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Page 127
... timber for the mine , built a tramway two miles along the timbered slope of Mt Lyell only to learn that the Blocks Company , which owned the timber rights , re- fused to lease the land . Likewise , a director who was the solicitor for ...
... timber for the mine , built a tramway two miles along the timbered slope of Mt Lyell only to learn that the Blocks Company , which owned the timber rights , re- fused to lease the land . Likewise , a director who was the solicitor for ...
Page 228
... timber in the underground workings of the Mt Lyell mine . It could not have been thrown down carelessly because it was arranged beneath the timber , nor dropped in the course of duty because cotton waste was not used on that level . And ...
... timber in the underground workings of the Mt Lyell mine . It could not have been thrown down carelessly because it was arranged beneath the timber , nor dropped in the course of duty because cotton waste was not used on that level . And ...
Page 267
... timber for the company's mines , and occasional loads of coal , timber , and copper concentrate for the Consols and Blocks mines . After 1918 , when the logging in- dustry near Darwin began to decline , the annual railway deficit grew ...
... timber for the company's mines , and occasional loads of coal , timber , and copper concentrate for the Consols and Blocks mines . After 1918 , when the logging in- dustry near Darwin began to decline , the annual railway deficit grew ...
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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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