Cost accounting practices at precious metal mines: A comparative study, 1869-1905

Accounting History

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-105

  Vent, Glenn ^b   Milne, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost accounting; Gold and silver; International accounting; Mining

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650510582     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329700200206     Document Type: Article

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