with COVID lockdowns around the world and no less National Libraries and museums in New Zealand. No longer was it possible to make physical visits to these places for research and enjoying exhibits on display. 

Some over the last few years have made comments such as " Information on the internet is untrue."  "People paid to have their information in that book so is embellished"  All these statements are myths - possibly the outcome of facing new technology with scepticism.

National Library of New Zealand, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland City Council heritage images - kura , Auckland University early New Zealand Books, Archives New Zealand  are  some of the New Zealand websites putting digital records up of books, photos, documents. Nga Tonga Sound and Vision re putting up many of those early films and radio interviews.

Overseas from the comfort of my New Zealand home can look up online Trove and National Maritime Museum Australia.

 Even further afield to National Library of Scotland  and the National Maritime Museum   Greenwich, England.

Yes for researchers and writers of history and family history digital opens many new doors of information.

When history and art meet - Crafted in Bronze

Unveiling of Keith Park statue at Thames, NZ 27 April 2019 photo courtesy Chris Ball

The 82nd Battle of Britain Anniversary Commemorations in Thames, NZ on Sunday 11 September 2022 at the Thames Airfield, New Zealand. This bought to mind history of the Battle of Britain and New Zealanders among those in the aerial defence and combat  in the skies over the UK.

Flyover during unveiling of Keith Park statue at Thames, NZ 27 April 2019 photo courtesy Chris Ball

Battle of Britain - 10th July – 31st October 1940. Enter into the arena of this battle, in command of No 11 Group of the RAF. One, Keith Rodney Park (Decorated Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park, GCB, KBE, MC & Bar, DFC). Park a New Zealander born in Thames New Zealand 15 June 1892. The area of defence by the No 11 Group was in the air over the South East England and London. Park. After the Battle of Britain, Park was moved as fighter command to training command. Later war operations saw Park in RAF command Malta and the Far East.

 

Not long after World War II , at the New Zealand Society's  annual London dinner, February 1947 Lord Tedder, head of the RAF on Park was to say: -

“ If ever any one man won the Battle of Britain, he did. I don’t believe it is realised how much that one man, with his leadership, his calm judgment and his skill, did to save not only this country, but the world.” 

Flyover Thames, NZ 27 April 2019 photo courtesy Chris Ball

" Fast forward" to 2008 in England. An international campaign was initiated to see a permanent statue of Park in recognition of his work as commander of No. 11 Group during the Battle of Britain. 

A temporary fibreglass statue was placed on the Fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, England  – significant with  history and art meeting – the empty  Fourth Plinth having a history of creativity and sculptures planned from 1841 to fill the empty space. 

At the 70^th Anniversary Battle of Britain commemorations on 15 September 2010, Waterloo Place - unveiled-  a permanent bronze statue of Park. Recognition of what could be said to be “ a forgotten hero.” Recognised for the combat and defence  in the skies,  of Park  and the 11^th squadron, in the Battle of Britain seventy years prior. 

Flyover in the skies  Thames, NZ 27 April 2019 photo courtesy Chris Ball

" Fast forward " in 2019 to Park's hometown in Thames, New Zealand. On the 27 April 2019, a full military ceremony saw the life size bronze statue of Park unveiled in front of the Thames civic centre ( formerly the RSA building ) at Thames, New Zealand.

kaumatua Wati Ngamane -mihi and karakia at beginning of ceremony - 27 April 2019 - photo courtesy Chris Ball

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           Then in 2019 Defence Minister NZ Ron Mark unveiling Keith Parks statue 27 April 2019 - photo coutesy Chris Ball

A phone call from my cousin Stewart in Australia, cemented this outing for us . Stewart's son Mark Whyte, a sculptor and artist, had been commissioned by the Hare family to  craft  a life size statue in bronze. This of Sir Keith Park which was made possible, with a bequest in her will, from Betty Hare. (This was our chance to also catch up with Mark and baby Cora.)  Also to meet with Jonathan Campbell who did the casting in bronze, of the Park life size statue with the artist and sculptor, Mark Whyte. 

From Left Mark Whyte sculptor with baby Cora,  Jonathan Campbell bronze caster at ceremony 27 April 2019
- photo courtesy Chris Ball  

This bequest of $200,000 was left as Betty Hare felt that  Sir Keith Park was worthy of more recognition in his country New Zealand and birth place Thames, NZ. Sir Keith Park had played a major role in the Battle of Britain WWII, having been promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshall. Park was said to be responsible for the fighter defence of London and South east England. 

Wendy Hare - niece of Betty speaking at the unveiling ceremony of James Park statue - photo courtesy Chris Ball 

There were a number of speakers at the unveiling of the Park statue, along with a very large crowd watching the proceedings of this very memorable occasion.

Lesley Park - niece of Sir Keith Park speaking at ceremony - photo Chris Ball

speaker Sue Christie, councillor TCDC and Russell Skeet historian and convenor of ceremony unveiling of Keith Park statue
- photo Chris Ball 

Mark Whyte who usually specialises in  stone sculptures , is no stranger to bronze works. Prior to the Park life size statue at Thames NZ, Whyte  had been commissioned to do the twelve bronze busts of prominent Cantabrians. A mixed and diverse  bunch of contributions to Christchurch via business, culture, sport and the arts. The twelve bronze busts commissioned by the Local Heroes trust are of  Sir Don Beaven, Frank Dickson, Sir Richard Hadlee, Lady Diana Isaac Elsie Locke, Charles Luney, Margaret Mahy, Sir Tipene O’Regan, Sir Robertson (Bob) Stewart, William Sutton, Sir Angus Tait, Sir Miles Warren.

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A  further search of the internet finds Napier New Zealand has another of Whyte's bronze sculptures - " A wave in time" on Emmerson Street - Sheila Williams and her dog Raven -  a reminder of the 1933 street carnival held to mark Napier recovery  from the 1931 Napier Earthquake. 

Definitely beautiful creative art work by Mark Whyte and a tribute at Thames, NZ  to a " forgotten hero" of history - Sir Keith Rodney Park. 

statue of Sir Keith Rodney Park unveiled Thames NZ 27 April 2019
- photo courtesy Chris Ball

Now a final " fast forward" to 2022 ​ and the Thames Airfield, NZ - now carrying the name - Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield. The 82nd commemorations of the Battle of Britain reveal step one of another memorial to Park - the erection of a full- sized replica Hurrican Fighter and in the future a 2.3m bronze statue of Park in his flying uniform - a project of Sir Keith Park Memorial Inc

 Reference Source:

• Canterbury Heroes | Christchurch City Libraries
• A Wave in Time » Hawke's Bay Art Guide (hawkesbayartguide.co.nz)
• Thames-Coromandel District Council - Thames recognises home-grown World War II hero Sir Keith Park (tcdc.govt.nz)
• Royal Airforce Museum, England Subordinate RAF Commanders | History of the Battle of Britain | Exhibitions & Displays | Research | RAF Museum
• The Sir Keith Park Memorial Campaign http://www.sirkeithpark.com/
• Britannica https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Britain-European-history-1940
• Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield Inc   Battle of Britain | Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield Inc
• NZ Society UK  https://www.nzsociety.co.uk/history
• Speech of Ron Marks at Keith Park statue unveiling Thames NZ 2019 https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-unveiling-sir-keith-park-statue-thames#:~:text=Subsequent%20Chief%20of%20the%20Royal,country%2C%20but%20the%20world%E2%80%9D.
• Unveiling of Keith Park statue in England https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/34563/unveiling-the-sir-keith-park-statue-september-2010

 

 

Mining Certificates Ohinemuri and Waihi Gold fields 1886 – 1915

Waihi Pumphouse, Waihi, New Zealand Photo April 2010 courtesy Chris Ball collection.

 

Research Notes – Background to the Certificates of the New Zealand  Gold Mining Industry   

Introduction

Already there were a number of mining personnel who had previously worked in mining, both in Great Britain and other overseas countries. To mining in New Zealand they bought practical skills and knowledge and some, overseas qualifications and skills recognition. A number of these personnel had followed family forebears into the mining industry. ( eg the Cornish tin miners, Glaswegian chemists and engineers , County Cork & County Limerick engineers, surveyors and mine managers, Yorkshire and Welsh coal miners )

 

With the first European settler discovery of gold on the Coromandel Peninsula by Charles Ring in 1852, those who “flocked to the Coromandel” seeking a fortune found a different sort of mining required to that of many of the later South Island “gold rushes.” Not the alluvial mining where one could “pan for gold,” sluice and perhaps “strike it rich.” Instead it was auriferous “ hard rock mining” which required transport systems, machinery, equipment and skills. A knowledge of the underground “lay of the land” and this was so on the Coromandel Peninsula with its geological volcanic origins, fault lines and dykes.

 

The opening of the Thames Goldfield in 1867 saw rapidly developing industrial Mining in the many stampers and batteries constructed, to crush the quartz, along with the use of “that new fangled steam” to run the boilers of the large crushing plants. Tramways and railways  to move the quartz to the batteries for crushing.

 

The fatal Kuranui Boiler Explosion at Thames in 1874 saw New Zealand’s first piece of “On Land” health and safety legislation developed. This was the Machinery Act 1874 which carried provision for an Inspectorate, Inspection and formal certification and training of those operating the “new fangled” boilers. This was not new to the Marine Industry who had since 1866 in New Zealand such a system “ On Sea “ for those running the coastal steamers which plied to and from the Coromandel Peninsula. The first Colonial Chief Inspector of the Machinery Act – Joseph Nancarrow – had been Chief Inspector of Steam Machinery within the Marine Department for Inspection of Steamers.

 

For those operating the Boilers of the Coromandel Goldfields, after 1874 it was certification under the Machinery Act 1874, as in the Marine Industry, to run the “new-fangled” boilers. For those in underground it was mainly practical experience, those holding mining qualifications from overseas, Engineers and Surveyors and those who had “gained their trade” via the engineering foundries of overseas and in New Zealand for the machinery being made for the gold mining industry, the stonemasons and brick layers who built the kilns, etc.

Engineering June 16 1893 p49  Hathi Trust 

Further Developments for the Mining Industry

In the 1880’s there were several developments in the New Zealand Mining industry that influenced “how things were done” including formal skills recognition within the industry. One of those was the opening of Thames School of Mines in 1885. Later Schools of Mines were opened at Coromandel, Waihi (1897), Karangahake (1901) and a branch at Waikino (1907).

 

The other development was Regulations containing provisions under the Mining Act 1886 for certification and competency of those holding positions in mining in New Zealand under the Mining Act 1886. Subsequent Mining Acts were passed, still with provisions for certification and competency. These were :-

•      The Mining Act 1886
•      Amendments to the Mining Act 1886
•      The Mining Act 1891
•      Amendment to the Mining Act 1991 ( 1894 No 52)
•      The Mining Amendment Act 1896
•      The Mining Act 1898
•      Mining Act 1998 ( Amendments 1901 and 1902 )
•      Mining Act 1908 ( Amendments 1910 )

The legislation – certificates and training

 

In tangent with the certificates under the Mining Act for Mine Managers and Battery Superintendents, were also those under the Coal Mining Act – also certificates for Mine Managers and Battery Superintendents. A board headed the administration of the certification system and along with setting the Government Examination Papers, met to grant the certificates.

 

It could be said looking back in 2010, that this was one of the first attempts in New Zealand with formation towards a full Industry Training system ( in the mining industry).

 

The first provisions under the Mining Act 1886 outlined what in 2010 would be called RPL or Recognition of Prior Learning.

 

There was provision in 1886 for those who wished to hold a Mine Managers position but had had long practical experience, to apply in writing to the Board, outlining their previous practical experience and knowledge in order to gain a certificate without examination. Initially this step was required to be completed within 3 years from 1886. The Star ( 07/01/1888. P4) reported the following:

 

“ According to the provisions of the Mining Act of 1886, every mine manager must obtain a certificate of competence within three years from the passing of the Act. Holder's of English certificates will not be required to pass the New Zealand examination. “

Those with English Certificates had to produce proof of such.

 

For others it was the sitting of the Examinations – for Battery Superintendents and Mine Managers Second and First Class. The Schools of Mines offered a syllabus of subjects thought useful to mining along with lectures that gave to candidates sitting the certificate examinations. The Star (7 January 1888, P 4) reporting on the first examination that too place wrote: -

 

“first examination of candidates for certificates of competency as underground managers will -take place at the Thames in a few days, Mr Montgomery, of the School of Mines there, acting as supervisor -There are only two candidates.

Thames School of Mines - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2009 

Schools of Mines

 

The opening of the Thames School of Mines in 1885 was the beginning of a new and what was to become a recognised entity on the Coromandel Goldfields and within communities. Professor Black was enlisted to conduct a series of lectures in a “whistle stop tour” of the Goldfields. According to early writings , including Professor Black’s report to Government, these proved a “full house” success with miners on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Mr. Montgomery, the first director of the Thames School of Mines took training to the further corners of the Coromandel Peninsula (what in 2010 would be called Distance Learning). A length of time was spent in Karangahake, Waihi, Te Aroha and Coromandel. Lectures in the theoretical of mining were conducted.

According to accounts evening and Saturday classes were held.

 

It is of interest and significance that given there were few roads in to the Coromandel in those days and no railway in the 1880’s, the opportunity to attend the School of Mines lectures were well utilised, according to the writings of the era.

At the same time as the Thames School of Mines was consolidating and personnel in the mining industry were coming to grips with “this new fangled training and certification,” the gold mining industry was also undergoing rapid development and change with new technology as it moved into the next decade of the 1890s. New methods (wet processing ) to run the batteries and new scientific processes to extract that extra ounce of minerals from the quartz. With these came a set of new skills to master – electricity, chemistry and the new industrial processes of the mineral mining industry.

Waihi School of Mines

 

At an inaugural meeting held at Waihi in July 1896, an inaugural committee was elected to further the establishment of a School of Mines at Waihi. Committee members elected were “Messrs James Galbraith, E. G. Banks, W. H. Johnston, J. M. Wrigley, H. P. Barry, Geo. Colebrook, James H. Evans, T. Gilmour, H. H. Adams, Edward Quinn, Roach and Dr. Wright.”(Ohinemuri Gazette 01/07/1896) The following year in July 1897 Percy Gates Morgan was appointed as Director of the newly established Waihi School of Mines.

 

By 1902 the Waihi School of Mines was well established with the following recorded as Council Members – “ P.G. Morgan M.A.( Director), A.H.V Morgan M.A. ( Assistant Director), Thomas Gilmour ( President), Alfred H Benge, T Johns, F Stewart, W Morrison and R Morgan.

 

                           Waihi School of Mines Images Journal 21  courtesy Ohinemuri Regional History Journal 21, June 1977

Karangahake School of Mines

 

The Karangahake School of Mines was said to have opened in 1900, Mr. MacDuff Director. The Ohinemuri Gazette, (25 /02/ 1903, P 2) following various speeches at the AGM, on the success of the Karangahake School of Mines and the work of the Director Mr. MacDuff, reported the following elected to the schools Council:

 

“Patron: E. G. B. Moss Esq., M.H.R. President: D. P. Mitchell Esq. Vice Presidents : F. A. Rich Esq., G. N. McGruer Esq., E. Cartwright Esq. Treasurer : R. D. Jones Esq. Council: Messrs W. Hutchison, C. Tresize, G. A. Chappell, Thomas Heron, T. G Vinson, and A. Tomlinson. “

 

According to the Ohinemuri Gazette ( 28/02/1908. p2 ) the following were elected to the committee for the coming year at the AGM of the Karangahake School of Mines:

 

“Patron, H. Poland, Esq, M.P; president, Mr Jno Nod veil; vice-presidents, Messrs G. N. McGruer, Deane, and Croucher; councillors, Messrs W. T. Wilson, A. S. Hill, J. Caisley, R. Inglis, R. R. Lloyd, D. Evitt, and Birks.”

Waikino School of Mines

 

Also reported at this meeting ( Ohinemuri Gazette 28/02/1908 p2 ) was a Branch School of Mines opened up at Waikino during 1907, Mr. Gibson in charge of the classes. Mr. O Banks conducting the drawing classes.

cement and ferrous iron relics Victorua Battery Waikino - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2010

The following  transcribed lists of holders of mining certificates are by no means regarded as complete and have been compiled initially as an aid to assist other researchers, including those researching family genealogy and history of the Ohinemuri and Waihi Goldfields

Battery Superintendents Certificate

Name	Place of Issue	Mines worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
AIREY, Hubert	Karangahake 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery superintendents)
AITKEN, A.H	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
ALLEN, D.V	Waihi 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (passed examinational Battery Superintendents)
ANDERSON, D	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
ANDREWS, T.T	Waihi 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8 (certificates issued Battery Superintendent)
ANSLEY, Comyn	Paeroa 1896			The           Late       Constable        Brooking. Ohinemuri Gazette, 27 June 1896, P4 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Battery Superintendents )
BANKS, C.A	Waihi 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894- Battery Superintendents)
BANKS, Edwin, Gripper	Waihi 1895	Waihi Battery, Waikino, Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi; Union Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi	A. Inst. M.M  (London)	MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination.)
BANKS, J.H.G	Waihi 1899	Victoria Battery, Waikino, Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi		Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery superintendents )
BARRANCE, K.McK	Karangahake 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
BARRETT, James, Joseph( also spelled Barratt in some records	Karangahake 1894	NZ Crown Mines battery, Karangahake; Castle Company battery, Karangahake		(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
BARRON, William, E ( also spelled Barren in some records)	Waikino 1903	Victoria Battery, Waihi Gold Mining Co., Waikino;		Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
BRADLEY, R.J.H	Te Puke 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P 2 First-class Mine-managers Certificates, issued after Examination, under The Mining Act, 1891.
BROWN, F.M	Karangahake 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
BROWN, J.B	Komata 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
BROWNE, B .Ernest	Waitekauri 1902	Cyanide Dept Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri; Darwin, Thames; Kaponga, Coromandel; Golden Falls, Whangamata		Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

Name

Place of Issue

Mines worked in

Other Mining

Associations

Reference Source

AIREY, Hubert

Karangahake 1903

 

 

Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery superintendents)

AITKEN, A.H

Waihi 1906

 

 

Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2

(battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)

ALLEN, D.V

Waihi 1900

 

 

Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2

(passed examinational Battery Superintendents)

ANDERSON, D

Waihi 1906

 

 

Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2

(battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)

ANDREWS, T.T

Waihi 1911

 

 

MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8

(certificates issued Battery Superintendent)

ANSLEY, Comyn

Paeroa 1896

 

 

The           Late       Constable        Brooking. Ohinemuri Gazette, 27 June 1896, P4

(Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Battery Superintendents )

BANKS, C.A

Waihi 1905

 

 

BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS

CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act

1891 Amendment Act, 1894- Battery Superintendents)

BANKS, Edwin, Gripper

Waihi 1895

Waihi Battery, Waikino, Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi; Union Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi

A. Inst. M.M  (London)

MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames

Star, 10 July 1895, P2

(Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment

Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination.)

BANKS, J.H.G

Waihi 1899

Victoria Battery, Waikino, Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi

 

Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899,

P2

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery

superintendents )

BARRANCE, K.McK

Karangahake 1905

 

 

BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS

CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 –

Battery Superintendents)

BARRETT, James,

Joseph( also spelled Barratt in some

records

Karangahake 1894

NZ Crown Mines battery, Karangahake; Castle Company battery, Karangahake

 

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

BARRON, William, E ( also spelled Barren in some records)

Waikino 1903

Victoria Battery, Waihi Gold Mining Co., Waikino;

 

Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

BRADLEY, R.J.H

Te Puke 1899

 

 

Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P

2

First-class Mine-managers Certificates, issued after Examination, under The Mining Act, 1891.

BROWN, F.M

Karangahake 1903

 

 

Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act

1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

BROWN, J.B

Komata 1903

 

 

Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3(issued

after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891

Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

BROWNE, B .Ernest

Waitekauri 1902

Cyanide Dept Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri; Darwin, Thames; Kaponga, Coromandel; Golden Falls, Whangamata

 

Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3

(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)

Mine adit Grace Darling - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2010

Name	Place of Issue	Mines Worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
CARPENTER, W.B	Karangahake 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 ( issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894, Mining Act 1898. – Battery Superintendents.)
CARTER, S	Waihi 1894			(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894- Battery Superintendents)
CHAPPELL, George, A	Karangahake 1903	Talisman Consolidated Co. , Karangahake; Refinery, Waihi Gold mining Co		Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
CLARK, John, L	Waihi 1894			(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 )
CLARKE, Robert	Waitekauri	Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri Gold Mining Co., Waitekauri;		Cyclopaedia NZ
CLARKE, T	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
CLARKE, W.J	Waihi 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, , 22 April 1899, P2 ( Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
CORBETT, G.L	Waitekauri 1902			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (under Mining Act 1898 - Battery Superintendents)
CROUCHER, Henry	Waihi 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2 (under Mining Act, Battery Superintendents)
DAWSON,B	Ellerslie 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894- Battery Superintendents)
DIXON, Clement	Waihi 1899	Waihi-Silverton Extended, Waihi; Rand Central Ore Reduction Co., Johannesburg, South Africa; New Kleinfontein Gold Mining Co., South Africa; Village Main Reef Gold Mining Co., South Africa	A.M. I. M.M. (London) A.N. Z. Inst. M.E Licenced Gold Assayer	Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, , 22 April 1899, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination – Battery Superintendents)
DONOVAN,W	Waikino 1906	Victoria Battery ,Waihi Gold Mining Co., Waikino		Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2(battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
DONNELLY, Thomas	Waihi 1901			Milling Examination. Ohinemuri Gazette, 26 July 1901, P 2 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Mining Act 1898– Battery Superintendents )
ELLIS, L.L	Waitekauri 1901			Milling Examination. Ohinemuri Gazette, 26 July 1901, P 2(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents)
EMPSON, J.B	Karangahake 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Mining Act 1898 ) – Battery Superintendents )
EVANS, J	Waihi 1898			(issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Mining Act 1898 ) – Battery Superintendents )
FLETCHER, H.T.	Katikati 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (issued after Examination, under " The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 Mining Act 1898 ) – Battery Superintendents )
GIBSON, W	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2(battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
GILPIN, J	Waihi 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24 (issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )

Name	Place of Issue	Mine Worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
GRAY, J.W. (Also Grey)	Waihi 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, , 22 April 1899, P2 ( Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
GRAYDEN, J	Waitekauri 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )
GWILLIAM, Ben	Karangahake 1902	“Luck at Last”, Whangamata; N.Z. Talisman Karangahake; Battery, New Waitekauri Gold Mining Company.		Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )
HAY, Adam	Karangahake 1902			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 ) – Battery Superintendents )
HAYWARD, F.W.	Komata ( Thames) 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2 (issued after Examination, under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894.- Battery Superintendents)
HASARD, T.R.0	Waitekauri			(issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )
HEARD, George, St. Clair	Waihi 1894	Grand Junction, Waihi; Cassell Gold Extraction Company, Waihi; Grace Darling, Waitekauri; Aroha Gold Mines , Waiorongomai; Great Western Gold Mining Co., Waiorongomai; Jubilee Gold Mining Co., Waitekauri; Junee, New South Wales		(Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination.)
HOGG, B	Karangahake 1898			(issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )
HOGG, T.B	Karangahake 1898			(issued after Examination, under Mining Act 1898 – Battery Superintendents )
HOPE, John, Sommerville	Waitekauri 1895	Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri Gold mining Co, Waitekauri ; Big Pump, Thames; Thames School of Mines experimental plant , Thames; Waihi Battery, Waihi Gold Mining Co., Waihi		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination. – Battery Superintendents)
HUTCHISON, W	Karangahake 1895	N.Z. Crown Mines, Karangahake; Indian Gold Mines Company, Glasgow		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination. – Battery Superintendents)
JACKSON, J.H	Karangahake (also listed Paeroa) 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2 ( Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
JONES, Achison	Waihi 1899			MINE  MANAGERS'  EXAMINATION. Grey River Argus, 21 April 1899, P 4 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
JONES, B.D. ( Also spelled R.D. Jones in records)	Karangahake 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
KIDD, Robert, Boyd	Thames 1900	Golden Cross, Waitekauri; Ethel Reefs, Thames		Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2(Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
LANGFORD, G.S	Waikino 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24 (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
LAUNDER,G	Waitekauri 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)

Name	Place of Issue	Mine Worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
LAWLESS, L. J	Paeroa 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (Certificates, issued after Examination. Battery Superintendents)
McKENLEY, J	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
McLELLAN, William	Waitekauri 1894	Waitekauri Gold Mining Co., Waitekauri; Tharsus Sulphur & Copper Co.; Cassell Gold Extracting Co; African Gold Recovery Co., South Africa; Orion Gold Mining Co., Johannesburg, South Africa	Member Chemical & Metallurgical Society of South Africa	(Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination)
MELLETT, Richard, Sheridan	Waitekauri 1895			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 – Battery Superintendents)
MORRIN, William, Somerville	Thames 1898	Golden Cross Battery ,Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri G. M. Co., Waitekauri; Thames Hauraki Company, Thames		MINE MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES. Wellington, April 22. Otago Witness , 28 April 1898, P 18 (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
MORGAN, Robert, J	Waihi 1906	Grand Junction, Waihi; diggings, Victoria; Blue Spur; Skippers; White Reef; Old Man Range		Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
MORGAN, Percy, Gates, MA	Thames 1897	Battery & Cyanide Plant, Waitekauri; Coal Mining, Green Island, NZ; Assistant Lecturer Thames School of Mines, Thames; Director, Waihi School of Mines; Director of the GeologIcal Survey of NZ.	A.NZ Inst. ME M.Aust.Inst.M.E.	Nelson Evening Mail, 20 May 1897, P 3 MINE MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES. Wellington, May 19. (Certificates, issued after Examination – Battery Superintendents)
MOTHERWELL, William	Waihi 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (under The Mining Act,1898 Battery Superintendents )
MOYLE, W.T	Upper Tairua 1902			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (under The Mining Act,1898 Battery Superintendents )
NAPIER, James	Karangahake 1895	NZ Crown Mines, Karangahake; Copper Company, Swansea; Anglo-Mexican Mint Company, Mexico; Messrs. Enthoven and Sons, London; Tharsis Sulphur & Copper Company, Newcastle-on- Tyne; Concordia Copper Mines, South Africa; Messrs. Pontifex and Wood, England; Endeavour Inlet Antimony Company, NZ; Cassel Company, Karangahake & Te Aroha, Waihi Companies.		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination – Battery Superintendents )
NOBLE, James, B	Karangahake 1895	Woodstock Co., Karangahake;		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination – Battery Superintendents )
ROBERT, H.O	Waihi 1898			(under The Mining Act, 1898. )
SANFORD, A.G	Waihi 1901			Milling Examination. Ohinemuri Gazette, 26 July 1901, P 2 (under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Managers)
SHAW, D.S	Waikino 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24 (under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)

Name	Place of Issue	Mine Worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
STAFFORD, B.H	Waihi 1899	Waihi Gold Mining Company, Waihi;		Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, , 22 April 1899, P2(under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Managers)
TOMLINSON, Alfred	Karangahake 1902			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3(under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)
TURNBULL, E.V	Waihi 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)
ULRICH, G.A.O	Komata 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3(under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)
WATERS, D.B	Waihi 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24(under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)
WATSON, E. Augustus, Bressan	Waitekauri 1900	Cyanide Dept Waitekauri Battery, Waitekauri; Waihi Battery, Waihi; Silverton, Waihi.		Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (under The Mining Act,1898- Battery Superintendents)
WHITE, E.D	Karangahake 1916			SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES Evening Post, 17 March 1916, P2 partial pass
WILLIAMS, W.E	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)
WILSON, Arthur, B	Waihi 1895			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination – Battery Superintendents )

cement and brick relics Crown Goldmining Company Battery Karangahake - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2010 

Mine Managers - Second Class Certificates

Name	Place of Issue	Mines worked in	Other Mining Associations	Reference Source
BARNEY, Montague, T	Waitekauri 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(Second-class Mine-managers Certificate of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 88 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896.)
BENNEY,J .H jnr	Paeroa 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2(Second-class Mining managers Certificates, issued after Examination, under The Mining Act, 1891)
BYRNE, John	Karangahake 1892			MINE MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5 (Second Class Certificates as Mine Manager)
COLLINS, Charles	Waitekauri 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(Second-class Mine-managers Certificate of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 88 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
CHRISTIE, William, Henry	Waitekauri 1896	Waitekauri Ltd of Waitekauri G.M. Co., Waitekauri; Alburnia , Thames; Prospectors ,Tairua; Moanatairi , Thames; Kuranui - Long Drive ,Thames; Fame & Fortune ,Thames; New Zealand Jubilee Gold Mining Company, Waitekauri.		The Late Constable Brooking. Ohinemuri Gazette, 27 June 1896, P400(Second-class Mining managers Certificates, issued after Examination, under The Mining Act, 1891)
HOWE, Albion S	Waitekauri 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(Second-class Mine-managers Certificate of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 88 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
McCORMICK, W.J	Waitekauri 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(Second-Class Mine managers Certificates issued under Section 813 of The Mining Act, 1891)

McDONALD, John	Tairua 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(Second-class Mine-managers Certificate of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 88 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
RADFORD, Samuel	Waihi 1898	Waihi-Gladstone, Waihi; Port Phillip Co. Clunes, Australia.		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(holders of provisional warrants under Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates as mine managers second class)

signage Crown Mining Company and battery - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2010

Mine Superintendents & Mine Managers First Class Certificates

Name	Place	Mines worked in	Other mining associations	Reference Source
ADAMS H.H.	Waiorongomai Waihi 1895	Waiorongomai; Waihi – Silverton, Waihi; Martha Company; Woodstock, Karangahake; Bright Smile, Thames ; Broken Hills, Tairua.		1. (holders of provisional warrants under the Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates as mine managers first class )   2. MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination – Battery Superintendents )
ALLEN, F.T	Waihi 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (passed first class mine managers Certificate)
ALLEN, Henry	Waihi			(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
ASCOTT, R	Waihi 1900			Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (passed examinational First Class Mine Managers)
BARRY, Hubert, Percy	Waihi 1895	Waihi Gold Mining Co Ltd; Swaziland, Transvaal, South Africa		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Thames Star, 10 July 1895, P2 (Issued under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894 without undergoing Examination)
BENNIE, Boyd	Waihi 1902			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
BULL, C.W. ( also O in some records)	Waihi			(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
BUNNEY, Joseph ( also spelled in some records Binney)	Waihi 1898	Waihi Consols, Waihi, N.Z.; Lake Superior copper mines; Comstock, Nevada; Kuranui, Thames; Tokatea, Coromandel; Ajax, Reefton; Union Waihi, Waihi; Grand Junction, Waihi		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (First-class Mine' Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896. )
CARTER, B.P	Waihi			(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
CAUSLEY, John	Karangahake1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 ( granted certificates of competency first class mine managers)
COOPER, Thornhill	Waihi			(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
CORBETT, Thomas	Waihi 1892			MINE MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5(Issued under The Mining Act, 1891)
CORDES, F.M.	Karangahake1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3(FIRST- CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES as Mine managers)
CORNES, Clements, Augustus, jnr.	Karangahake 1898	Woodstock Gold Mining Company, Karangahake; Te Aroha		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (First-class Mine' Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Sec- tion 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
CORNES, J.G	Waihi 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24(First-class gold mine managers' examinations)

Name	Place	Mines worked in	Other mining associations	Reference Source
DRAFFIN, Samuel	Waitekauri 1898	Grace Darling, Waitekauri; Ballarat; alluvial fields Victoria; Gabriels Gully; Cariboo Rush, British Colombia; West Coast; Thames		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 ( First-class Mine' Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
DUTTON, W.F	Waihi 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8( Certificates issued First - class Mine Managers (gold) )
EVERY, H.J	Waihi 1901			Milling Examination. Ohinemuri Gazette, 26 July 1901, P 2 ( First Class Mine Managers Certificate)
FARMER, O.S	Waitekauri 1898			Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4(holders provisional warrants under Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates mine managers first class)
GEORGE, M.T.	Waihi			(Certificates issued after Examination )
GILMOUR, J.L	Thames 1898	Waihi Gold Mining Co. , Waihi		MINE MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES. Wellington, April 22. Otago Witness , 28 April 1898, P 18 (certificates after examination First Class Mine Managers)
GILMOUR, Thomas	Thames	Waihi Gold Mining Co. ,Waihi; Castlemaine, Victoria; Hokitika, Grey, Charleston, Addison's Flat, up Buller river, West coast, NZ ; Alabama, Moanataiari Extended, Hand of Friendship, Thames;		(First Class Service Certificates Issued without Examination)
GOLDSWORTHY, Chas	Karangahake1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P 3 (passed first class mine managers Certificate)
GOLDSWORTHY, Henry	1892	Talisman Consolidated Mine, Karangahake; Queen of May, Thames; Hit-or-Miss, Waiorongomai;		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 19 May 1892, P 3 (Second class mine managers' service certificates (given without examination, and for length of service).
GOLDSWORTHY, William	Thames 1898	NZ Talisman, Karangahake; copper mines, Barrier; Kawau; Homeward Bound, Una, and Dauntless, Thames; Plutus, Coromandel; Welcome Mine, Waitekauri.		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (First-class Mine' Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896.)
HOLLIS, Fred J	Waihi 1892	Silverton		MINE MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5 (Issued under The Mining Act, 1891)
HOLLIS, William	Thames	Waitekauri mine, Waitekauri; Union Beach Gold Mining Company, Coromandel; Waihi Martha Mine, Waihi; Waihi South, Waihi; Norman Proprietary Co., Waitekauri; also tributer.		(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
HOWARD, Samuel	Karangahake1898	Imperial, Karangahake; Miner North England; Orlando, Thames.		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4( First-class Mine' Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
IRWIN, Samuel	Waihi			(Certificates issued after Examination)
JACKSON, G.T	Waihi 1903			Mining Examinations. Ohinemuri Gazette, 20 March 1903, P3 (passed the first class mine managers certificates)
JOHNS, Thomas	Waihi 1898	Waihi Extended Gold Mining Company , Waihi; City of London, Caledonian, Darwin, Old Whau, May Queen all at Thames, N.Z. Zion Company, Waihi.		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (First-class Mine Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896.)
LANGDON, Henry	Waihi 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8 ( Certificates issued First - class Mine Managers (gold)

Name	Place	Mines worked in	Other mining associations	Reference Source
DeLATOUR, H.A	Waihi 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8 ( Certificates issued First - class Mine Managers (gold) )
LEWIS, R.R	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (competency first class mine managers)
LITTLEJOHN, William, Douglas	Karangahake	NZ Crown Mines battery, Karangahake;		9Battery Superintendent)
MACDONALD, W.M	Waihi 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, 22 April 1899, P2( issued after Examination, under The Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894. )
MACKIE, P.G.A	Waihi 1906			Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2 (competency first class mine managers)
McCONACHIE, William Jnr.	Waihi 1900	Grand Junction, Waihi;		Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (passed examinational First Class Mine Manager )
McCOMBIE, John	Auckland District 1892	Talisman, Karangahake; Woodstock Silverton		MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 19 May 1892, P 3(holders of provisional warrants under the Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates as mine managers first class )
McGRUER, A	Karangahake 1905			BATTERY AND MINE MANAGERS CERTIFICATES. Otago Witness, 5 April 1905, P 24(First-class gold mine managers' examinations)
McGRUER, George, Norman	Karangahake	NZ Crown Mines, Karangahake; Lindis River, NZ; Brunner Coal Mine, West Coast, NZ; Kapanga, Coromandel; Preeces Point; Welcome Reef.		(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
McLEAN, Charles	Thames 1898	Waihi Consolidated Goldmining Co., Waihi; goldfields, Victoria;		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (holders of provisional warrants under the Mining Amendment Act, 1886, have been granted certificates as mine managers)
McLEAN, Benjamin, John ( some records spelled Maclean)	Waitekauri	Te Ao Marama portion, Waitekauri Gold Mining Company; Thames; West Coast		(First-class Mine Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896.)
McLOUGHRY, Archibald	Karangahake 1892			MINE MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5 ( Issued under The Mining Act, 1891)
MEAGHER, John	Karangahake 1892			MINE MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5 ( Issued under The Mining Act, 1891)
MOORE, Henry, William	Thames	Waihi-Silverton Extended Gold Mine, Waihi; Cambria Mine, May Queen mine, Lone Hand mine , Thames; Komata; Waitekauri;	M.N.Z. Inst. M.E	(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
MOORE, L.0	Waihi 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8 ( Certificates issued First - class Mine Managers (gold) )
MORGAN, William	Owharoa 1898	Owharoa;		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (holders of provisional warrants under the Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates as mine managers first class )
MORRISON, William	Waihi 1900	Waihi Gold Mining Co., Waihi		Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (passed examinational First Class Mine Manager – conditional )
NOAKES, H.L.	Waihi 1899			Mine Managers' Certificates Ohinemuri Gazette, , 22 April 1899, P2 (recent examination battery superintendents' certificates conditionally, in compliance with the Regulations)
POLTON, A	Karangahake			FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination

         

Name	Place	Mines worked in	Other mine associations	Reference Source
QUINN, Edwin	Te Aroha	Queen of Beauty, Bird in Hand, Norfolk, Sylvia, Thames; Te Aroha; Waihi Silverton, Waihi; The Kauri Freehold Gold Estates Co, Opitonui mine, Coromandel;		(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
SHAW, James				MINE MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5(managers' service certificates passed by Board)
SNOW, Thomas	Huntly 1898	Waihi South, Waihi; Palmer's ironstone mines, Yorkshire; Kamo Coal Mine, Hikurangi; Miranda; Ralph Bros.' coal mine, Huntly		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (First-class Mine-managers Certificates, issued under Section 818 of The Mining Act, 1892.)
SPEARING, J.R	Waihi 1909	Durbar, Waitekauri; Grand Junction, Waihi; Waihi Gold Mining Co, Waihi		DURBAR (Waitekauri).Thames Star, 29 July 1909, P1
STACKPOLE, jnr. Robert	Karangahake 1898	Crown Extended mine, Karangahake; Moanataiari battery, Kuranui mine, Alburnia , Thames; Sylvia battery, Tararu Creek; Charters Towers, North Queensland; Premier, Colonist, Te Aroha; Woodstock Co., Karangahake; also tributer		Mine Managers' Certificates. Thames Star, 17 December 1898, P 4 (holders of provisional warrants under the Mining Amendment Act, 1886, granted certificates as mine managers first class )
STEWART, F	Waihi 1900	Mining in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales; Miner, Reefton, NZ; Mining Contractor, Waihi; Council of Management, Waihi School of Mines;		Mining Examination Results. Thames Star, 3 July 1900, P 2 (passed examinational First Class Mine Manager)
STONE, F	Karangahake			(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
TAYLOR, Charles, Henry	Tararu	NZ Talisman Gold Mining Co, Karangahake; Kimberley & West Australia; Kuranui Mine, Thames; Monowai mine, Waiomu	M.I.M.E. NZ	(Battery-superintendents)
THOMSON, J ,Thomas	Waihi 1901			Milling Examination. Ohinemuri Gazette, 26 July 1901, P 2 (Passed examinations First-class mine managers' certificates under the Mining Act )
TREGOWETH, William	Thames	Waverley Mine, Karangahake; Prince Alfred crushing mill, Sylvia Mine, Thames; Waihi-Martha Co., Waihi.		(Issued under The Mining Act, 1891 )
TURNBULL, Thomas, A	Whangamata			(First-class Mine Managers Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 82 of The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896)
WALKER, A.J	Waihi – West 1906   Waihi 1913	Waihi Gold Mining Company ; Grand Junction, Waihi;		1. Mine Managers' Examination. Thames Star, 6 April 1906, P 2(battery superintendents granted certificates of competency)   2. MINE MANAGERS EXAMINATION Thames Star, 30 May 1913, P 5(Passes, Mining Act, 1908- —First Class Mine Managers )
WALKER, J.W ( “Long Drive)	Thames	Grand Junction, Waihi; Long Drive, Moanatairi, Thames		(FIRST-CLASS SERVICE CERTIFICATES. under The Mining Act, 1886, without examination)
WEIR, Thomas	Waihi			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (First-class Mine. Managers' certificates under the Mining Act, 1898)
WHITE, John, Sherlock	Karangahake			( First-class Mine-managers Certificates, issued under Section 818 of The Mining Act, 1892.)
WHYTE, Mc G.H	Waihi			Mining Certificates Granted. Grey River Argus, 26 March 1902, P 3 (First-class Mine. Managers' certificates under the Mining Act, 1898)
WORTH, Robert	Waihi 1892	Union Section Waihi Gold Mining Company		MINE  MANAGERS'CERTIFICATES. Ohinemuri Gazette, 29 October 1892, P5(managers' service certificates passed by Board)

     

cement and ferrous iron relics Victoria Battery - photo courtesy Chris Ball 2010

Mining Service certificates under the Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910

Name	Place	Mines worked in	Other mining associations	Reference Source
BUTCHER, F.J	Waitekauri 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8(Service certificates under Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910, granted)
GRACE, P	Waitekauri 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8(Service certificates under Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910, granted)
HANSEN, C.H	Puketui 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8(Service certificates under Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910, granted)
HYDE, H.J	Karangahake 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8(Service certificates under Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910, granted)
KELL, A	Karangahake 1911			MINING EXAMINATIONS. Evening Post, 25 May 1911, P 8(Service certificates under Mining Act Amendment Act, 1910, granted)

Mine Certificates issued from a recognised authority outside the colony (NZ)

Name	Place of Issue	Mines worked in	Other mine associations	Reference Source
RICH, Frank, A	Auckland	Woodstock Gold Mining Co., Karangahake; mining & electrical engineer in California, Colorado; consulting mining engineer, NZ.	M.A.I.M.E A.M.I.E.E., M.I.M.E., M.C.I.M.M
MORGAN, William	Waihi			Mine-managers Certificates, issued on Production of Certificate from a recognised Authority outside the Colony, under The Coal-mines Act, 1891.

Reference Sources

•  The Cyclopaedia of New Zealand, Vol 2, Auckland Province. Christchurch: Cyclopaedia Company Limited, 1902.
•   Weston, Fred (compiler). Jubilee Souvenir –Thames Goldfields-A History From Proclamation Times To 1927. Thames: “ Thames Star”, July ,1927
• . Statement by the Minister Mines,Report on Gold Fields, Report on Coal mines ,State Coal Mines. Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer, 1907.
•   Newspapers – Various in The Evening Post, Grey River Argus, Ohinemuri Gazette, Otago Witness, Star, Thames Star In Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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