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... Tasmania's western mountains was strong enough to disperse the fog . In 1900 Tasmania had the nation's largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than ...
... Tasmania's western mountains was strong enough to disperse the fog . In 1900 Tasmania had the nation's largest tinfield , largest copperfield , second largest silverfield , and gold as well . And , like Western Australia , more than ...
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... Tasmania , visited Great Falls too and was delighted when it efficiently made metallic zinc from a trial sample of his mines ' ores . He engaged an American metallurgist named Crutcher who produced metallic zinc in a small laboratory at ...
... Tasmania , visited Great Falls too and was delighted when it efficiently made metallic zinc from a trial sample of his mines ' ores . He engaged an American metallurgist named Crutcher who produced metallic zinc in a small laboratory at ...
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... Tasmania the Aberfoyle deposit , rich in tin and wolfram , was opened in 1926 , only two miles from a mine that had been worked for years . Tasmania also had its brief osmiridium rushes in the 1920s . On the sandy beach at King Island ...
... Tasmania the Aberfoyle deposit , rich in tin and wolfram , was opened in 1926 , only two miles from a mine that had been worked for years . Tasmania also had its brief osmiridium rushes in the 1920s . On the sandy beach at King Island ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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