Built on Gold: Recollections of Western Mining Corporation by G Lindesay Clark

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at top edge. Interior and binding are excellent.

In this book, Sir Lindesay Clark records his early association with Gold Mines of Australia Ltd (GMA) and the formation of Western Mining Corporation Ltd (WMC) in 1933. Clark was appointed WMC's first technical managing director and tells of the exciting programme of exploration and reexamining prospects throughout Australia that led to important gold mining developments in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.

After WWII, Clark led the re-establishment and expansion of gold mining within WMC-GMA centres, including Kalgoorlie, Norseman, Reedy's, Coolgardie and Bullfinch in Western Australia, and Woods Point and Newstead in Victoria. He also became involved in three of the Broken Hill companies and made technical contributions to their development.

In 1952, Clark became chairman of WMC. Diversification became the goal, and the search for base metals and petroleum began. The book recalls the heady days of the finding and providing of bauxite deposits in the Darling Ranges, the formation of Alcoa of Australia in 1961, and the first long-term contract for the export of iron ore in 1966. Nickel sulphide deposits were discovered at Kambalda in 1966, uranium at Yeelirrie in 1972, copper-uranium-gold mineralisation at Olympic Dam in 1975 and copper-zinc-silver at Banambra in 1978. (book flap)