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... drill and pistons in the cylinders of the drill thrust to and fro , hammering at the sharp piece of steel . Hustler's Reef company at Bendigo used a locally - invented rock drill as far back as 1869 , before the great Comstock field and ...
... drill and pistons in the cylinders of the drill thrust to and fro , hammering at the sharp piece of steel . Hustler's Reef company at Bendigo used a locally - invented rock drill as far back as 1869 , before the great Comstock field and ...
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... drills underground carried a new hazard , more danger- ous than physical accidents because it was invisible . The machine miners ' main job was to drill holes into the rock and fill the holes with explosives , and the drilling and ...
... drills underground carried a new hazard , more danger- ous than physical accidents because it was invisible . The machine miners ' main job was to drill holes into the rock and fill the holes with explosives , and the drilling and ...
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A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. dust than the old hand drills that were hammered into the rock with the slow blows of a miner's hammer . One American rock drill was aptly named ' the widow maker ' . The increasing depth ...
A History of Australian Mining Geoffrey Blainey. dust than the old hand drills that were hammered into the rock with the slow blows of a miner's hammer . One American rock drill was aptly named ' the widow maker ' . The increasing depth ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
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