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... Schlapp , the American metallurgist , came to Zeehan to inspect the promising mine in January 1891 that they heard ... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the ...
... Schlapp , the American metallurgist , came to Zeehan to inspect the promising mine in January 1891 that they heard ... Schlapp , a professional assayer and mining reporter for the Zeehan and Dundas Herald , became in- terested in the ...
Page 52
... Schlapp read the last lines : " To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . " " Where is this Iron Blow ? " he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west , ...
... Schlapp read the last lines : " To the south of my old haunts is Mt. Lyell , awaiting capital to make its wealth known to the world . " " Where is this Iron Blow ? " he asked . After Bryant had pointed out the mountains in the west , ...
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... Schlapp , the new manager , recruited miners from Zeehan and employed them in three shifts , seven days a week , in an effort to drive the tunnels as quickly as possible . Large huts were built of palings , sledged from the river flats ...
... Schlapp , the new manager , recruited miners from Zeehan and employed them in three shifts , seven days a week , in an effort to drive the tunnels as quickly as possible . Large huts were built of palings , sledged from the river flats ...
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