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Page 154
... pany was so poor , however , that it had to borrow £ 4,000 from Nivison to pay William Rich , a former manager of the Rio Tinto mine , to inspect the property . Jonathan Angus , one of the new directors , was chosen to accompany Rich ...
... pany was so poor , however , that it had to borrow £ 4,000 from Nivison to pay William Rich , a former manager of the Rio Tinto mine , to inspect the property . Jonathan Angus , one of the new directors , was chosen to accompany Rich ...
Page 172
... pany declared its first dividend in 1897 it had already spent as much money as the government had spent on education , cus- toms , civil service , law , defence , the post office and all the expenses of construction and administration ...
... pany declared its first dividend in 1897 it had already spent as much money as the government had spent on education , cus- toms , civil service , law , defence , the post office and all the expenses of construction and administration ...
Page 267
... pany's mining lease and cut the pay - roll so drastically that in 1922 the company employed an average of only 942 men , a thousand less than in pre - war years . Likewise , the directors reduced the cost of administration and ...
... pany's mining lease and cut the pay - roll so drastically that in 1922 the company employed an average of only 942 men , a thousand less than in pre - war years . Likewise , the directors reduced the cost of administration and ...
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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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