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... dray would halt at unclaimed ground , and from the dray would come heavy crowbars and picks , shovels and buckets , axe and tomahawk , tin milk dishes and a wooden cradle for the gold washing and maybe a water - lifter for baling a ...
... dray would halt at unclaimed ground , and from the dray would come heavy crowbars and picks , shovels and buckets , axe and tomahawk , tin milk dishes and a wooden cradle for the gold washing and maybe a water - lifter for baling a ...
Page 110
... dray took only 21⁄2 tons and as the return journey often took a month - or much longer if feed for bullocks was scarce or the carters fell in at wayside shanties — the haulage problem was acute . The company itself often repaired the ...
... dray took only 21⁄2 tons and as the return journey often took a month - or much longer if feed for bullocks was scarce or the carters fell in at wayside shanties — the haulage problem was acute . The company itself often repaired the ...
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... Dray after dray left the mine loaded with copper ore , and sixty tons sent to Wales assayed 27 per cent copper . Even that rich ore yielded scant profit after paying the miners , draymen , wharfmen , shipping and smelting companies . It ...
... Dray after dray left the mine loaded with copper ore , and sixty tons sent to Wales assayed 27 per cent copper . Even that rich ore yielded scant profit after paying the miners , draymen , wharfmen , shipping and smelting companies . It ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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