The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningMaps on lining papers Includes index Bibliography: p 344-357. |
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Page 150
... boom . The clamour for silver shares was strongest in Melbourne . Specula- tors crowded the entrance to the two stock exchanges . Brokers worked night and day , their clerks so weary that their errors cost brokers thousands . Brokers ...
... boom . The clamour for silver shares was strongest in Melbourne . Specula- tors crowded the entrance to the two stock exchanges . Brokers worked night and day , their clerks so weary that their errors cost brokers thousands . Brokers ...
Page 186
... boom to rival that part of the London market known as the Kaffir Circus . Though Western Australia in 1894 mined a mere eighth as much gold as the Rand , its shares too were snatched so eagerly that a ' Westralian boom ' began to match ...
... boom to rival that part of the London market known as the Kaffir Circus . Though Western Australia in 1894 mined a mere eighth as much gold as the Rand , its shares too were snatched so eagerly that a ' Westralian boom ' began to match ...
Page 360
... boom , 149- 52 ; influx of American engineers , 154-5 , 252 ; problems underground in 1890s , 155-7 ; ores smelted at Port Pirie , 157 , 272-4 , 278-9 ; spec- ulators invest in new fields , 175 , 217-20 ; profits and dividends , 193 ...
... boom , 149- 52 ; influx of American engineers , 154-5 , 252 ; problems underground in 1890s , 155-7 ; ores smelted at Port Pirie , 157 , 272-4 , 278-9 ; spec- ulators invest in new fields , 175 , 217-20 ; profits and dividends , 193 ...
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