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Page 48
... began to trek to Zeehan in search of new mines . Several directors of the Silverton Tramway Company , then beginning its amazing career as one of the richest Broken Hill companies , drew up plans to spend £ 70,000 on a private railway ...
... began to trek to Zeehan in search of new mines . Several directors of the Silverton Tramway Company , then beginning its amazing career as one of the richest Broken Hill companies , drew up plans to spend £ 70,000 on a private railway ...
Page 170
... began to inspect the small silver and copper mines between Waratah and the Pie- man . Three years later , Herbert Muir , the old North Lyell manager , inspected the same country without success . Meanwhile , W. H. Cundy had climbed Mt ...
... began to inspect the small silver and copper mines between Waratah and the Pie- man . Three years later , Herbert Muir , the old North Lyell manager , inspected the same country without success . Meanwhile , W. H. Cundy had climbed Mt ...
Page 275
... began to wilt . At the end of the war the ore body above the Russell tunnel had been robbed of its richest ore , the average grade of the ore had fallen to 0.59 per cent , and the company had made a loss on its mining operations for the ...
... began to wilt . At the end of the war the ore body above the Russell tunnel had been robbed of its richest ore , the average grade of the ore had fallen to 0.59 per cent , and the company had made a loss on its mining operations for the ...
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