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Page 106
... lead which had previously been ignored . There seems a con- sistent link between drought or depression and the opening of new mining fields . In Adelaide at the start of 1841 the people who sat on the shaded sides of their houses on ...
... lead which had previously been ignored . There seems a con- sistent link between drought or depression and the opening of new mining fields . In Adelaide at the start of 1841 the people who sat on the shaded sides of their houses on ...
Page 308
... lead bonus of sixpence a shift in 1937 , and after the war the bonus jumped with the price of lead . Shareholders whose willingness to in- vest had alone made Mount Isa profitable waited twenty - five years for the first dividend , and ...
... lead bonus of sixpence a shift in 1937 , and after the war the bonus jumped with the price of lead . Shareholders whose willingness to in- vest had alone made Mount Isa profitable waited twenty - five years for the first dividend , and ...
Page 331
... lead smelter . For three years Mount Isa became the nation's largest copper mine , but won no more profit from copper than it had won from lead . At the end of the war the company reverted to lead and zinc and the debts stood like a ...
... lead smelter . For three years Mount Isa became the nation's largest copper mine , but won no more profit from copper than it had won from lead . At the end of the war the company reverted to lead and zinc and the debts stood like a ...
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