Author: John Peach
Publisher: John Peach, www.peachbooksales.com
ISBN: 1876819774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
Robert Philps, later a Minister for Mines and a Queensland Premier, called it "the biggest ever mining swindle in the Colonies". He for one certainly knew, because Robert Ross himself sold Philps a swag of the Company shares in early 1888. This is the true story of multiple gold frauds by Robert Ross near Yeppoon Queensland, and a dubious Sydney Company involving many leading identities now well known in our history. Some made fortunes almost overnight and some ended up mortally wounded. The Supreme Court sessions featured most of the leading 'silks' in the Colony and even our later first Prime Minister Edmund Barton and all the sworn evidence and verdicts were meticulously recorded and then first sealed under Statute for 30 years.
The Biggest Ever Gold-mining Swindle in the Colonies
Author: John Peach
Publisher: John Peach, www.peachbooksales.com
ISBN: 1876819774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
Robert Philps, later a Minister for Mines and a Queensland Premier, called it "the biggest ever mining swindle in the Colonies". He for one certainly knew, because Robert Ross himself sold Philps a swag of the Company shares in early 1888. This is the true story of multiple gold frauds by Robert Ross near Yeppoon Queensland, and a dubious Sydney Company involving many leading identities now well known in our history. Some made fortunes almost overnight and some ended up mortally wounded. The Supreme Court sessions featured most of the leading 'silks' in the Colony and even our later first Prime Minister Edmund Barton and all the sworn evidence and verdicts were meticulously recorded and then first sealed under Statute for 30 years.
Publisher: John Peach, www.peachbooksales.com
ISBN: 1876819774
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
Robert Philps, later a Minister for Mines and a Queensland Premier, called it "the biggest ever mining swindle in the Colonies". He for one certainly knew, because Robert Ross himself sold Philps a swag of the Company shares in early 1888. This is the true story of multiple gold frauds by Robert Ross near Yeppoon Queensland, and a dubious Sydney Company involving many leading identities now well known in our history. Some made fortunes almost overnight and some ended up mortally wounded. The Supreme Court sessions featured most of the leading 'silks' in the Colony and even our later first Prime Minister Edmund Barton and all the sworn evidence and verdicts were meticulously recorded and then first sealed under Statute for 30 years.
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
Publisher:
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
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Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives
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Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top
Author: Dan Plazak
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An entertaining and informative volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the U.S. from the Civil War to World War I
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
An entertaining and informative volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the U.S. from the Civil War to World War I
The Mining Journal, Railway and Commercial Gazette
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Mining Journal, Railway & Commercial Gazette
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Information Services Latin America
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 720
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Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
African Review
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Investors Chronicle and Money Market Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Mediators, Contract Men, and Colonial Capital
Author: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
An innovative study of labor relations, particularly the interactions of recruitment agents and migrant workers, in the mining concessions of Wassa, Gold Coast Colony, 1879 to 1909.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580469183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
An innovative study of labor relations, particularly the interactions of recruitment agents and migrant workers, in the mining concessions of Wassa, Gold Coast Colony, 1879 to 1909.