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... quartz reef at Chewton . His was possibly the first serious attempt in Victoria to mine quartz rock systematically , and if he succeeded a more permanent form of mining would quickly spread over the goldfields . When bullock teams ...
... quartz reef at Chewton . His was possibly the first serious attempt in Victoria to mine quartz rock systematically , and if he succeeded a more permanent form of mining would quickly spread over the goldfields . When bullock teams ...
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... quartz rock , not in the alluvial gravels , and it was as a quartz mine that the Port Phillip led Aus- tralia . The company imported clever English engineers and invested money freely in new plant . It surmounted crises that would have ...
... quartz rock , not in the alluvial gravels , and it was as a quartz mine that the Port Phillip led Aus- tralia . The company imported clever English engineers and invested money freely in new plant . It surmounted crises that would have ...
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... quartz from the Cassidy Hill lease crushed with their own dolly pot in their tent , they reported that they had seen ' some of the richest quartz it is possible to imagine ' . They regretted they were too late to peg rich quartz for ...
... quartz from the Cassidy Hill lease crushed with their own dolly pot in their tent , they reported that they had seen ' some of the richest quartz it is possible to imagine ' . They regretted they were too late to peg rich quartz for ...
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