page_title: Frank T. M. White
section_title: Gold Mining and Milling, Western Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Frank T. M. White / Career / Gold Mining and Milling, Western Australia
caption_attribution_description: English: Mount Magnet Hotel, Cnr Hepburn &amp; Richardson Sts
context_page_description: Frank Thomas Matthews White was an Australian mining and metallurgical engineer and mineral science educator. His career included appointments in Australia, Fiji, Malaya, and Canada.
  Frank White was born in Northcote, Victoria, Australia, son of Edith and Frank Kenworthy White, Justice of the Peace, councillor and mayor of the City of Kew, Victoria for two periods: 1932–33 and 1945–1946.
context_section_description: In 1931, Frank TM White took up a position with Wiluna Gold Mines Ltd, some 500 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where – as chief metallurgical chemist – he conducted research into and managed mineral processing; he also served as deputy mine geologist for two years (1933–35). In 1935, White was appointed to a position as Assistant Manager and Mill Superintendent of Mount Magnet Gold Mines. At Mount Magnet (Hill 50) he earned the Certificate of Competency as underground superintendent (WA Mines Regulations Act of 1906), and became a Registered Mine Manager at 27 years of age, the youngest person to obtain this certification at the time. In early 1937, he contracted as general manager of a start-up Australian mining company, Edjudina Consolidated Gold Mines Ltd.  He resigned later that year to take up a post in Fiji in 1937 with His Majesty's Colonial Mines Service.
caption: The Venerable Mount Magnet Hotel
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