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... million in 1886 , nearly £ 11 million in 1896 and close to £ 25 million in 1907. Australia was the world's largest producer of gold in 1903 , and for ten years in a row Australia mined more gold than in its own record year of the 1850s ...
... million in 1886 , nearly £ 11 million in 1896 and close to £ 25 million in 1907. Australia was the world's largest producer of gold in 1903 , and for ten years in a row Australia mined more gold than in its own record year of the 1850s ...
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... million gallons a day . The diamond drill and rock drill and high explosives , all used sparingly in Victorian mines in the 1870s , were freely used on large fields at the end of the century . These methods made poor mines payable and ...
... million gallons a day . The diamond drill and rock drill and high explosives , all used sparingly in Victorian mines in the 1870s , were freely used on large fields at the end of the century . These methods made poor mines payable and ...
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... million before a dividend was near . And in time it earned £ 12 million revenue from ore that averaged only 41⁄2 penny- weights of gold to each short ton . De Bernales had the foresight to see that gold mining would boom again . In ...
... million before a dividend was near . And in time it earned £ 12 million revenue from ore that averaged only 41⁄2 penny- weights of gold to each short ton . De Bernales had the foresight to see that gold mining would boom again . In ...
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