Sir Albert Fuller Ellis' Phosphorite Doorstop | |
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Origin |
Albert Fuller Ellis |
Type |
Phosphorite Doorstop |
Effects |
Monetary Gain. |
Downsides |
Destruction of valuable items and environments. |
Activation |
Owning. |
Collected by |
David Wolcott |
Section |
Astrid-2983D |
Aisle |
9549403-983930 |
Shelf |
8489-39488409-9394 |
Date of Collection |
April 15th, 1909 |
[Source] |
Origin[]
Sir Albert Fuller Ellis CMG (28 August 1869 – 11 July 1951) was a prospector in the Pacific. He discovered phosphate deposits on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Banaba (Ocean Island) in 1900. He was the British Phosphate Commissioner for New Zealand from 1921 to 1951.
Ellis was born in Roma, Queensland; his family moved to Waikato in New Zealand, where he attended the Cambridge District High School. At the age of 18, Ellis joined his brothers James and George in working for John T. Arundel and Co. Their father George C. Ellis, a chemist, and later a farmer in New Zealand, was a director of the company. John T. Arundel and Co. was engaged in Pacific trading of phosphates, copra, and pearl shell. While working in the company's Sydney office in 1899 Ellis determined that a large rock from Nauru being used as a doorstop was rich in phosphate. Following the discovery Ellis traveled to Ocean Island and Nauru and confirmed the discovery.
Operations on Ocean Island (known by the natives as Banaba) commenced three months after the discovery. Ellis managed the development of the phosphate resources on Nauru, and mining began in 1906 under an arrangement with the German administrators of the island. The native King had no jurisdiction over any lands on Banaba.
Effects[]
Allows the owner to gain immense wealth at the cost of personal valuable items and environments.
Collection[]
Collected by David Wolcott on April 15th, 1909. It was lost during the capturing of the HMS Avalon by "Roaring" Dan Seavey.
Recollected by Warehouse 13 agents when the Lost Cache was found.

Artifact Manifest from the H.M.S. Avalon - Doorstop