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Page 135
... profit on the deal . If the Mt. Lyell directors cherished that hope they were soon disillusioned ; for they made a profit of only £ 9,187 from the mine . The indignant shareholders had the better bargain . The failure of the South ...
... profit on the deal . If the Mt. Lyell directors cherished that hope they were soon disillusioned ; for they made a profit of only £ 9,187 from the mine . The indignant shareholders had the better bargain . The failure of the South ...
Page 139
... profit of £ 180,000 in the forthcoming year . But the British shareholders had been deceived so often that they were ... profit was in sight . He complained that everything exceeded the estimates except the actual profit , which fell ...
... profit of £ 180,000 in the forthcoming year . But the British shareholders had been deceived so often that they were ... profit was in sight . He complained that everything exceeded the estimates except the actual profit , which fell ...
Page 146
... profit . The Mt. Lyell Co. faced an equally serious crisis , and it re- quired ruthless retrenchment and all the ingenuity of the com- pany's staff to make less than half of the profit of a few years past . The Mt. Lyell ore body was ...
... profit . The Mt. Lyell Co. faced an equally serious crisis , and it re- quired ruthless retrenchment and all the ingenuity of the com- pany's staff to make less than half of the profit of a few years past . The Mt. Lyell ore body was ...
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