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Page 55
... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the Iron Blow . Walking back from South Dundas with a mine manager named Luke Bryant , Schlapp stopped to eat his lunch on ...
... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the Iron Blow . Walking back from South Dundas with a mine manager named Luke Bryant , Schlapp stopped to eat his lunch on ...
Page 58
... Schlapp detected the tampering . He was not perturbed . It was the copper , not the gold that fascinated him . ' I guess this is a metallurgical proposition ' , he drawled . ' If there's quantity there , I guess it'll pay . ' When the ...
... Schlapp detected the tampering . He was not perturbed . It was the copper , not the gold that fascinated him . ' I guess this is a metallurgical proposition ' , he drawled . ' If there's quantity there , I guess it'll pay . ' When the ...
Page 59
... 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 ...
Contents
A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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