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Page 11
... ground a few inches ahead of my boots . " Gould had no such excuse ; his eyes were glued to the ground . But his party was ill equipped and he knew it . When he was asked to lead the third The Golden Mirage 9 The Golden Mirage I.
... ground a few inches ahead of my boots . " Gould had no such excuse ; his eyes were glued to the ground . But his party was ill equipped and he knew it . When he was asked to lead the third The Golden Mirage 9 The Golden Mirage I.
Page 36
... ground , " said Jones defiantly . " This is our ground , " said Crotty . " I came here to peg this ground , and I am going to do it . " " Very well , " said Crotty , fingering his revolver , " I warn you before you do it , to say your ...
... ground , " said Jones defiantly . " This is our ground , " said Crotty . " I came here to peg this ground , and I am going to do it . " " Very well , " said Crotty , fingering his revolver , " I warn you before you do it , to say your ...
Page 204
... ground when a few rocks fell from the roof . Without further warning the roof suddenly collapsed and buried the men . The air mains and the light cable were dis- located , and the darkness and the rush of escaping air added to the ...
... ground when a few rocks fell from the roof . Without further warning the roof suddenly collapsed and buried the men . The air mains and the light cable were dis- located , and the darkness and the rush of escaping air added to the ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cable cent copper company's Comstock copper Creek Crotty Crotty's diggers dividends Dixon Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire floated furnaces gold goldfield Gormanston gossan Gould gully hauled Heemskirk Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston Linda Valley lode London Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain North Lyell North Lyell Company open cut ounces paid pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery rush Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting South Sticht Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis thousand timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour tunnel Victorian Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc