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In July 1888 in London, the Queensland Smelting Company was formed to treat the refractory ore that was resistant to standard gold recovery methods available at Gympie, and the newly discovered goldfields west of Maryborough. The capital behind the company was 80,000 shares, at £1 per share.
Francis Gill,