The Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited was formed on the 9 May 1905. It was established by Wernher Beit & Company who, with their Johannesburg associates H. Eckstein & Company, had played a great part in the development of the goldfield discovered on the Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 1886.
The first Chairman of the Corporation was Sir Julius Wernher (Chairman, 1905-1912) and his colleagues included Alfred Beit (Director, 1905-1906) and Sir Friedrich Eckstein (Chairman, 1912-1915).
The Corporation, which was later called Charter Consolidated Limited, owned mining, industrial and commercial enterprises worldwide.
From the guide to the Papers of the Central Mining and Investment Corporation Limited, 1890-1966, (The Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House)
