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Page 144
... lease of 40 acres , but seven leases totalling 297 acres . Sixteen days after the first discovery he formally applied at the warden's office in Silverton for the seventh lease . The syndicate thus got two miles ( less ten chains ) along ...
... lease of 40 acres , but seven leases totalling 297 acres . Sixteen days after the first discovery he formally applied at the warden's office in Silverton for the seventh lease . The syndicate thus got two miles ( less ten chains ) along ...
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 ...
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... leases from Arthur Campbell the cattleman . Old William Orr , who had floated more good copper companies than any other Australian , bought leases and floated his company too . Like Corbould and Bedford , he knew Broken Hill in its ...
... leases from Arthur Campbell the cattleman . Old William Orr , who had floated more good copper companies than any other Australian , bought leases and floated his company too . Like Corbould and Bedford , he knew Broken Hill in its ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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