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 75
... rock , turning the steel with his hand as the hammer struck . By sheer strength he made the holes deep enough to ram in the explosive that shattered the rock . By the 1870s Bendigo miners were fracturing the rock more easily by using ...
... rock , turning the steel with his hand as the hammer struck . By sheer strength he made the holes deep enough to ram in the explosive that shattered the rock . By the 1870s Bendigo miners were fracturing the rock more easily by using ...
Page 350
... rock , like the nickel , lay in a region which had long been traversed by prospectors ; it was only twenty miles from the ghost copper town of Duchess , a siding on the Mount Isa- Townsville railway . Moreover it was a mineral which had ...
... rock , like the nickel , lay in a region which had long been traversed by prospectors ; it was only twenty miles from the ghost copper town of Duchess , a siding on the Mount Isa- Townsville railway . Moreover it was a mineral which had ...
Page 382
... rock , but over the ages the rock eroded . Nature in effect crushed the rock and the released mineral gravitated into watercourses . Thus it was easy for a poor man to find and mine . Basalt : a tough dark rock , formed by hot liquid ...
... rock , but over the ages the rock eroded . Nature in effect crushed the rock and the released mineral gravitated into watercourses . Thus it was easy for a poor man to find and mine . Basalt : a tough dark rock , formed by hot liquid ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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