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Page 226
... Murray had the interest of the miners genuinely at heart , he resented the phrase " welfare scheme " . " It's not welfare , " he used to say , " it's self- preservation . " Murray chose Gormanston as the site for the company's re ...
... Murray had the interest of the miners genuinely at heart , he resented the phrase " welfare scheme " . " It's not welfare , " he used to say , " it's self- preservation . " Murray chose Gormanston as the site for the company's re ...
Page 256
... MURRAY , who as which his grandfather had pioneered during the pastoral exodus from Tasmania in the 1830's . In 1900 , after graduating from the University of Melbourne as a civil engineer , Murray made several requests for employment ...
... MURRAY , who as which his grandfather had pioneered during the pastoral exodus from Tasmania in the 1830's . In 1900 , after graduating from the University of Melbourne as a civil engineer , Murray made several requests for employment ...
Page 279
... Murray retired in September 1944 , but his retirement was short - lived . In the following January he died at " Penghana " , the general manager's residence at Queenstown . A. H. P. Moline , his right - hand man for thirteen years , was ...
... Murray retired in September 1944 , but his retirement was short - lived . In the following January he died at " Penghana " , the general manager's residence at Queenstown . A. H. P. Moline , his right - hand man for thirteen years , was ...
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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