The Mile that Midas TouchedThe story of Kalgoorlie's golden mile - the richest few acres of gold-bearing country in the world - and of the rest of the Eastern goldfields in Western Australia. |
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Page 147
... underground through an old abandoned shaft and connecting drive , and worked the face for three straight shifts , bringing the stuff up in army packs . It is after the ore has been sold to the illegal gold - buyer , when it has to be ...
... underground through an old abandoned shaft and connecting drive , and worked the face for three straight shifts , bringing the stuff up in army packs . It is after the ore has been sold to the illegal gold - buyer , when it has to be ...
Page 158
... underground dust . And there were still falls of earth underground , and premature explosions ; miners had falls in dark places , and were overcome by fumes in bad air . So for some the decline of the goldfields was almost welcomed when ...
... underground dust . And there were still falls of earth underground , and premature explosions ; miners had falls in dark places , and were overcome by fumes in bad air . So for some the decline of the goldfields was almost welcomed when ...
Page 221
... underground excavations in the Commonwealth . The safety factors involved in such an operation are many . Photo- elastic analysis of plastic models of the Mt Charlotte stope design , combined with readings from special “ flat - jack ...
... underground excavations in the Commonwealth . The safety factors involved in such an operation are many . Photo- elastic analysis of plastic models of the Mt Charlotte stope design , combined with readings from special “ flat - jack ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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