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Page 48
... Zeehan lodes . In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen , Silver King , Silver Hills , Silver Harp , Silver Trumpet and twenty more of these silver syndicates were prospecting at Zeehan , and more than 24,000 acres , embrac- ing 370 ...
... Zeehan lodes . In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen , Silver King , Silver Hills , Silver Harp , Silver Trumpet and twenty more of these silver syndicates were prospecting at Zeehan , and more than 24,000 acres , embrac- ing 370 ...
Page 239
... Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The towns- men knew that unless the smelters merged with the Rosebery mines , the few remaining Zeehan mines ...
... Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The towns- men knew that unless the smelters merged with the Rosebery mines , the few remaining Zeehan mines ...
Page 246
... Zeehan , and hundreds of people clung to the town waiting for construction to begin . They were some- what consoled when they heard that zinc ore would still be railed from Rosebery and Williamsford to the site of the Zeehan smel- ters ...
... Zeehan , and hundreds of people clung to the town waiting for construction to begin . They were some- what consoled when they heard that zinc ore would still be railed from Rosebery and Williamsford to the site of the Zeehan smel- ters ...
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