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Page 143
... North Lyell mine . Working on the eastern boundary of the North Lyell lease , the Blocks miners worked rich ore right to the underground boundary of the lease . There the glittering wall of copper was so tempting that the manager let ...
... North Lyell mine . Working on the eastern boundary of the North Lyell lease , the Blocks miners worked rich ore right to the underground boundary of the lease . There the glittering wall of copper was so tempting that the manager let ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. North Lyell stopes the miners often interrupted work and mounted a rock to make fiery speeches on unionism and politics , a practice which even today would earn instant dismissal from a mine . The North Lyell miners did ...
Geoffrey Blainey. North Lyell stopes the miners often interrupted work and mounted a rock to make fiery speeches on unionism and politics , a practice which even today would earn instant dismissal from a mine . The North Lyell miners did ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. Mount Lyell Mines , 79 Mt Lyell railway : surveys , 69-71 ... Lyell rail- way , 129 , 156 ; closure , 295-6 Mt Lyell Reserve mine , 89 Mt ... North Crown Lyell mine , 85 , 88 North Lyell , S.S. , 121 , 122 , 147 North ...
Geoffrey Blainey. Mount Lyell Mines , 79 Mt Lyell railway : surveys , 69-71 ... Lyell rail- way , 129 , 156 ; closure , 295-6 Mt Lyell Reserve mine , 89 Mt ... North Crown Lyell mine , 85 , 88 North Lyell , S.S. , 121 , 122 , 147 North ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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