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Page 84
... drill to the field and erected a high derrick on the slope of the hill above the open cut . It sank several vertical ... drill bit from the hole and his company had to bear the loss . Work ceased and the lease passed into the hands of ...
... drill to the field and erected a high derrick on the slope of the hill above the open cut . It sank several vertical ... drill bit from the hole and his company had to bear the loss . Work ceased and the lease passed into the hands of ...
Page 107
... drills . Working with hammer and steel , miners often had to drill in conglomerate rock so tough that one miner was reputed to have blunted seventy pieces of steel to drill a seven - inch hole . After protesting for months , the North ...
... drills . Working with hammer and steel , miners often had to drill in conglomerate rock so tough that one miner was reputed to have blunted seventy pieces of steel to drill a seven - inch hole . After protesting for months , the North ...
Page 300
... drills and shafts had to go down deeper to explore new ground , it was inevitable that the extent of prospecting and the ... drill holes , prospecting was restricted by lack of money . Early in the 1950s the Mt Lyell Co. set up its own ...
... drills and shafts had to go down deeper to explore new ground , it was inevitable that the extent of prospecting and the ... drill holes , prospecting was restricted by lack of money . Early in the 1950s the Mt Lyell Co. set up its own ...
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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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