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... hundred shareholders . Many shareholders were humble working people who owned £ 5 , £ 10 or £ 20 of shares and worked in foundries , meat - markets , ironworks , shipyards , breweries , warehouses and roller mills . At the other end of ...
... hundred shareholders . Many shareholders were humble working people who owned £ 5 , £ 10 or £ 20 of shares and worked in foundries , meat - markets , ironworks , shipyards , breweries , warehouses and roller mills . At the other end of ...
Page 190
... hundred men belonged to the union . In 1899 perhaps 650 of the 3,000 wage earners at Mt. Lyell were unionists ... hundred to nine hundred miners and ten or twelve townsmen - more than twice the membership of the Gor- manston A.M.A. At ...
... hundred men belonged to the union . In 1899 perhaps 650 of the 3,000 wage earners at Mt. Lyell were unionists ... hundred to nine hundred miners and ten or twelve townsmen - more than twice the membership of the Gor- manston A.M.A. At ...
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... hundred tons of siliceous flux , ceased production in 1949 , fifty - two years after its discovery . It yielded more than 4,500,000 tons of ore , averaging 5.5 per cent copper and carrying 252,000 tons of copper in all . Nineteen out of ...
... hundred tons of siliceous flux , ceased production in 1949 , fifty - two years after its discovery . It yielded more than 4,500,000 tons of ore , averaging 5.5 per cent copper and carrying 252,000 tons of copper in all . Nineteen out of ...
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