MOUNT LYALL MINES
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) HOBART, February 21. 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 of the mines, Mr Murray, gave evidence that since 1896, the works had 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 20 years. The company was hampered by the Customs duties on machinery, which, though it could not be made in Australia Slid to bear a heavy impost. For Instance, a new plant costing £6OOO in America, and not economically obtainable elsewhere would be charged £3OOO duty on arrival.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18500, 22 February 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)
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134MOUNT LYALL MINES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18500, 22 February 1930, Page 17 (Supplement)
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