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Page 140
... 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 ...
Page 148
... silver to mint a florin . At the mine the old owners grumbled that they had sold shares too cheaply . Soon after Jamieson had gone to the coast to sell the shares his black- boy Harry Campbell found rich chloride of silver at a point of ...
... silver to mint a florin . At the mine the old owners grumbled that they had sold shares too cheaply . Soon after Jamieson had gone to the coast to sell the shares his black- boy Harry Campbell found rich chloride of silver at a point of ...
Page 150
... 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 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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