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Page 41
... half sulphur , half iron and a small percentage of copper . In Spain cheap wages , fuel and transport and a market for sulphur and iron made such an ore body highly payable . In Australia , however , all these factors were absent , and ...
... half sulphur , half iron and a small percentage of copper . In Spain cheap wages , fuel and transport and a market for sulphur and iron made such an ore body highly payable . In Australia , however , all these factors were absent , and ...
Page 66
... half the load to the summit , and return again for the remainder of the trucks . The load had to be split because the gradient of the rack section was one in sixteen for a mile and a half on the Queen River side of the summit , and one ...
... half the load to the summit , and return again for the remainder of the trucks . The load had to be split because the gradient of the rack section was one in sixteen for a mile and a half on the Queen River side of the summit , and one ...
Page 202
... half a day the men discovered who he was and refused to work with him . He went to the Magnet mine where unionists gave him two hours to leave the town . He was hounded out of Waratah , Renison Bell , and the Hercules mine , and within ...
... half a day the men discovered who he was and refused to work with him . He went to the Magnet mine where unionists gave him two hours to leave the town . He was hounded out of Waratah , Renison Bell , and the Hercules mine , and within ...
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