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 226
... deposit had little practice . Few Australian gold prospectors of the 1870s could recognize the gossan or iron cap of a mineral deposit . The deposit therefore awaited men with flexible minds , men with the drive which the Scottish ...
... deposit had little practice . Few Australian gold prospectors of the 1870s could recognize the gossan or iron cap of a mineral deposit . The deposit therefore awaited men with flexible minds , men with the drive which the Scottish ...
Page 227
... deposit might be rich . They got supplies and equipment in Rockhampton and returned to dig and sample . The senior Morgan , Fred the publican , now wanted to see the mine and he hired horses and buggy in Rockhampton and drove to the ...
... deposit might be rich . They got supplies and equipment in Rockhampton and returned to dig and sample . The senior Morgan , Fred the publican , now wanted to see the mine and he hired horses and buggy in Rockhampton and drove to the ...
Page 382
... deposit of mineralized rock lying in a crack or opening in the rock . Metallurgist a specialist in extracting pure ... deposit which is visible on the surface of the ground . Orebody : a payable deposit of mineral in hard rock 382 ...
... deposit of mineralized rock lying in a crack or opening in the rock . Metallurgist a specialist in extracting pure ... deposit which is visible on the surface of the ground . Orebody : a payable deposit of mineral in hard rock 382 ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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