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Page 130
... copper ore in No. 1 tunnel , 18.6 per cent copper in a cross - cut off No. 2 tunnel , and 27.9 per cent copper in No. 3 tunnel . In reports to the press the manager and directors wildly exaggerated the wealth of their mine , neglecting ...
... copper ore in No. 1 tunnel , 18.6 per cent copper in a cross - cut off No. 2 tunnel , and 27.9 per cent copper in No. 3 tunnel . In reports to the press the manager and directors wildly exaggerated the wealth of their mine , neglecting ...
Page 187
... copper in the furnaces . The Blow was a flux mine , earning enough copper to pay the expenses of mining . Strangely , as the copper declined the percentage of lead and zinc slowly increased until in 1910 the ore contained seven times as ...
... copper in the furnaces . The Blow was a flux mine , earning enough copper to pay the expenses of mining . Strangely , as the copper declined the percentage of lead and zinc slowly increased until in 1910 the ore contained seven times as ...
Page 239
... copper mines . Although the largest mines of 1919 were producing far more copper than the largest mines of 1899 , Mt Lyell was producing less ore and less copper than in the first years of the new cen- tury . In the first decade of the ...
... copper mines . Although the largest mines of 1919 were producing far more copper than the largest mines of 1899 , Mt Lyell was producing less ore and less copper than in the first years of the new cen- tury . In the first decade of the ...
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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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