Archive of the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited
Correspondence, share registers, reports, etc., relating to the activities of the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Kenya, Ethiopia, British East Africa, French Madagascar (Madagascar), Portuguese Africa (Angola and Mozambique), the Sahara, Sudan, Bechuanaland (Botswana), South Africa, Canada, Burma (Myanmar), China, Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), Iran, Turkey, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Barbados, British Guiana (Guyana), Trinidad, United Kingdom, Australia, and Fiji.
Also, papers relating to other companies, including the Magadi Soda Company; the British South Africa Company; Wernher, Beit & Company; Rand Mines; and the Transvaal Consolidated Land & Exploration Company.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1966
Extent
3.70 linear metres (84 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- French
- Dutch; Flemish
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/1, item 1].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 412/1-76
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 1165
Abstract
Archive of the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited.
Biographical / Historical
The Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited was formed on 9 May 1905. It was established by Wernher Beit & Company who, with their Johannesburg associates H. Eckstein & Company, had played a significant part in the development of the goldfield discovered on the Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 1886.
The first Chairman of the Corporation was Sir Julius Wernher (Chairman, 1905-1912) and his colleagues included Alfred Beit (Director, 1905-1906) and Sir Friedrich Eckstein (Chairman, 1912-1915).
The Corporation, which was later called Charter Consolidated Limited, owned mining, industrial, and commercial enterprises worldwide.
Arrangement
The records are mostly arranged geographically: Africa, Canada, Far East, Middle East, South America, West Indies, United Kingdom, Pacific.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information unknown.
Creator
- Central Mining and Investment Corporation (Organisation)
- Charter Consolidated Limited | London (Organisation)
Subject
- Magadi Soda Company (Organisation)
- British South Africa Company (Organisation)
- Wernher, Beit and Company (Organisation)
- Transvaal Consolidated Land and Exploration Company (Organisation)
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2024
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- Second edition.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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