The Mile that Midas TouchedThe story of Kalgoorlie's golden mile - the richest few acres of gold-bearing country in the world - and of the rest of the Eastern goldfields in Western Australia. |
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Page 88
... boom in London continued with gay abandon , and in 1895 , 342 companies , capitalized at £ 34 million , were floated . Fast riding - camels , with London agents on their backs , raced to and from the many finds out from Coolgardie and ...
... boom in London continued with gay abandon , and in 1895 , 342 companies , capitalized at £ 34 million , were floated . Fast riding - camels , with London agents on their backs , raced to and from the many finds out from Coolgardie and ...
Page 90
... boom flagged slowly , but the excitement of those years was to remain long in Kalgoorlie's memory . Companies which found their mines poor in gold and over- capitalized gradually went into liquidation . Of the 780 com- panies registered ...
... boom flagged slowly , but the excitement of those years was to remain long in Kalgoorlie's memory . Companies which found their mines poor in gold and over- capitalized gradually went into liquidation . Of the 780 com- panies registered ...
Page 91
... boom that was coming , never dreaming that it was already present . In London , thousands of people with £ 1,000 are allowed to do £ 10,000 worth of stock buying . The Bears wade in and help break the market . For want of cover , cart ...
... boom that was coming , never dreaming that it was already present . In London , thousands of people with £ 1,000 are allowed to do £ 10,000 worth of stock buying . The Bears wade in and help break the market . For want of cover , cart ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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