| Mining Books by Country |
Brazil
David
Cleary, Anatomy of the Amazon Gold Rush
Good account of Brazilian gold rush of the 1980s with emphasis on social and
economic impact.
1990, The Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, England. ISBN No.0-333-51473-4
China
John
Adams, Deregulation of the Gold Market in China
Highly detailed report on the organisation and structure of the gold market
and gold mining in China, with list of major mines with technical details, legal
and taxation information and briefing on 1997 Mineral Resources Law.
2000, AMCD (Publishers) Ltd, Altrincham, England. ISBN No.1 897762 20 8. Available
in hard copy or as 3.5" diskette. Price £495 /US$745.
AMCD
PO Box 182
Altrincham, Cheshire
WA15 9UA
England.
e-mail j.s.adams@talk21.com
Ghana
T.
E. Amin, Gold in Ghana
Useful book on the history and development of gold mining in Ghana.
1993, 3rd edition, Selwyn Publishers, Ilford (UK) and Accra.
Indonesia
Vivian Danielson & James Whyte, Bre-X, Gold Today, Gone Tomorrow
An anatomy of the Busang mining swindle.
1997, The Northern Miner, Toronto. ISBN No.1-55257-003-7
Web www.northernminer.com
Philippines
Salvador
P. Lopez, Isles of Gold: A History of Mining in the Philippines
The development of gold and other mining in the Philippines, commissioned by
the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines.
1992, Oxford University Press, Singapore, ISBN 0-19-588965-7
South
Africa
A.
P. Cartwright, The Gold Miners
Readable account of the great mines and great miners during the first eight
decades of South African mining.
1962, Purnell & Sons, Johannesburg.
Sir Theodore Gregory, Ernest Oppenheimer and the Economic Development
of Southern Africa
Scholarly volume on the importance of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer to the development
of gold and diamond mining in Africa.
1962, Oxford University Press, London and New York.
Paul Johnson, Gold Fields
Centenary portrait of Consolidated Gold Fields, the mining house that made
its name in South Africa.
1987, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, ISBN 0-297-78967-8
United
States
Mildred
Fielder, The Treasure of Homestake Gold
The story of Homestake Mine since its opening in 1877.
1970, North Plains Press, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA. Library of Congress
Catalogue 70-113967