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... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
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... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
... alluvial troubles were inflammable . They affected few men , the gold in dispute was trifling , but because the ... alluvial mining to inflame bitterness in the face of unjust laws ; the great civil insurrections on the Victorian and ...
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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS Alluvial gold or tin : ranging in size from a pinpoint to a small boulder , this metal lies amongst sand or clay or gravel . Originally the metal was in the solid ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS Alluvial gold or tin : ranging in size from a pinpoint to a small boulder , this metal lies amongst sand or clay or gravel . Originally the metal was in the solid ...
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