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Page 78
... rock , turning the steel with his hand as the hammer struck . By sheer strength he made the holes deep enough to ram in the explosive that shattered the rock . By the 1870s Bendigo miners were fracturing the rock more easily by using ...
... rock , turning the steel with his hand as the hammer struck . By sheer strength he made the holes deep enough to ram in the explosive that shattered the rock . By the 1870s Bendigo miners were fracturing the rock more easily by using ...
Page 246
... rock drills each worked by two miners . There was little timber to support the roof of these chambers on which millions of tons of rock pressed from above . In some places dykes or lines of weakness crossed the massive deposit , and ...
... rock drills each worked by two miners . There was little timber to support the roof of these chambers on which millions of tons of rock pressed from above . In some places dykes or lines of weakness crossed the massive deposit , and ...
Page 341
... rock , but over the ages the rock eroded . Nature in effect crushed the rock and the released mineral gravitated into watercourses . Thus it was easy for a poor man to find and mine . Basalt : a tough dark rock , formed by hot liquid ...
... rock , but over the ages the rock eroded . Nature in effect crushed the rock and the released mineral gravitated into watercourses . Thus it was easy for a poor man to find and mine . Basalt : a tough dark rock , formed by hot liquid ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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