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Page 76
... shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of western mining ...
... shares were bought and sold each night after the plates were cleared away and the kerosene lamps lit in the new Mt. Lyell Hotel . Some companies were mere pawns , awaiting a mining boom . All lacked the lifeblood of western mining ...
Page 99
... shares was working capital ; 300,000 fully - paid shares were distributed to old shareholders in the ratio of two new shares for one old share ; 95,000 shares apparently rewarded Crotty , stockbrokers , financial newspapers and new ...
... shares was working capital ; 300,000 fully - paid shares were distributed to old shareholders in the ratio of two new shares for one old share ; 95,000 shares apparently rewarded Crotty , stockbrokers , financial newspapers and new ...
Page 192
... shares or work their own mines . They knew that miners who bought shares provided capital for new mines and therefore more work for miners ; share - buying was a national service while tens of thousands of men were unemployed . Ben ...
... shares or work their own mines . They knew that miners who bought shares provided capital for new mines and therefore more work for miners ; share - buying was a national service while tens of thousands of men were unemployed . Ben ...
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