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... Broken Hill , Ballarat and Adelaide began to trek to Zeehan in search of new mines . Several directors of the Silverton Tramway Company , then beginning its amazing career as one of the richest Broken Hill companies , drew up plans to ...
... Broken Hill , Ballarat and Adelaide began to trek to Zeehan in search of new mines . Several directors of the Silverton Tramway Company , then beginning its amazing career as one of the richest Broken Hill companies , drew up plans to ...
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... Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a freckled giant of the ...
... Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a freckled giant of the ...
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... Broken Hill unless the zinc , silver and lead could be separated cheaply . In 1902 , G. D. Delprat , the general manager of Broken Hill Proprietary , invented a process that promised to extract the treasure in the £ 30,000,000 dump . He ...
... Broken Hill unless the zinc , silver and lead could be separated cheaply . In 1902 , G. D. Delprat , the general manager of Broken Hill Proprietary , invented a process that promised to extract the treasure in the £ 30,000,000 dump . He ...
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