People/geologist

Andrew Gibb Maitland

Andrew Gibb Maitland (1864–1951), geologist, from United Kingdom. Linked to gold.

The lucky break

Became Director of the Geological Survey of Western Australia in 1896 and held the post for 30 years.1

Legacy

Produced hundreds of field maps and 91 survey bulletins. Gibb River and the Maitland Range are named after him.1

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Mines

InvestigatedGolden Mile, Kalgoorlie-BoulderThe state geologist mapped the goldfields for thirty years.1

Sources

  1. Andrew Gibb Maitland State Library of Western Australia

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.