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Page 98
... Crotty , that you are practically the pioneer of the Mt. Lyell field . ” “ Well , that title has been applied to me by others but not by myself . " And so the interview turned to Crotty's mines , and Crotty whispered his secrets ...
... Crotty , that you are practically the pioneer of the Mt. Lyell field . ” “ Well , that title has been applied to me by others but not by myself . " And so the interview turned to Crotty's mines , and Crotty whispered his secrets ...
Page 101
... Crotty was equal to the task . He had prepared a secret weapon , the Mount Lyell Standard , whose presses first clattered in Queens- town on the day Crotty and Kelly clashed at the Melbourne meeting . The first edition of the threepenny ...
... Crotty was equal to the task . He had prepared a secret weapon , the Mount Lyell Standard , whose presses first clattered in Queens- town on the day Crotty and Kelly clashed at the Melbourne meeting . The first edition of the threepenny ...
Page 102
... Crotty's cause , describing " the halo of glory which belongs to James Crotty alone , " they amused countless readers on the west coast . The history of the mine was distorted to fantastic lengths to praise Crotty . Thus the Karlsons ...
... Crotty's cause , describing " the halo of glory which belongs to James Crotty alone , " they amused countless readers on the west coast . The history of the mine was distorted to fantastic lengths to praise Crotty . Thus the Karlsons ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill Burnie cent copper company's Comstock copper copper mines cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan Government hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track tram Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victoria Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc