Martin Coombs:
The turn-of-the-century gold dredge manufacturers who
supplied equipment to South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and
Peru) included: (1) Lobnitz and Co., Renfrew, Scotland; (2) Cutten
Brothers, Dunedin, New Zealand, and ca. 1903, London; (3) McGregor and Co.,
Dunedin, New Zealand; (4) Werf Conrad, Holland.
As for Tierra del Fuego specifically, you&/or Mr. Guevara might
wish to check out the following sources: "Dedging in the Argentine," THE
MINING JOURNAL, 3 June 1905, p. 609; "A Warning to New Zealand Dredgemen,"
THE NEW ZEALAND MINES RECORD, 17 August 1908, p. 47 (refers to "various
firms in Dunedin" working out of Punta Arenas); "A former resident . . .
.," THE NZMR, 16 March 1908, p. 8 (relates info from John Werner, now in
Tierra del Fuego); "New Zealand Dredgemen at Tierra del Fuego," THE NZMR,
16 March 1908, p. 348 (the further adventures of New Zealanders in TdelF);
"Gold-Dredging in Tierra del Fuego," THE NZMR, 16 September 1907, p. 70 (a
reprint of a MINING JOURNAL (London) article by Juan D. Roberts surveying
gold-dredging in TdelF; Roberts states that of 13 dredges working there or
under construction, five were built by A. Brown, London, to the design of
Cutten Bros., London; one by Lobnitz and Co., Renfrew; and the rest by Werf
Conrad, Holland.
A long weekend curled up early 1900s issues of the BUENOS AIRES
STANDARD and the BUENOS AIRES HERALD would also probably be a fruitful
exercise.
Dan Buck
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