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 21
... silverfields was to travel 1200 miles in the steamship to Adelaide and then go overland . Proximity gave Adelaide most of the silverfields ' com- merce . As Adelaide also had a tradition of share - speculation - a surprisingly strong ...
... silverfields was to travel 1200 miles in the steamship to Adelaide and then go overland . Proximity gave Adelaide most of the silverfields ' com- merce . As Adelaide also had a tradition of share - speculation - a surprisingly strong ...
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... teams carrying machinery and supplies to the silverfields or returning with ore as backloading . Late in 1885 , with the silverfield increasingly active , passengers in the coach counted as many as one hundred teams in a day 2.2.
... teams carrying machinery and supplies to the silverfields or returning with ore as backloading . Late in 1885 , with the silverfield increasingly active , passengers in the coach counted as many as one hundred teams in a day 2.2.
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... silverfield had proved rich the South Australian Government was tentatively planning a railway from Peterborough to ... silverfield had not arisen just across the border ; but it is also doubtful whether the govern- ment would have begun ...
... silverfield had proved rich the South Australian Government was tentatively planning a railway from Peterborough to ... silverfield had not arisen just across the border ; but it is also doubtful whether the govern- ment would have begun ...
Contents
Illustrations | 7 |
The Magnates | 33 |
End of the Honeymoon | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Adelaide Australian mining Barrier Industrial Council Barrier Ranges base-metal Bavay became BHP's Block 14 Broken Hill companies Broken Hill mines Broken Hill Proprietary Broken Hill South cent Charles Rasp coast Cockle Creek concentrate danger Darling River Delprat dividends drill dust early favourable flotation process gold ground Hill's horse hydraulic fill industrial iron Kalgoorlie Labour lead-poisoning leaders line of lode London magnetic manager McCulloch Melbourne metal miles militants mill miners mining companies mining field Mount Gipps North Broken Hill open cut ounce paid plant plates Port Pirie profits railway Rasp rich rock Roy Bridges shaft shareholders shares sheep station silver and lead silver-lead silverfield smelters smelting South Australia South Wales stopes strike Sulphide Corporation sulphide problem Sydney syndicate Terowie timber tion town tralia underground union unionists W.S. Robinson wages Wilcannia workers Zeehan Zinc Corporation