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Page 257
... copper mine that worked continuously in 1922. Australian mining had reached its lowest ebb since the gold ... price of copper was halved , the sharpest fall occurring between 1920 and 1921 when the average price fell from £ 110 to £ 75 ...
... copper mine that worked continuously in 1922. Australian mining had reached its lowest ebb since the gold ... price of copper was halved , the sharpest fall occurring between 1920 and 1921 when the average price fell from £ 110 to £ 75 ...
Page 259
... price of copper . In these crucial years profits from the company's fertilizer works , the second largest makers of superphosphate in Australia , fell sharply . The struggling wheat farmers , vexed by the high price of fertilizer ...
... price of copper . In these crucial years profits from the company's fertilizer works , the second largest makers of superphosphate in Australia , fell sharply . The struggling wheat farmers , vexed by the high price of fertilizer ...
Page 288
... cost of production could make the mine unprofitable even though £ 75,000,000 worth of copper ( at present prices ) is buried in the ridge . They knew that the price of copper fluctuates widely in response to 288 THE PEAKS OF LYELL.
... cost of production could make the mine unprofitable even though £ 75,000,000 worth of copper ( at present prices ) is buried in the ridge . They knew that the price of copper fluctuates widely in response to 288 THE PEAKS OF LYELL.
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