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Page 38
... after Karlson had pledged to sell . Secrecy was essential , it seems , either
because Strong had found the rich gold in the tailings race before Karlson sold
out , or because the rich gold was found so soon after Karlson had agreed to sell
that ...
... after Karlson had pledged to sell . Secrecy was essential , it seems , either
because Strong had found the rich gold in the tailings race before Karlson sold
out , or because the rich gold was found so soon after Karlson had agreed to sell
that ...
Page 186
After diamond drills had failed to locate extensions of the North Lyell and Lyell
Tharsis ore bodies , the company sold the mill and disbanded . Further up the hill
the Crown Lyell Co. had failed to find rich ore in its boring campaign . It lingered ...
After diamond drills had failed to locate extensions of the North Lyell and Lyell
Tharsis ore bodies , the company sold the mill and disbanded . Further up the hill
the Crown Lyell Co. had failed to find rich ore in its boring campaign . It lingered ...
Page 260
Mt. Lyell Co. was shielded from the full impact of the rising tariff , because it
eventually sold almost half of its copper to the Port Kembla factory at the higher
tariff - propped price and reaped a share of the actual manufacturing profits .
Mt. Lyell Co. was shielded from the full impact of the rising tariff , because it
eventually sold almost half of its copper to the Port Kembla factory at the higher
tariff - propped price and reaped a share of the actual manufacturing profits .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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