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Page 117
... Wallaroo . Five miles across the flats the hot beach became Port Wallaroo , and sailing ships anchored offshore to take bags of copper ore from barges . By 1861 the brick chimney of the copper smelters was a beacon to ships that brought ...
... Wallaroo . Five miles across the flats the hot beach became Port Wallaroo , and sailing ships anchored offshore to take bags of copper ore from barges . By 1861 the brick chimney of the copper smelters was a beacon to ships that brought ...
Page 118
... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
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... Wallaroo mine was idle for two years , and Moonta tried to cut costs by expanding out- put . Captain Hancock himself busily improved his famous jig that mechanically separated poor ore from barren rock in the mill , and underground he ...
... Wallaroo mine was idle for two years , and Moonta tried to cut costs by expanding out- put . Captain Hancock himself busily improved his famous jig that mechanically separated poor ore from barren rock in the mill , and underground he ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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