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The swampy silver-field made little progress until 1888, when Broken Hill
boomed. This stunted range in the dry, western outback of New South Wales,
pegged by a boundary rider in 1883, inspired the greatest of Australian mining
booms.
The swampy silver-field made little progress until 1888, when Broken Hill
boomed. This stunted range in the dry, western outback of New South Wales,
pegged by a boundary rider in 1883, inspired the greatest of Australian mining
booms.
Page 48
the geologist, who returned from Broken Hill at the zenith of the silver boom to
proclaim its similarity to the Zeehan lodes. In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen,
Silver King, Silver Hills, Silver Harp, Silver Trumpet and twenty more of these
silver ...
the geologist, who returned from Broken Hill at the zenith of the silver boom to
proclaim its similarity to the Zeehan lodes. In the winter of 1888 the Silver Queen,
Silver King, Silver Hills, Silver Harp, Silver Trumpet and twenty more of these
silver ...
Page 242
Broken Hill led the world in the profitable treatment of zinc- lead sulphides. At the
turn of the century, however, three out of every four tons of ore that came up the
shafts defied treatment and were stacked in huge dumps along the line of lode.
Broken Hill led the world in the profitable treatment of zinc- lead sulphides. At the
turn of the century, however, three out of every four tons of ore that came up the
shafts defied treatment and were stacked in huge dumps along the line of lode.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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