MOUNT LYELL MINES
(Received 21stFebruary, 2.30 p.m.) HOBART, This Day. Members of the Federal Public Accounts Committee visiting the West Coast in connection with the State's claim for increased assistance ■ from the Commonwealth, inspected the Mount Lyell Mines.' The manager, Mr. Murray, in evidence said that since 1896 the works produced 227,000 tons of copper,' 14,000,000 ounces of silver, and 394,000 ounces of gold. If labour and other conditions remained unchanged, the life of the field might be estimated at twenty years. The company, was hampered by Customs duties on machinery, which, though it could not be made in Australia, had to bear a heavy impost. For instance, new plant costing £6000 in America and. not economically obtainable elsewhere, would be charged three thousand sterling duty on arrival.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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128MOUNT LYELL MINES Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 44, 21 February 1930, Page 11
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