Walter R Skinner

Walter R.(Robert) Skinner(1851-1924) was a London based publisher, who in collaboration with the Financial Times published the Mining Manual(1887-1913)^{[1] [2]} and later the combined Mining Manual and Mining Year Book(1913-1927)^[3] which contained extensive details of mining operations around the world. He also published the Oil and Petroleum Manual (1910 +), as well as the weekly investment guide The Capitalist.

Later his name would be used in title of a series of subsequent publications in the 1970's ^{[4] [5]} The Financial Times would continue to use Skinner's name in publication details in 'Mining Year book' until 1971, ^[6]

Publications by Walter R Skinner

• The Capitalist (1885 + )
• Mining Manual (1887 + )
• The South African Mining Manual for 1888
• The Joint Stock Registration Manual: containing particulars of all Companies registered. July, 1890.
• The West African Mining Manual for 1909 [etc.]
• Mining Manual and Mining Year Book (1913 + )
• Oil and Petroleum Manual (1910)
• The Oil, Petroleum and Bitumen Manual (Oil and Petroleum Manual) and kindred companies, for 1910(-27).

Notes

1. ^ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1789726
2. ^ Skinner, Walter R. (Walter Robert) (1905). In The Mining manual for 1905 : a record of information concerning mining companies. [s.n, London - noting Trove summary: "Arranged in four sections: Australasian, South African, West African &​ miscellaneous, with tables of crushings at ends of sections, followed by lists of mining company directors and secretaries, their names, addresses, and descriptions, and names of the companies with which they are connected. Also mining engineers, with their company connections, and a dictionary of mining terms."
3. ^ http://www.archive.org/details/miningyearbook1911skin
4. ^ http://128.151.244.131/dt-milestone-2/?q=node/1204604&hit=-1&caller=xc-search
5. ^ Walter R. Skinner's Who's Who in World Oil and Gas. 1975/7
6. ^ http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22066043