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Page 151
... Proprietary even floated mines , severing more than half its ground and splitting it amongst three new companies . It originally held seven blocks of ground numbered 10 to 16 , and in February 1887 it severed block 14 and floated a new ...
... Proprietary even floated mines , severing more than half its ground and splitting it amongst three new companies . It originally held seven blocks of ground numbered 10 to 16 , and in February 1887 it severed block 14 and floated a new ...
Page 157
... Proprietary built a mill near the lode and had to abandon it five years later because the moving foundations had set all machinery out of line . Block 10 and Central mines had the same costly lesson . Perhaps £ 100,000 was lost on the ...
... Proprietary built a mill near the lode and had to abandon it five years later because the moving foundations had set all machinery out of line . Block 10 and Central mines had the same costly lesson . Perhaps £ 100,000 was lost on the ...
Page 274
... Proprietary mine began to fail . He knew that the company itself would survive , for it owned the great lead smelters at Port Pirie and could buy ores from the other mines at Broken Hill and so exist profitably . He also knew that his ...
... Proprietary mine began to fail . He knew that the company itself would survive , for it owned the great lead smelters at Port Pirie and could buy ores from the other mines at Broken Hill and so exist profitably . He also knew that his ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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