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Page 76
... Lyell , and their shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of ...
... Lyell , and their shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of ...
Page 164
... shares , and the British investing public one share . In theory the Australians deserved the cheapest shares , for they had taken the greatest risk in spending money on undeveloped ground . In fact the British shareholders unknowingly ...
... shares , and the British investing public one share . In theory the Australians deserved the cheapest shares , for they had taken the greatest risk in spending money on undeveloped ground . In fact the British shareholders unknowingly ...
Page 280
... Lyell's copper was sold in Germany and more than five out of every six shares were held in the British Isles , the company maintained a busy office in Palmerston House , Old Broad Street , London . To reassure the suspicious North Lyell ...
... Lyell's copper was sold in Germany and more than five out of every six shares were held in the British Isles , the company maintained a busy office in Palmerston House , Old Broad Street , London . To reassure the suspicious North Lyell ...
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