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Page 64
... London , was critical of the company's plans . Furthermore , potential investors resented the allocation of half the shares to Australians , who in five years had invested only £ 22,000 in the mine — a valid complaint since these ...
... London , was critical of the company's plans . Furthermore , potential investors resented the allocation of half the shares to Australians , who in five years had invested only £ 22,000 in the mine — a valid complaint since these ...
Page 126
... London directors of North Lyell . MacArthur , a brilliant metallurgist , and Mackay , a London financier who dominated the counsels of the company , did not see the mine until they had been directing it for two and a half years . They ...
... London directors of North Lyell . MacArthur , a brilliant metallurgist , and Mackay , a London financier who dominated the counsels of the company , did not see the mine until they had been directing it for two and a half years . They ...
Page 308
... London . By the late 1920s the majority of Lyell shares had passed from British to Australian and New Zealand investors , and by 1951 only 11 per cent of the com- pany's shares were held on the London register ; that year the London ...
... London . By the late 1920s the majority of Lyell shares had passed from British to Australian and New Zealand investors , and by 1951 only 11 per cent of the com- pany's shares were held on the London register ; that year the London ...
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gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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