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Page 197
... eight years of industrial peace , small towns across the mountains were crippled by some of the longest strikes in the history of Tas- mania . In 1905 the Hercules miners began a strike which lasted more than a year and in 1908 the ...
... eight years of industrial peace , small towns across the mountains were crippled by some of the longest strikes in the history of Tas- mania . In 1905 the Hercules miners began a strike which lasted more than a year and in 1908 the ...
Page 200
... eight - hour day be sacred , that the company discard inferior candles and explosives , that the miners be allowed to smoke in working hours , that the wage for first - class miners be 15s . 6d . instead of 10s . 6d . a day , that the ...
... eight - hour day be sacred , that the company discard inferior candles and explosives , that the miners be allowed to smoke in working hours , that the wage for first - class miners be 15s . 6d . instead of 10s . 6d . a day , that the ...
Page 202
... eight hours a day , and it promised to discuss the other grievances when work was resumed . On 18 November , after 56 days of idleness , the first men returned to work , and a fortnight before Christmas the smoke rose again from the ...
... eight hours a day , and it promised to discuss the other grievances when work was resumed . On 18 November , after 56 days of idleness , the first men returned to work , and a fortnight before Christmas the smoke rose again from the ...
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Australian mining began blast body boom Bowes Kelly British Broken Hill cent copper company's Comstock copper cost Creek Crotty diggers dividends Dixon drill Dundas Eldon Ranges Emu Bay engineer feet field fire furnaces gold Gormanston gossan hauled Heemskirk Hercules Hobart hundred investors Iron Blow Karlson Kelly Basin King River Knox later Launceston lease Linda Valley lode London Lyell Copper Lyell directors Lyell Mining Lyell railway Lyell shares Macquarie Harbour manager McDonough Melbourne metallurgist miles mill miners Mining Company months Mount Lyell mountain Murray North Lyell open cut pany pegged Pieman Pieman River port price of copper profit prospecting prospectors pyritic Queen River Queenstown rail rich rock Rosebery Schlapp shaft shareholders ship silver smelters smelting smoke South Sticht stope Strahan sulphur Tasmanian Tharsis timber tons town track Trent Trial Harbour tunnel union Victoria Waratah west coast West Lyell western Zeehan zinc