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Page 47
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 50
In the very week when the miners carried their swags out of the Linda Valley ,
Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to
Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt.
Lyell ...
In the very week when the miners carried their swags out of the Linda Valley ,
Broken Hill investors , drawn by the silver magnet , were crossing the seas to
Launceston . Kelly and Orr were the investors ; and at Zeehan they heard of Mt.
Lyell ...
Page 242
Broken Hill led the world in the profitable treatment of zinclead 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 zinclead 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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