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Page 198
... underground . The company refused the request , and the North Lyell miners struck for one shift . The bickering grew louder and erupted in September when a small incident led to serious consequences . Most miners worked eight hours a ...
... underground . The company refused the request , and the North Lyell miners struck for one shift . The bickering grew louder and erupted in September when a small incident led to serious consequences . Most miners worked eight hours a ...
Page 224
... underground men and fifty open - cut men . Strike and fire had scattered one of the best teams of underground miners that had assembled on any field in the Commonwealth , and Murray knew that he would neither recruit nor retain new men ...
... underground men and fifty open - cut men . Strike and fire had scattered one of the best teams of underground miners that had assembled on any field in the Commonwealth , and Murray knew that he would neither recruit nor retain new men ...
Page 277
... underground mines which had been the chief vaults of copper since the first years of this century . Crown Lyell was closed in 1942 , and two years later expensive transport and the shortage of skilled miners forced the company to close ...
... underground mines which had been the chief vaults of copper since the first years of this century . Crown Lyell was closed in 1942 , and two years later expensive transport and the shortage of skilled miners forced the company to close ...
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