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Page 42
... ounces of gold and eighteen ounces of silver to the ton , were definitely in sight . The directors were satisfied ; they ordered an eight - stamp mill from a Melbourne foundry . This was a mad gamble . The ore blocked out for mining ...
... ounces of gold and eighteen ounces of silver to the ton , were definitely in sight . The directors were satisfied ; they ordered an eight - stamp mill from a Melbourne foundry . This was a mad gamble . The ore blocked out for mining ...
Page 62
... ounces of silver to the ton and 3 per cent to 5 per cent copper . The remaining ore was argentiferous copper pyrites , assaying 26 per cent copper and up to 2,000 ounces of silver a ton . The entire seam averaged over a thousand ounces ...
... ounces of silver to the ton and 3 per cent to 5 per cent copper . The remaining ore was argentiferous copper pyrites , assaying 26 per cent copper and up to 2,000 ounces of silver a ton . The entire seam averaged over a thousand ounces ...
Page 63
... ounces of silver a week . In an area of ten feet square £ 18,000 worth of ore was mined in a fortnight . A quarter of a million ounces of silver came from a stope barely the size of a suburban dining room . In September 1894 , after ...
... ounces of silver a week . In an area of ten feet square £ 18,000 worth of ore was mined in a fortnight . A quarter of a million ounces of silver came from a stope barely the size of a suburban dining room . In September 1894 , after ...
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