The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningThree decades after publication, The Rush that Never Ended provides an account of an important part of Australia's economic history. New chapters tell the story of the changes in mining in the last 20 years. |
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... Block & Wyndham , Charters Towers , 1890 146 9 An underground forest : square - set timbering at Broken Hill in the ... Boulder , 1894 210 210 16 Speculators at one of Kalgoorlie's share markets , 1890s xi.
... Block & Wyndham , Charters Towers , 1890 146 9 An underground forest : square - set timbering at Broken Hill in the ... Boulder , 1894 210 210 16 Speculators at one of Kalgoorlie's share markets , 1890s xi.
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... Boulder passed 1,500 feet in 1902 , and still found gold . The mining of deeper ore created a new crisis . The first ... Block 45 mine sent him a dark calcite stone for assay . He ground it down and panned it without finding much gold ...
... Boulder passed 1,500 feet in 1902 , and still found gold . The mining of deeper ore created a new crisis . The first ... Block 45 mine sent him a dark calcite stone for assay . He ground it down and panned it without finding much gold ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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