The Rise of Broken HillThe story of the men who made and spent their fortunes, and of the miners who won that fortune from the Hill. |
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Page 77
... profits and life - expectancy of the field ; they were even more profit- able than the mines , for the cost of mining their minerals had long ago been paid . With the mines working vigorously and the treatment plants employing a small ...
... profits and life - expectancy of the field ; they were even more profit- able than the mines , for the cost of mining their minerals had long ago been paid . With the mines working vigorously and the treatment plants employing a small ...
Page 82
... profits were vital , but how vital ? The steelworks at Newcastle and the zinc works at Hobart and some of the other expensive projects relied more on funds raised from bankers , brokers , and inves- tors than on Broken Hill profits ...
... profits were vital , but how vital ? The steelworks at Newcastle and the zinc works at Hobart and some of the other expensive projects relied more on funds raised from bankers , brokers , and inves- tors than on Broken Hill profits ...
Page 167
... profit . In short , through the long - term fall of silver , Broken Hill in 1907 alone was deprived of perhaps £ 900,000 of profits . ( This estimate is based on statistics in the Annual Report of the Department of Mines , New South ...
... profit . In short , through the long - term fall of silver , Broken Hill in 1907 alone was deprived of perhaps £ 900,000 of profits . ( This estimate is based on statistics in the Annual Report of the Department of Mines , New South ...
Contents
Illustrations | 7 |
The Magnates | 33 |
End of the Honeymoon | 49 |
Copyright | |
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