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... Schlapp , the American metallurgist , came to Zeehan to inspect the promising mine in January 1891 that they heard ... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the ...
... Schlapp , the American metallurgist , came to Zeehan to inspect the promising mine in January 1891 that they heard ... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the ...
Page 52
... Schlapp read the last lines : " To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . " " Where is this Iron Blow ? " he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west , ...
... Schlapp read the last lines : " To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . " " Where is this Iron Blow ? " he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west , ...
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... Schlapp , the new manager , recruited miners from Zeehan and employed them in three shifts , seven days a week , in an effort to drive the tunnels as quickly as possible . Large huts were built of palings , sledged from the river flats ...
... Schlapp , the new manager , recruited miners from Zeehan and employed them in three shifts , seven days a week , in an effort to drive the tunnels as quickly as possible . Large huts were built of palings , sledged from the river flats ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cent copper company's Comstock copper cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track tram Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victorian Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc