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Page 162
... field had actually raised more than £ 70,000 from shareholders . And while more than £ 5,000,000 was listed as " paid up capital " in all the Lyell companies , less than a third of this huge sum had actually been invested in the mines ...
... field had actually raised more than £ 70,000 from shareholders . And while more than £ 5,000,000 was listed as " paid up capital " in all the Lyell companies , less than a third of this huge sum had actually been invested in the mines ...
Page 163
... field from the sentence of death , and made Mt. Lyell a highly profitable field of investment . By 1906 the field had repaid the total tum of money it had absorbed , and by 1920 the field had repaid the investment at least twice over ...
... field from the sentence of death , and made Mt. Lyell a highly profitable field of investment . By 1906 the field had repaid the total tum of money it had absorbed , and by 1920 the field had repaid the investment at least twice over ...
Page 164
... field , with the exception of the Western Australian gold fields . British investors held an overwhelming majority of shares in the good mines , and for long they received most of the profits of the field . But the Australians ...
... field , with the exception of the Western Australian gold fields . British investors held an overwhelming majority of shares in the good mines , and for long they received most of the profits of the field . But the Australians ...
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