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Page 81
... cent in North Crown Lyell , and 35 per cent in Crown Lyell , while Prince Lyell found beautiful bunches of yellow pyrite carrying 35 per cent copper , and North Lyell Consolidated THE COPPER BOOM 81.
... cent in North Crown Lyell , and 35 per cent in Crown Lyell , while Prince Lyell found beautiful bunches of yellow pyrite carrying 35 per cent copper , and North Lyell Consolidated THE COPPER BOOM 81.
Page 123
... cent copper ore in No. 1 tunnel , 18.6 per cent copper in a crosscut off No. 2 tunnel , and 27.9 per cent copper in No. 3 tunnel . In reports to the press the manager and directors wildly exaggerated the wealth of their mine ...
... cent copper ore in No. 1 tunnel , 18.6 per cent copper in a crosscut off No. 2 tunnel , and 27.9 per cent copper in No. 3 tunnel . In reports to the press the manager and directors wildly exaggerated the wealth of their mine ...
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... cent copper lay above the Russell tunnel - enough to begin a shallow open cut . Miners began to break the ore , and men shovelled it into small motor trucks which ran along an old rail- way formation to the Royal Tharsis shaft . To ...
... cent copper lay above the Russell tunnel - enough to begin a shallow open cut . Miners began to break the ore , and men shovelled it into small motor trucks which ran along an old rail- way formation to the Royal Tharsis shaft . To ...
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