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Page 48
... Broken Hill , Ballarat and Adelaide 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 ...
... Broken Hill , Ballarat and Adelaide 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 ...
Page 49
... Broken Hill , in the same time , had yielded £ 237 million and was still going strong . Nevertheless , in 1891 , when Australian silver mining was in its infancy , who was to say that Zeehan and Dundas might not offer prizes as rich as ...
... Broken Hill , in the same time , had yielded £ 237 million and was still going strong . Nevertheless , in 1891 , when Australian silver mining was in its infancy , who was to say that Zeehan and Dundas might not offer prizes as rich as ...
Page 50
... Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a generous optimist of ...
... Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt. Lyell and finally bought the mine . Bowes Kelly was a generous optimist of ...
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