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 11
... they had happened to cross part of the hill where rich silver lay on the surface and if they had had sufficient minera- logical knowledge to recognize that the mineral could be useful . But even if they had found silver , 11 Birth and Boom.
... they had happened to cross part of the hill where rich silver lay on the surface and if they had had sufficient minera- logical knowledge to recognize that the mineral could be useful . But even if they had found silver , 11 Birth and Boom.
Page 29
... boom in Broken Hill shares , it was perhaps the most useful . In the summer of 1887-1888 the shares in Broken Hill Pro- prietary and a catalogue of silver - lead mines were amongst the leaders in the wildest mining boom experienced ...
... boom in Broken Hill shares , it was perhaps the most useful . In the summer of 1887-1888 the shares in Broken Hill Pro- prietary and a catalogue of silver - lead mines were amongst the leaders in the wildest mining boom experienced ...
Page 45
... boom , becoming friendly with Bowes Kelly and his partner in various speculations ; J.S. Reid was editor of a Wil- cannia newspaper and then moved to Silverton to start Silver- ton's first newspaper , The Silver Age , and put all his ...
... boom , becoming friendly with Bowes Kelly and his partner in various speculations ; J.S. Reid was editor of a Wil- cannia newspaper and then moved to Silverton to start Silver- ton's first newspaper , The Silver Age , and put all his ...
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