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Page 215
... smoke until the fire had been burning for more than an hour . At the 850 ′ level , after shift bosses had climbed ladders to the 700 ' level and returned with the news that there was a bank of smoke near the pump house , many miners ...
... smoke until the fire had been burning for more than an hour . At the 850 ′ level , after shift bosses had climbed ladders to the 700 ' level and returned with the news that there was a bank of smoke near the pump house , many miners ...
Page 217
... smoke continued to eddy up the shaft . At 11 p.m. the lamps of two hundred miners from the Mt Lyell mine flickered ... smoke became so thick that they retreated to the surface in the early hours of Sunday morning . Another party tried to ...
... smoke continued to eddy up the shaft . At 11 p.m. the lamps of two hundred miners from the Mt Lyell mine flickered ... smoke became so thick that they retreated to the surface in the early hours of Sunday morning . Another party tried to ...
Page 218
... smoke drove them back . In the morning , however , the fumes receded and the men dashed to the shaft , shouting for ... smoke near the ore pass which descended to the next level , though smoke obscured the ladder way . Eight men then ...
... smoke drove them back . In the morning , however , the fumes receded and the men dashed to the shaft , shouting for ... smoke near the ore pass which descended to the next level , though smoke obscured the ladder way . Eight men then ...
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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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