Archival Significance
Written by Sir Kenneth Bradley, a British colonial administrator who served in Northern Rhodesia, this account documents the discovery of the Roan Antelope and Mufulira copper deposits that became central to the Northern Rhodesian, later Zambian, Copperbelt economy.
Institutional Context
Published jointly by Mufulira Copper Mines Limited and Roan Antelope Copper Mines Limited, the two mining companies whose discovery the book documents, with illustrations by Margaret Ross.
Content Summary
Recounts the discovery and early development of the Roan Antelope and Mufulira copper deposits in Northern Rhodesia.
Research Utility
Useful for researchers of Central African mining history and the corporate self-narration of the Copperbelt’s founding companies, read as a company-commissioned account rather than an independent history.
Abantu Archives Note
Held in-house. Falls outside the Archive’s core Rhodesia and Zimbabwe geography, covering Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), but relevant to its wider Central African colonial holdings.