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Page 14
... south of Mt. Bischoff , but the deposits were not payable . In February 1876 , Charles Sprent , the Govern- ment Surveyor , and four companions hacked their way even further south , crossed the Pieman River on a large log and found ...
... south of Mt. Bischoff , but the deposits were not payable . In February 1876 , Charles Sprent , the Govern- ment Surveyor , and four companions hacked their way even further south , crossed the Pieman River on a large log and found ...
Page 134
... South Tharsis mine by force . South Tharsis was a plucky Melbourne company , which num- bered among its directors old Con Lynch , the gold - digger of 1881 , who had made his fortune on the goldfields of Western Australia . Just below ...
... South Tharsis mine by force . South Tharsis was a plucky Melbourne company , which num- bered among its directors old Con Lynch , the gold - digger of 1881 , who had made his fortune on the goldfields of Western Australia . Just below ...
Page 135
... South Tharsis shareholders approved of the sale . This desperate measure was ineffective . In August 1900 , at the height of the controversy , the South Tharsis mine manager had reckoned that 206,600 tons of ore were " in sight " ; but ...
... South Tharsis shareholders approved of the sale . This desperate measure was ineffective . In August 1900 , at the height of the controversy , the South Tharsis mine manager had reckoned that 206,600 tons of ore were " in sight " ; but ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly Broken Hill cable cent copper company's Comstock copper Copper Mines cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan Government hauled Heemskirk Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox Launceston Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell Mining Lyell open cut Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen Queen River Queenstown R. M. Murray rail Renison Bell reports rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders shipped silver smelters smelting South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour trucks tunnel underground union Victoria Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc