Auction #134 - Mining
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Lot 11
Lehmann (Johann Gottlob) (1719-1767)
KURTZE EINLEITUNG IN EINIGE THEILE DER BERGWERCKS-WISSENSCHAFT
a heavily annotated copy of a rare practical work on mining. This book is in the U.S.
Lot 14
Cawston (George); Keane (A.H.)
THE EARLY CHARTERED COMPANIES (A.D. 1296-1858)
Including an Appendix with the Charter of Incorporation of The British South African Company.
Lot 17
Helme (Nigel)
THOMAS MAJOR CULLINAN (1974) - De Luxe Edition
Sir Thomas Major Cullinan was a South African diamond magnate, prospector, industrialist & owner of the Premier Mine where the legendary Cullinan Diamond was…
Lot 19
Brooke-Simons (Phillida)
CULLINAN DIAMONDS - DREAMS AND DISCOVERIES (2004)
Lot 29
Van Riet Lowe (C.)
DIE GEDENKWAARDIGHEDE VAN SUID-AFRIKA (1941) - former copy of R.V. Cullinan and Patrick Cullinan with their bookplates
"MONUMENTS OF SOUTH AFRICA". Publisher's full leather presentation binding.
Lot 30
Swift (W. H.)
THE GEOLOGY OF THE ODZI GOLD BELT (1956)
Lot 31
Marx (Roelf)
KLERKSDORP : GROEIENDE REUS 1837-1987
"KLERKSDORP : GROWING GIANT 1837-1987" - History of the great mining city, founded by the Voortrekkers
Lot 32
Bruns (Leo)
THE BIRTH OF A COMPLEX : WESTERN REEFS 1933-1941
Lot 33
Meiring (Piet)
GOUD VIR DIE SOEKER (1963) - contains important signatures
"GOLD FOR THE SEEKER - THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE OF BOSHOFF MINES"
Lot 35
Chapman (Captain Charles)
A JOURNEY TO CAPE TOWN AND THE DIAMOND FIELDS (1872)
Lot 38
Manfred (Nathan)
[TRANSVAAL GOLD ACT]. TRANSVAAL GOLD AND BASE METALS LAW (1908)
Being Act No. 35 of 1908 to Consolidate and Amend the Law Relating to Prospecting and Mining for Precious Metals and Base Metals, and to Provide for Matters…
Lot 39
Molengraaf (G.A.F.)
GEOLOGY OF THE TRANSVAAL (1904)
Lot 40
Rickard (T.A.); Hoover (H.C.); Ingalls (W.R.); Brown (R. Gilman); etc.
THE ECONOMICS OF MINING (1907)
Lot 41
Reunert (Theodore)
DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893)
Lot 44
Dunn (E. J.)
GEOLOGY OF GOLD (SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND) (1929)
From the author who gave the first description of the Pretoria Series under the name of Lyndenburg Beds, and the name of Dwyka to the famous glacial conglomerate.
Lot 45
Emmons (William Harvey)
GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE WORLD. WITH A SECTION ON PROSPECTING (1937)
First edition, first impression.
Lot 46
[Vermeulen (P. H.) (Editor); De Villiers (John) (Compiled by)]
THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA (1959)
Lot 50
Busschau (W. J.)
THE THEORY OF GOLD SUPPLY. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE WITWATERSRAND (1936)
A serious & technical economic study of the problems of the Witwatersrand gold industry.
Lot 51
Busschau (W. J.)
THE MEASURE OF GOLD (1949)
The role of gold as international money.
Lot 52
Robey (Ralph) Editor:
THE MONETARY PROBLEM: GOLD AND SILVER (1936)
Gold and Silver Comission: Final Report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the recent changes in the relative values of the precious metals; With…
Lot 53
Imperial Institute. Mineral resources department.
MINING ROYALTIES AND RENTS IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE (1936)
Contains a complete and detailed review for Africa, America, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and other Empire countries.
Lot 54
Seidel (A.)
TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC (1898)
Lot 85
Cornell (F.C.)
THE GLAMOUR OF PROSPECTING
Wanderings of a South African Prospector in Search of Copper, Gold, Emeralds, and Diamonds
Lot 125
Wagner (Percy A.)
THE PLATINUM DEPOSITS AND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA:
with a chapter on the mineragraphy and spectrography of the sulphidic platinum ores of the Bushveld complex; by Dr H. Schneiderhohn



