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Page 232
... Hercules Gold and Silver Mining Company was floated in Laun- ceston and pack horses carried ore to the Dundas railway station . Mainland smelters recovered the gold and silver . At the close of 1895 the Hercules and Rosebery mines faced ...
... Hercules Gold and Silver Mining Company was floated in Laun- ceston and pack horses carried ore to the Dundas railway station . Mainland smelters recovered the gold and silver . At the close of 1895 the Hercules and Rosebery mines faced ...
Page 236
... Hercules mine was being smelted at Zeehan , 31,000 tons of ore assaying more than forty per cent zinc were shipped to Germany , where the zinc was recovered and the lead lost . No matter where the Hercules Com- pany sold ore , either ...
... Hercules mine was being smelted at Zeehan , 31,000 tons of ore assaying more than forty per cent zinc were shipped to Germany , where the zinc was recovered and the lead lost . No matter where the Hercules Com- pany sold ore , either ...
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... Hercules companies drew plans for a united company which would raise £ 75,000 to modernize the works at Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The ...
... Hercules companies drew plans for a united company which would raise £ 75,000 to modernize the works at Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cent copper company's Comstock copper cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track tram Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victorian Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc