The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningThree decades after publication, The Rush that Never Ended provides an account of an important part of Australia's economic history. New chapters tell the story of the changes in mining in the last 20 years. |
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Page 63
... Murchison argued in his celebrated book Siluria that the ex- perience of miners in the Urals and the Andes and many golden mountains suggested that gold would rarely be mined profitably from solid rock . He believed modern science had ...
... Murchison argued in his celebrated book Siluria that the ex- perience of miners in the Urals and the Andes and many golden mountains suggested that gold would rarely be mined profitably from solid rock . He believed modern science had ...
Page 166
... Murchison was more compelling . The journey there was far cheaper than to the tropical fields of Pilbara and Kimberley , the climate was kinder , food was cheaper , and they heard that the gold was incom- parably richer . They landed at ...
... Murchison was more compelling . The journey there was far cheaper than to the tropical fields of Pilbara and Kimberley , the climate was kinder , food was cheaper , and they heard that the gold was incom- parably richer . They landed at ...
Page 169
... Murchison and thought he was perhaps the luckiest of all on that rich field . Generous and reckless with money , he interspersed each rich find with a drinking bout . Impetuous , he sometimes fought barefisted in camps and hotels and at ...
... Murchison and thought he was perhaps the luckiest of all on that rich field . Generous and reckless with money , he interspersed each rich find with a drinking bout . Impetuous , he sometimes fought barefisted in camps and hotels and at ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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