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... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
... Wallaroo and Moonta mines , and they resolved to smelt all ores at the Wallaroo Company's smelters by the sea . Visitors who came by ship on a stormy evening could see across the water the glare of furnaces reflected in the clouds and ...
Page 127
... Wallaroo mine was idle for two years , and Moonta tried to cut costs by expanding out- put . Captain Hancock himself busily improved his famous jig that mechanically separated poor ore from barren rock in the mill , and underground he ...
... Wallaroo mine was idle for two years , and Moonta tried to cut costs by expanding out- put . Captain Hancock himself busily improved his famous jig that mechanically separated poor ore from barren rock in the mill , and underground he ...
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... Wallaroo and Moonta ; it was also like the welfare scheme in that it rebounded sometimes on its creators . The Wallaroo and Moonta company had devised the copper bonus for employees in 1905 , promising to pay them a sliding bonus ...
... Wallaroo and Moonta ; it was also like the welfare scheme in that it rebounded sometimes on its creators . The Wallaroo and Moonta company had devised the copper bonus for employees in 1905 , promising to pay them a sliding bonus ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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