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Page 109
... lode was in the wilderness eighty miles or so north of Adelaide , and the shopkeepers sent surveyor Finke to see the lode . Finke had managed a lead mine at Glen Osmond and at once he saw that the distant copper lode was infinitely more ...
... lode was in the wilderness eighty miles or so north of Adelaide , and the shopkeepers sent surveyor Finke to see the lode . Finke had managed a lead mine at Glen Osmond and at once he saw that the distant copper lode was infinitely more ...
Page 155
... lode twisted shape with the slow movement of the ground . The foundations of buildings above the lode cracked as the ground subsided . The wise practice of filling the abandoned under- ground chambers with rock sent down from the ...
... lode twisted shape with the slow movement of the ground . The foundations of buildings above the lode cracked as the ground subsided . The wise practice of filling the abandoned under- ground chambers with rock sent down from the ...
Page 276
... lode . Without easy profits they could not explore their leases quickly . Thus in some years their shares could be ... lode there plunged deep in the same unpredictable manner and for a time the North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company ...
... lode . Without easy profits they could not explore their leases quickly . Thus in some years their shares could be ... lode there plunged deep in the same unpredictable manner and for a time the North Broken Hill Silver Mining Company ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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