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... silver companies were wary of experts . W. H. Corbould went out to the smelter as assayer for £ 6 a week , working by day in a hot shed and sleeping at night on cornsacks stretched taut between two poles ; and being fresh from ...
... silver companies were wary of experts . W. H. Corbould went out to the smelter as assayer for £ 6 a week , working by day in a hot shed and sleeping at night on cornsacks stretched taut between two poles ; and being fresh from ...
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... silver field , or , in fact anywhere . ' Timidly he con- cluded that it was only one of the best mines on the field . Shallow shafts and potholes had found plenty of lead but little silver . Perhaps the silver was deeper . An ...
... silver field , or , in fact anywhere . ' Timidly he con- cluded that it was only one of the best mines on the field . Shallow shafts and potholes had found plenty of lead but little silver . Perhaps the silver was deeper . An ...
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... silver shares was read . Messengers hurried in with bundles of telegrams from all over Australia , from New Zealand and Fiji , order- ing shares in any mine at Broken Hill . B.H.P. shares led the rise , jumping from £ 175 to £ 275 in ...
... silver shares was read . Messengers hurried in with bundles of telegrams from all over Australia , from New Zealand and Fiji , order- ing shares in any mine at Broken Hill . B.H.P. shares led the rise , jumping from £ 175 to £ 275 in ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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