The Rush that Never Ended: A History of Australian MiningAustralia is one of the world's great sources of mineral treasures. Out of the ground, on land and at sea, has come wealth to create a host of lucrative industries. Our landscape is littered with mines and mining towns bearing evocative names like Rum Jungle, Noble's Nob, Broad Arrow, Bordeaux and Siberia, and stories abound of fortunes won and lost. 'The rush that never ended' tells the story of these mineral discoveries, describes the giants of Australia's mining history and records the tremendous influence that mining has had on Australia's attitudes to unionism, religion, law and politics. |
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... Mount Isa had no rich ore . Their deeper sulphide ore was half as rich again as Mount Isa's average ore . They had built no township to house the miners whereas Mount Isa would have to create town and amenities and dams to attract the ...
... Mount Isa had no rich ore . Their deeper sulphide ore was half as rich again as Mount Isa's average ore . They had built no township to house the miners whereas Mount Isa would have to create town and amenities and dams to attract the ...
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... Mount Isa because it could not afford the journey by railway and steamer to overseas smelters . Not until the sixth year of production did the company make a profit , and even then the shareholders in New York and Paris and London and ...
... Mount Isa because it could not afford the journey by railway and steamer to overseas smelters . Not until the sixth year of production did the company make a profit , and even then the shareholders in New York and Paris and London and ...
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... Mount Isa could be a ghost town within another decade . The logic of his report was cold and irrefutable . The ambitious scheme to make Mount Isa a rich mine had been thwarted by the unexpected , the strange behaviour of ores , the ...
... Mount Isa could be a ghost town within another decade . The logic of his report was cold and irrefutable . The ambitious scheme to make Mount Isa a rich mine had been thwarted by the unexpected , the strange behaviour of ores , the ...
Contents
Preface Introduction | 1 |
THE GOLDSEEKERS | 3 |
Pickpockets Gold | 5 |
Copyright | |
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