The Mile that Midas TouchedThe story of Kalgoorlie's golden mile - the richest few acres of gold-bearing country in the world - and of the rest of the Eastern goldfields in Western Australia. |
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Page 64
... shares . These shares now represent in one form or another a capitalisation of £ 9,275,750 . The share distribution represented £ 3,421,000 and £ 950,000 in cash . The companies working the ground pegged by the original syndicate had ...
... shares . These shares now represent in one form or another a capitalisation of £ 9,275,750 . The share distribution represented £ 3,421,000 and £ 950,000 in cash . The companies working the ground pegged by the original syndicate had ...
Page 87
... shares and cash issued to the vendors and promoters was quite remarkable . The promoters , aided by an intensive " puffing " campaign in the financial Press , immediately sold many of their shares at high prices . After the company had ...
... shares and cash issued to the vendors and promoters was quite remarkable . The promoters , aided by an intensive " puffing " campaign in the financial Press , immediately sold many of their shares at high prices . After the company had ...
Page 93
... shares for the rise , but a " bear " attack of Whittaker Wright , Herman Landau , and other big professional operators was much stronger , and the shares fell below par with no buyers . In 1899 Wright and Landau attacked Bottomley's ...
... shares for the rise , but a " bear " attack of Whittaker Wright , Herman Landau , and other big professional operators was much stronger , and the shares fell below par with no buyers . In 1899 Wright and Landau attacked Bottomley's ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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