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 153
... smelters a heaven beside their mines . The Proprietary led in smelting as in mining , and Schlapp from Colorado created the largest metal smelters in the land with fifteen furnaces and nearly a thousand men . Smaller companies built ...
... smelters a heaven beside their mines . The Proprietary led in smelting as in mining , and Schlapp from Colorado created the largest metal smelters in the land with fifteen furnaces and nearly a thousand men . Smaller companies built ...
Page 216
... smelters is always delicate and often calamitous , but Sticht was confident of his huge 150 - ton blast furnaces . On the evening of 25 June 1896 rain drummed on the iron roof of the smelters as Sticht lit the furnaces and tipped coke ...
... smelters is always delicate and often calamitous , but Sticht was confident of his huge 150 - ton blast furnaces . On the evening of 25 June 1896 rain drummed on the iron roof of the smelters as Sticht lit the furnaces and tipped coke ...
Page 268
... smelters at low prices . Why not buy a smelter to produce bullion from the concentrate of the friendly mines ? Large smelting works at Dapto , fifty - six miles south of Sydney , were idle , so they formed the Australian Smelting ...
... smelters at low prices . Why not buy a smelter to produce bullion from the concentrate of the friendly mines ? Large smelting works at Dapto , fifty - six miles south of Sydney , were idle , so they formed the Australian Smelting ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Ballarats Ditch of Perdition | 45 |
Golds Conquest | 57 |
Copyright | |
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