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... fifty - fifty , as partners . In 1964 they read in the newspapers that there was a world shortage of nickel , and this prompted them to collect more samples at Red Hill , as George Cowcill had done ten years before . John Morgan took ...
... fifty - fifty , as partners . In 1964 they read in the newspapers that there was a world shortage of nickel , and this prompted them to collect more samples at Red Hill , as George Cowcill had done ten years before . John Morgan took ...
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... brought the price of water at Kambalda down from ten dollars to fifty - five cents per 1,000 gallons , and also meant that householders could start growing their gardens . A power line from the Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie ( 14.
... brought the price of water at Kambalda down from ten dollars to fifty - five cents per 1,000 gallons , and also meant that householders could start growing their gardens . A power line from the Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie ( 14.
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... fifty single men and six married men and their families . In 1970 , it was reported that the expected lifetime of the mine would be four years and in that time $ 12 million worth of nickel should be extracted from the ore . Nepean just ...
... fifty single men and six married men and their families . In 1970 , it was reported that the expected lifetime of the mine would be four years and in that time $ 12 million worth of nickel should be extracted from the ore . Nepean just ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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