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Schlapp read the last lines : “ To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . ” “ Where is this Iron Blow ? ” he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west ...
Schlapp read the last lines : “ To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . ” “ Where is this Iron Blow ? ” he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west ...
Page 58
After the Government Geologist had reported on the mine the three reports were handed to the printers in preparation for raising the necessary capital to exploit the mine . In normal times Peters ' report would have sent shares soaring ...
After the Government Geologist had reported on the mine the three reports were handed to the printers in preparation for raising the necessary capital to exploit the mine . In normal times Peters ' report would have sent shares soaring ...
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working capital of only £ 49,925 . In 1904 , when shares had little market value and the balance sheet appeared in the press , it was natural that many readers should infer that shareholders had lost £ 450,000 — the total face value of ...
working capital of only £ 49,925 . In 1904 , when shares had little market value and the balance sheet appeared in the press , it was natural that many readers should infer that shareholders had lost £ 450,000 — the total face value of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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