Corporate Body

Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd (1893 - 1960s)

From
29 March 1893
Mt. Lyell, Tasmania, Australia
To
1960s
Functions
Metallurgy, Rail Industry and Mineralogy or Mining
Location
Mt. Lyell, Tasmania

Summary

The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company (MLMRC) was established in 1893 when several small lease holders in the area amalgamated. The company undertook copper mining and smelting on Tasmania's west coast. MLMRC also constructed a railway on Tasmania's west coast during the 1890s. The company was delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange in 1981 and led to the formation of Renison Goldfields Consolidated Limited.

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records, 1892 - 1966, 74/67; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company Ltd - Records, 1899, 75/83; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Blainey, Geoffrey, The Peaks of Lyell (Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1954), 310 pp. Details

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See also

Ailie Smith

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