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Page 145
... leases and he too oscillated between hot and cold . A month later another geologist , Norman Taylor , walked the hills and stroked his mutton chop whiskers in puzzlement . " The ridge contains the most extraordinary and largest lode I ...
... leases and he too oscillated between hot and cold . A month later another geologist , Norman Taylor , walked the hills and stroked his mutton chop whiskers in puzzlement . " The ridge contains the most extraordinary and largest lode I ...
Page 276
... leases quickly . Thus in some years their shares could be bought for pence at auctions . Broken Hill South was one ... lease for £ 25,000 , then buy it back again at public auction for a mere £ 700 . It was handy for damming rainwater ...
... leases quickly . Thus in some years their shares could be bought for pence at auctions . Broken Hill South was one ... lease for £ 25,000 , then buy it back again at public auction for a mere £ 700 . It was handy for damming rainwater ...
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... leases of scores of mines that were once rich or promising but were closed by rising costs or metallurgical woes . His family company , known as Aus- tralian Machinery & Investment Company , held these leases , and in June 1932 he ...
... leases of scores of mines that were once rich or promising but were closed by rising costs or metallurgical woes . His family company , known as Aus- tralian Machinery & Investment Company , held these leases , and in June 1932 he ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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