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Page 121
... pany's haulage to the North Lyell hotel . Here one branch would curve around the western cliffs of Mt. Lyell to the Comstock , three miles away , while the main branch would run on half a mile to the North Lyell mine . In 1900 the tents ...
... pany's haulage to the North Lyell hotel . Here one branch would curve around the western cliffs of Mt. Lyell to the Comstock , three miles away , while the main branch would run on half a mile to the North Lyell mine . In 1900 the tents ...
Page 130
... pany , was floated in Melbourne with the express purpose of selling to the Queenstown smelters gold - bearing quartz from a valueless reef at Hall's Creek . In six years , the Mt. Lyell company spent almost £ 93,000 in mining and ...
... pany , was floated in Melbourne with the express purpose of selling to the Queenstown smelters gold - bearing quartz from a valueless reef at Hall's Creek . In six years , the Mt. Lyell company spent almost £ 93,000 in mining and ...
Page 186
... pany approached the Mt. Lyell directors and sold out for £ 5,000 . In thirty years it had been refloated six times and renamed five times ; it had called £ 100,000 from shareholders and returned £ 20,000 in dividends . A courageous and ...
... pany approached the Mt. Lyell directors and sold out for £ 5,000 . In thirty years it had been refloated six times and renamed five times ; it had called £ 100,000 from shareholders and returned £ 20,000 in dividends . A courageous and ...
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