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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Page 197
... engineers to inspect or manage English mining companies from Coolgardie to Cue . It introduced American practices , strove in all its mines for cheap costs , and employed specialists in every phase of mining . Herbert C. Hoover was one ...
... engineers to inspect or manage English mining companies from Coolgardie to Cue . It introduced American practices , strove in all its mines for cheap costs , and employed specialists in every phase of mining . Herbert C. Hoover was one ...
Page 235
... engineer , T. A. Rickard , was at the mine for two rainy days in February 1890 , and in the first of many famous articles he was to write for the American Institute of Mining Engineers he came close to seeing that Morgan was a ...
... engineer , T. A. Rickard , was at the mine for two rainy days in February 1890 , and in the first of many famous articles he was to write for the American Institute of Mining Engineers he came close to seeing that Morgan was a ...
Page 244
... engineers and metallurgists crossed to Australia to manage new mines . The inflow of British capital at the end of the century brought more skilled engineers . Most big mines opened after 1886 were managed by imported engineers ...
... engineers and metallurgists crossed to Australia to manage new mines . The inflow of British capital at the end of the century brought more skilled engineers . Most big mines opened after 1886 were managed by imported engineers ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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