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Page 64
... rock systematically , and if he succeeded a more permanent form of mining would quickly spread over the goldfields . When bullock teams hauled in his steam engine he was hooted . Many diggers feared that machinery would enable ...
... rock systematically , and if he succeeded a more permanent form of mining would quickly spread over the goldfields . When bullock teams hauled in his steam engine he was hooted . Many diggers feared that machinery would enable ...
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 ...
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... rock drills each worked by two miners . There was little timber to support the roof of these chambers on t 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 t which millions of tons of rock pressed from above . In some places dykes or lines of weakness crossed the massive deposit , and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Victorias Rushes | 28 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 46 |
Copyright | |
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