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Page 51
... Zeehan . They were fortified by the opinion of Thureau , the geologist , who returned from Broken Hill at the zenith of the silver boom to proclaim its similarity to the Zeehan lodes . In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen , Silver ...
... Zeehan . They were fortified by the opinion of Thureau , the geologist , who returned from Broken Hill at the zenith of the silver boom to proclaim its similarity to the Zeehan lodes . In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen , Silver ...
Page 52
... Zeehan shares in London . With prolific surface lodes extending over more than thirty square miles , Zeehan was a prospector's paradise . The mining experts , tested on silver at Broken Hill and found wanting , came in the train of the ...
... Zeehan shares in London . With prolific surface lodes extending over more than thirty square miles , Zeehan was a prospector's paradise . The mining experts , tested on silver at Broken Hill and found wanting , came in the train of the ...
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... Zeehan smelters and smelt its ore at Zeehan . P. S. Morse , a Newcastle metallurgist , visited Germany and predicted that certain dezincing processes might prove economical at Zeehan . The Tasmanian Smelting Com- pany was eager to merge ...
... Zeehan smelters and smelt its ore at Zeehan . P. S. Morse , a Newcastle metallurgist , visited Germany and predicted that certain dezincing processes might prove economical at Zeehan . The Tasmanian Smelting Com- pany was eager to merge ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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