The Rise of Broken HillThe story of the men who made and spent their fortunes, and of the miners who won that fortune from the Hill. |
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... Barrier Ranges , as in so many rich mining regions , awaited the coming of the pastora- lists . The chance of mineral discovery increases with the spread of settlement as more men walk or ride over a mineralized area . By the year 1866 ...
... Barrier Ranges , as in so many rich mining regions , awaited the coming of the pastora- lists . The chance of mineral discovery increases with the spread of settlement as more men walk or ride over a mineralized area . By the year 1866 ...
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Geoffrey Blainey. Barrier Ranges , though the summer was hardly over and they had no sure idea of whether gold had been found . The Barrier Ranges covered an area larger than many European kingdoms ; they hoped that gold existed ...
Geoffrey Blainey. Barrier Ranges , though the summer was hardly over and they had no sure idea of whether gold had been found . The Barrier Ranges covered an area larger than many European kingdoms ; they hoped that gold existed ...
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... Barrier Ranges , Broken Hill was like a mountainous model in a mannequin parade ; she was more wondered at than coveted . The shaft failed to produce those magnificent specimens of silver which , assaying hundreds or thousands of ounces ...
... Barrier Ranges , Broken Hill was like a mountainous model in a mannequin parade ; she was more wondered at than coveted . The shaft failed to produce those magnificent specimens of silver which , assaying hundreds or thousands of ounces ...
Contents
Illustrations | 7 |
The Magnates | 33 |
End of the Honeymoon | 49 |
Copyright | |
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Adelaide Australian mining Barrier Industrial Council Barrier Ranges base-metal Bavay became BHP's Block 14 Broken Hill companies Broken Hill mines Broken Hill Proprietary Broken Hill South cent Charles Rasp coast Cockle Creek concentrate danger Darling River Delprat dividends drill dust early favourable flotation process gold ground Hill's horse hydraulic fill industrial iron Kalgoorlie Labour lead-poisoning leaders line of lode London magnetic manager McCulloch Melbourne metal miles militants mill miners mining companies mining field Mount Gipps North Broken Hill open cut ounce paid plant plates Port Pirie profits railway Rasp rich rock Roy Bridges shaft shareholders shares sheep station silver and lead silver-lead silverfield smelters smelting South Australia South Wales stopes strike Sulphide Corporation sulphide problem Sydney syndicate Terowie timber tion town tralia underground union unionists W.S. Robinson wages Wilcannia workers Zeehan Zinc Corporation