The Intervention That Wasn&apos;t: A New Look at the McArthur-Forrest Cyanide Patent Conflict in Western Australia

Segal, Naomi

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The Intervention That Wasn't: A New Look at the McArthur-Forrest Cyanide Patent Conflict in Western Australia

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Author(s): Naomi Segal

Publication date (Print): June 2000

Journal: Prometheus

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Keywords: Cyanide Process, Cyaniding, Gold Mining, Patent Litigation, Western Australia

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The patented McArthur-Forrest gold extraction process played a significant role in facilitating gold recovery in Western Australia after 1897. The patent-holders failed, however, both to obtain income commensurate with their efforts and to extend their patent rights in Western Australia. This paper revises existing historical accounts of the cyanide royalties dispute in Western Australia in the light of new sources and focuses on industry-state relations and the respective strategic roles that industry and the state played in the resolution of the dispute. The paper also provides a new conclusion to the dispute's resolution in Western Australia.

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Journal ID (archive): CPRO

Title: Prometheus

Subtitle: Critical Studies in Innovation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 0810-9028

ISSN (Electronic): 1470-1030

Publication date (Print): June 2000

Volume: 18

Issue: 2

Pages: 175-196

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Publisher ID: 10032382 Coden ID: Prometheus, Vol. 18, No. 2, June 2000, pp. 175-196

DOI: 10.1080/713692056

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[1] Hartley Richard G.. 1998. . A History of Technological Change in Kalgoorlie gold Metallurgy 1895-1915 . , p. 59Murdoch University. .

[2] Katzenellenbogen Simon. . 1989. . Towards a Social History of Mining in the 19th and 20th Centuries. In: . Papers presented to the International Mining History Congress; . September 3-7– 1989 ; , Bochum , Federal Republic of Germany. . 'Cyanide and bubbles: patents and technological change in gold and non-ferrous metals treatment'. , Edited by: Tenfelde Klaus. . pp.p. 526C.H. Beck. .

[3] Jack Sybil M.. 1984. . 'The introduction of cyaniding in New Zealand: a case study of the role of technology in history'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 2((1)): 32

[4] 1899. . West Australian Law Reports . Vol. vol. 1. , p. 170

[7] 1897. . Kalgoorlie Miner . , 23 August;: 2

[8] 1897. . Kalgoorlie Miner . , 20 December;: 3

[9] 1899. . WAPD . , 7 September;: 1190

[10] 1899. . WAPD . , 7 September;: 1188

[15] 1899. . WAPD . , 26 September;: 1420

[21] 1900. . WAPD . , 22 November;: 1854

[22] 1900. . WAPD . , 30 October;: 1331

[27] 1902. . The Times . , 26 September;: 9

[28] 1900. . WAPD . , 16 October;: 1029

[31] Crowley Frank K.. 1971. . Forrest 1847-1918, vol. 1. Apprenticeship to Premier . , Vol. vol. 1. , p. 226 St. Lucia : : University of Queensland Press. .

[32] Law Reports House of Lords. . 1901. . Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . p. 142––52. .

[35] 1902. . COM. . Monthly Journal . , Vol. 1:: 47

[36] Bertola Patrick. . 1993. . Kalgoorlie, Gold and the World Economy . , p. 25––6. . Curtin University of Technology. .

[37] Curie James H.. 1899. . The Gold Mines of the World Containing Concise and Practical Advice for Investors Gathered from a Personal Inspection of the Mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia, and Rhodesia . , p. 147 London : : Waterlow. .

[38] Gibbney Herbert J.. The Goldfelds and the Labor Movement . , p. 4 Canberra : : Typescript. .

[40] Lougheed Alan. L.. 1995. . 'Want of novelty and patent litigation: the case of the cyanide process of gold extraction, 1892-1902'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 13((1)): 32

[41] Lougheed Alan L.. 1989a. . 'The cyanide process and gold extraction in Australia and New Zealand, 1888-1913'. . Australian Economic History Review . , Vol. 27((1)): 50––3. .

[42] Todd Jan. . 1995. . Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia . , p. 128––30. . Melbourne : : Cambridge University Press. .

[43] Lougheed Alan L.. 1985. . 'The Cassel Company, cyanide and the gold mining industry, 1887-1927'. In: . International Mining History Conference; . August. 1985 ; , Melbourne . .

[44] Lougheed Alan L.. 1989b. . 'The discovery, development and diffusion of new technology: the cyanide process for die extraction of gold, 1897-1914'. . Prometheus . , Vol. 7((1)): 61––74. .

[45] Webb Martyn J. and Webb Audrey. . 1993. . Golden Destiny: the Centenary History of Kalgoortte-Bouldar and the Eastern Goldfields, Boulder . , Boulder : : City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. .

[46] 26 September. 1902 . The Times . 26 September. , p. 9 London :

[47] Stone Ian. . 1988. . A History of the Western Australian Patent Office . , p. 66Master of Applied Science, Curtin University of Technology. .

[48] Black David and Bolton Geoffrey. . 1990. . Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia . , Perth : : Western Australian Parliamentary History Project. .

[49] 1899. . Western Australian Law Reports . Vol. vol. 1. , p. 167––8. .

[51] 1900. . WAPD . , 27 November;: 1915