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... later , in the sunny afternoon , a sailor saw high land to the north east , now the peaks of Heemskirk and Zeehan , landmarks on the mountainous west coast of Tasmania . Tasman gave the sailor a pot of arrack rum and called the new land ...
... later , in the sunny afternoon , a sailor saw high land to the north east , now the peaks of Heemskirk and Zeehan , landmarks on the mountainous west coast of Tasmania . Tasman gave the sailor a pot of arrack rum and called the new land ...
Page 25
... later his mates walked around the deposit and found conglomerate rocks - composed of small rocks cemented together - heavily charged with fine gleam- ing grains . Moving swiftly they hammered in corner pegs to a fifty - acre lease ...
... later his mates walked around the deposit and found conglomerate rocks - composed of small rocks cemented together - heavily charged with fine gleam- ing grains . Moving swiftly they hammered in corner pegs to a fifty - acre lease ...
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... later Dixon opened the door of the hut and said to the diggers : " I'm going back to show them how to save the gold . " Dixon returned to the Linda with the three discoverers and , although not an experienced digger , he was so ...
... later Dixon opened the door of the hut and said to the diggers : " I'm going back to show them how to save the gold . " Dixon returned to the Linda with the three discoverers and , although not an experienced digger , he was so ...
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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