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... Tasmania farmers were moving to the red rich soil beyond Scottsdale , making access easier for prospectors , and in 1874 the experienced prospector G. R. Bell panned black grains of tin beneath the smooth pebbles of streams . Whereas ...
... Tasmania farmers were moving to the red rich soil beyond Scottsdale , making access easier for prospectors , and in 1874 the experienced prospector G. R. Bell panned black grains of tin beneath the smooth pebbles of streams . Whereas ...
Page 212
... Tasmania's western mountains was strong enough to disperse the fog . In 1900 Tasmania had the nation's largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than ...
... Tasmania's western mountains was strong enough to disperse the fog . In 1900 Tasmania had the nation's largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than ...
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... Tasmania the Aberfoyle deposit , rich in tin and wolfram , was opened in 1926 , only two miles from a mine that had been worked for years . Tasmania also had its brief osmiridium rushes in the 1920s . On the sandy beach at King Island ...
... Tasmania the Aberfoyle deposit , rich in tin and wolfram , was opened in 1926 , only two miles from a mine that had been worked for years . Tasmania also had its brief osmiridium rushes in the 1920s . On the sandy beach at King Island ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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