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... Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to the ironstone and shook the dirt from the grass roots into his tin dish . He ...
... Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to the ironstone and shook the dirt from the grass roots into his tin dish . He ...
Page 37
... Karlson did not learn of the promising discovery ; he was dismissed for absenteeism and had to leave the lease . The other shareholders now made a determined effort to buy him out . Early in May , Henry instructed Carroll to try and buy ...
... Karlson did not learn of the promising discovery ; he was dismissed for absenteeism and had to leave the lease . The other shareholders now made a determined effort to buy him out . Early in May , Henry instructed Carroll to try and buy ...
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... Karlson's eyes he wrote out a cheque for £ 120 and gave it to Dixon , who handed it over to Karlson at Strahan on 9 July . In court F. O. Henry said that he maintained the secrecy so that he could retain control of the mine . He said ...
... Karlson's eyes he wrote out a cheque for £ 120 and gave it to Dixon , who handed it over to Karlson at Strahan on 9 July . In court F. O. Henry said that he maintained the secrecy so that he could retain control of the mine . He said ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cable cent copper company's Comstock copper Creek Crotty Crotty's diggers dividends Dixon Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire floated furnaces gold goldfield Gormanston gossan Gould gully hauled Heemskirk Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston Linda Valley lode London Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain North Lyell North Lyell Company open cut ounces paid pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery rush Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting South Sticht Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis thousand timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour tunnel Victorian Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc