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... largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than half of its export wealth was coming from mines . The mistline drifted above and below Mount Bischoff ...
... largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than half of its export wealth was coming from mines . The mistline drifted above and below Mount Bischoff ...
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... largest , producing one - tenth of the world's lead and much of its silver . They devised a new blast furnace and probed new processes , and at Port Pirie in 1932 Dr G. K. Williams created the world's first continuous process for ...
... largest , producing one - tenth of the world's lead and much of its silver . They devised a new blast furnace and probed new processes , and at Port Pirie in 1932 Dr G. K. Williams created the world's first continuous process for ...
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... largest producer of lead and third largest producer of zinc . * Even gold expanded , though it was confined more and more to Western Australia . The mining industry usually declines in relative importance as a country becomes urbanized ...
... largest producer of lead and third largest producer of zinc . * Even gold expanded , though it was confined more and more to Western Australia . The mining industry usually declines in relative importance as a country becomes urbanized ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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