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Page 235
... Hercules mines and these companies had to solve the zinc problem or abandon their mines . The Mt. Read Company sold its last ore in 1901 , and paid no dividend to its British and Belgian shareholders . The Hercules Company was more ...
... Hercules mines and these companies had to solve the zinc problem or abandon their mines . The Mt. Read Company sold its last ore in 1901 , and paid no dividend to its British and Belgian shareholders . The Hercules Company was more ...
Page 237
... Hercules was the only zinc mine in the district rich enough to keep working . The mines of Zeehan , not the smelters , had failed . Only four Zeehan mines had sunk deeper than 300 feet , and below that level the ore so decreased and ...
... Hercules was the only zinc mine in the district rich enough to keep working . The mines of Zeehan , not the smelters , had failed . Only four Zeehan mines had sunk deeper than 300 feet , and below that level the ore so decreased and ...
Page 239
... Hercules companies drew plans for a united company which would raise £ 75,000 to modernize the works at Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The ...
... Hercules companies drew plans for a united company which would raise £ 75,000 to modernize the works at Zeehan . Meanwhile the town of Zeehan was sinking fast . At an election in 1913 there were 1,200 absentee voters on the roll . The ...
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