Mining Industry - Evidence and Report of the Industrial Commission of Enquiry

Klappentext This extensive 1897 report on the South African mining industry sheds light on the British Empire's economic history. Zusammenfassung The nineteenth-century gold rush was an important factor in the tension between Dutch and English settlers that led to the Second Boer War. This 1895 work on the mining industry of the Transvaal covers geological! economic and legal aspects of gold mining in this significant period of South African history. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Evidence given before the industrial commission of enquiry and the report of the commissioners; 2. Appendix.

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• Authors: The Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines
• Assisted by: The Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108062343
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06234-3
• No. of pages: 764
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Republic of South Africa, Economic history, Mining Industry, Extractive industries