Saturday 18 June 2022

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)


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.


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