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... Dixon paused for breath one of the McDonoughs asked him if he could save fine gold . " Save anything ” , said Dixon . The McDonoughs and Dixon went outside and in the darkness they talked quietly . A little later Dixon opened the door ...
... Dixon paused for breath one of the McDonoughs asked him if he could save fine gold . " Save anything ” , said Dixon . The McDonoughs and Dixon went outside and in the darkness they talked quietly . A little later Dixon opened the door ...
Page 37
... Dixon , who was digging for gold at Flannigans Flat , to retain his share and not sell out as he had planned . Secret letters passed between Strong and Henry , showing that plans were in hand . When Karlson asked to see the manager's ...
... Dixon , who was digging for gold at Flannigans Flat , to retain his share and not sell out as he had planned . Secret letters passed between Strong and Henry , showing that plans were in hand . When Karlson asked to see the manager's ...
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... Dixon , as I am to meet you . " Dixon , blind to the twinkle in Sticht's eye , was full of praise for him . " Glory be to God , phwat a grand mahn he is ! " In 1903 Sticht received a salary of £ 5,000 a year — earning as much in a week ...
... Dixon , as I am to meet you . " Dixon , blind to the twinkle in Sticht's eye , was full of praise for him . " Glory be to God , phwat a grand mahn he is ! " In 1903 Sticht received a salary of £ 5,000 a year — earning as much in a week ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly Broken Hill cable cent copper company's Comstock copper Copper Mines cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan Government hauled Heemskirk Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox Launceston Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell Mining Lyell open cut Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen Queen River Queenstown R. M. Murray rail Renison Bell reports rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders shipped silver smelters smelting South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour trucks tunnel underground union Victoria Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc