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Page 232
... Rosebery mine . The 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 mine . The 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 ...
Page 240
... Rosebery and Mt. Read became ghost min- ing towns . Ever since 1898 , when the designing and selection of sites for copper smelters was a fashionable sport among the mining men of Rosebery , the ores of this field had defied every ...
... Rosebery and Mt. Read became ghost min- ing towns . Ever since 1898 , when the designing and selection of sites for copper smelters was a fashionable sport among the mining men of Rosebery , the ores of this field had defied every ...
Page 245
... Rosebery Mines and offered to discuss a merger . Bowes Kelly , always an optimist , rejected the overture . When the Electrolytic Zinc Company renewed its offer some time later , the Rosebery directors were not so confident . They ...
... Rosebery Mines and offered to discuss a merger . Bowes Kelly , always an optimist , rejected the overture . When the Electrolytic Zinc Company renewed its offer some time later , the Rosebery directors were not so confident . They ...
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