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Page 56
... Melbourne investors who were the backbone of the silver - fields became anxious as the Victorian banks begun to shut their doors . The year 1891 proved to be ' the most disastrous one in the annals of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne ...
... Melbourne investors who were the backbone of the silver - fields became anxious as the Victorian banks begun to shut their doors . The year 1891 proved to be ' the most disastrous one in the annals of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne ...
Page 67
... Melbourne Board withdrew the issue on the grounds that their terms had not been followed , and a day later they floated the loan in Melbourne in a few hours . Twenty - six Mel- bourne and Adelaide businessmen , many of whom were direc ...
... Melbourne Board withdrew the issue on the grounds that their terms had not been followed , and a day later they floated the loan in Melbourne in a few hours . Twenty - six Mel- bourne and Adelaide businessmen , many of whom were direc ...
Page 180
... Melbourne , realized that the Mt Lyell mine held millions of tons of unpayable copper pyrites which would never be needed as flux for the North Lyell ore , and sounded out the prospects of buying the surplus ore . Joseph C. Syme , a ...
... Melbourne , realized that the Mt Lyell mine held millions of tons of unpayable copper pyrites which would never be needed as flux for the North Lyell ore , and sounded out the prospects of buying the surplus ore . Joseph C. Syme , a ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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