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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Page 61
... danger of lead - poisoning was high ; and the danger , as will be seen later , was not easy to curb . In the mines the unpredictability of the ground a legacy of poor mining methods in earlier years - injected a second dose of anxiety ...
... danger of lead - poisoning was high ; and the danger , as will be seen later , was not easy to curb . In the mines the unpredictability of the ground a legacy of poor mining methods in earlier years - injected a second dose of anxiety ...
Page 89
... danger had passed . The mining and smelting of oxidized ores was diminishing ; the coming of the sulphide problem lessened the lead problem . Moreover , with the transfer of the Proprietary's smelting activi- ties to Port Pirie in 1898 ...
... danger had passed . The mining and smelting of oxidized ores was diminishing ; the coming of the sulphide problem lessened the lead problem . Moreover , with the transfer of the Proprietary's smelting activi- ties to Port Pirie in 1898 ...
Page 94
... danger , some miners were too inexperienced to predict dangerous ground just above their head . Some of the fatal falls of rock were not predictable even to men who had an uncanny eye and ear for the characteristics of treacherous rock ...
... danger , some miners were too inexperienced to predict dangerous ground just above their head . Some of the fatal falls of rock were not predictable even to men who had an uncanny eye and ear for the characteristics of treacherous rock ...
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