Official letters from Henry Ayers to John Graham, 08 June 1858-04 January 1870

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The letters are numbered 1-137 (a few are missing). In this period Graham was living near Heidelberg in Germany. Ayers continued to be his Adelaide agent until 1867, when H. F. Rymill took over the agency, although Ayers continued to act in some business matters until 1870. In these years Ayers was heavily involved in politics and he was Premier of South Australia several times between 1863 and 1873. The letters refer to Graham's account, quarterly remittances, the South Australian Mining Association, meetings of shareholders and directors, dividends, share purchases, visits to the Burra mines, the discovery of new lodes, industrial disputes, a contact with the English and Australian Copper Company, the Karkulto Mines, copper mines at Wallaroo and Moonta, the formation of new mining companies, the offer of Henderson and others to purchase the Burra Mines, the re-organisation of the company, the construction of a railway to Burra, economic conditions in South Australia, the Bank of Adelaide, the development of the Northern Territory, gold discoveries in New Zealand, and the transfer of many of Ayers's business interests to his son H.L. Ayers and Henry Rymill. There are many references to Henry and Frank Rymill, including Frank's marriage to Lucy Baker (1861), and also to Henry Roach, the captain of the Burra Mine, John Ellis and Charles B. Fisher.

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