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Page 215
... stope . Two men , Cox and Gadd , fixed hoses to the compressed air pipes and for half an hour tried to repel the smoke . At noon Cox realized the peril and led fifty - seven men through the darkness to the steel house , a wooden ...
... stope . Two men , Cox and Gadd , fixed hoses to the compressed air pipes and for half an hour tried to repel the smoke . At noon Cox realized the peril and led fifty - seven men through the darkness to the steel house , a wooden ...
Page 221
... stope . Send food and candles at once . No time to lose . J. Ryan . Food , beef tea , tobacco , blankets , and candles were lowered down the shaft . Outside the mine there was great excitement when the note was read to the waiting crowd ...
... stope . Send food and candles at once . No time to lose . J. Ryan . Food , beef tea , tobacco , blankets , and candles were lowered down the shaft . Outside the mine there was great excitement when the note was read to the waiting crowd ...
Page 247
... stopes with mullock ; and through the years rock caved in , wrecked the stopes , and flooded or endan- gered most of the workings . In 1912 the prospect of wresting a fortune from the three zinc mines of the Read - Rosebery field ...
... stopes with mullock ; and through the years rock caved in , wrecked the stopes , and flooded or endan- gered most of the workings . In 1912 the prospect of wresting a fortune from the three zinc mines of the Read - Rosebery field ...
Contents
A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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