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... 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 ...
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... Proprietary made not only iron and steel but ships and cement and chemicals and alloys , until today it employs 43,000 people and has 86,000 shareholders and ranks about twelfth in the world's large steel companies . The silver - lead ...
... Proprietary made not only iron and steel but ships and cement and chemicals and alloys , until today it employs 43,000 people and has 86,000 shareholders and ranks about twelfth in the world's large steel companies . The silver - lead ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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