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Page 128
... copper mines in the east , and the wide Cornish fireplaces could be seen from Tasmania to the tropics by the mid - 1870s . Peak Downs in central Queensland was the first successful copper mine outside South Australia and also the first rich ...
... copper mines in the east , and the wide Cornish fireplaces could be seen from Tasmania to the tropics by the mid - 1870s . Peak Downs in central Queensland was the first successful copper mine outside South Australia and also the first rich ...
Page 243
... copper mine in Tasmania had become famous and it resembled Morgan - a pyritic deposit strong in gold at the surface ... mines throughout the world turned to cyaniding , Mount Morgan tried and rejected the new process ; the copper in ...
... copper mine in Tasmania had become famous and it resembled Morgan - a pyritic deposit strong in gold at the surface ... mines throughout the world turned to cyaniding , Mount Morgan tried and rejected the new process ; the copper in ...
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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. of the copper in its ores . Throughout the world copper companies at ... mines could employ this technique . The copper industry in fact had more incentive to develop the flotation process ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. of the copper in its ores . Throughout the world copper companies at ... mines could employ this technique . The copper industry in fact had more incentive to develop the flotation process ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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