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 89
... manager of another mine , sinking a shaft at the direc- tion of his London directors , remarked to his men , " If we don't cut the lode at fifty feet then astrology's a bloody liar . " However crazy it all was , the wholesale British ...
... manager of another mine , sinking a shaft at the direc- tion of his London directors , remarked to his men , " If we don't cut the lode at fifty feet then astrology's a bloody liar . " However crazy it all was , the wholesale British ...
Page 94
... manager of Lake View Consols cabled Wright that rich ore had been discovered . Wright kept the news secret and began a bull movement in Lake View shares . The mine pro- duced 30,000 ounces a month , and Wright , informed that the rich ...
... manager of Lake View Consols cabled Wright that rich ore had been discovered . Wright kept the news secret and began a bull movement in Lake View shares . The mine pro- duced 30,000 ounces a month , and Wright , informed that the rich ...
Page 95
... manager who had the Ivanhoe and now the Associated , is to be relieved of the duties , at his own request , in October . He's quite tired of trying to please John Bull and his crowd in London . Gleisberg , the new man , has arrived ...
... manager who had the Ivanhoe and now the Associated , is to be relieved of the duties , at his own request , in October . He's quite tired of trying to please John Bull and his crowd in London . Gleisberg , the new man , has arrived ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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