Nic Haygarth's biography of James 'Philosopher' Smith (1827-1897), who discovered the tin deposit at Mount Bischoff in 1871, triggering Tasmania's richest 19th-century mining boom and the start of base metal mining in the State. Smith floated the Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company in 1873 but fell out with his fellow directors and left in 1876, two years before its first dividend — missing out on the fortune the mine went on to make. Based on Haygarth's PhD thesis, the book also addresses the myths and legends that grew up around Smith.
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BOOK DETAILS
- Softcover book
- Published 2004
- 210-pages, indexed
CONDITION
Used but generally very good condition.
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