The Rise of Broken HillThe story of the men who made and spent their fortunes, and of the miners who won that fortune from the Hill. |
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Page 80
... Broken Hill's new zinc works . The companies which had inaugurated Broken Hill Associated Smelters at Port Pirie launched the new zinc company , with the exception that Amalgamated Zinc ( de Bavay's ) took the place of Broken Hill ...
... Broken Hill's new zinc works . The companies which had inaugurated Broken Hill Associated Smelters at Port Pirie launched the new zinc company , with the exception that Amalgamated Zinc ( de Bavay's ) took the place of Broken Hill ...
Page 82
... companies , two - thirds was taken by Broken Hill companies . And when , three years before World War II , a group of Australian companies began perhaps the boldest manufacturing venture ever attempted in Australia - the mass ...
... companies , two - thirds was taken by Broken Hill companies . And when , three years before World War II , a group of Australian companies began perhaps the boldest manufacturing venture ever attempted in Australia - the mass ...
Page 83
... Broken Hill's expansion . Whereas the big Kal- goorlie mines were directed from London , most of the big Broken Hill mines ... companies which diversified their activities between 1914 and 1939 was one ... Broken Hill was isolated in one 83.
... Broken Hill's expansion . Whereas the big Kal- goorlie mines were directed from London , most of the big Broken Hill mines ... companies which diversified their activities between 1914 and 1939 was one ... Broken Hill was isolated in one 83.
Contents
Illustrations | 7 |
The Magnates | 33 |
End of the Honeymoon | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Adelaide Australian mining Barrier Industrial Council Barrier Ranges base-metal Bavay became BHP's Block 14 Broken Hill companies Broken Hill mines Broken Hill Proprietary Broken Hill South cent Charles Rasp coast Cockle Creek concentrate danger Darling River Delprat dividends drill dust early favourable flotation process gold ground Hill's horse hydraulic fill industrial iron Kalgoorlie Labour lead-poisoning leaders line of lode London magnetic manager McCulloch Melbourne metal miles militants mill miners mining companies mining field Mount Gipps North Broken Hill open cut ounce paid plant plates Port Pirie profits railway Rasp rich rock Roy Bridges shaft shareholders shares sheep station silver and lead silver-lead silverfield smelters smelting South Australia South Wales stopes strike Sulphide Corporation sulphide problem Sydney syndicate Terowie timber tion town tralia underground union unionists W.S. Robinson wages Wilcannia workers Zeehan Zinc Corporation