The Gold Mines of Western Australia: A Terse Description of Conditions Past and Present of Australia's Greatest Mining BeltH. V. Courtayne |
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... minerals would bring - even though no systematic search was organised by the Government or the community - is shown by the fact that a grant of 2,500 acres of land was offered in 1847 to anyone who found coal in Western Australia . In ...
... minerals would bring - even though no systematic search was organised by the Government or the community - is shown by the fact that a grant of 2,500 acres of land was offered in 1847 to anyone who found coal in Western Australia . In ...
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... mineral area that came into their hands . Records up to 1850 are wanting , but from that year onwards the production to 1901 , for the Northampton district , was £ 512,710 for copper and lead ore exported from Western Australia . The ...
... mineral area that came into their hands . Records up to 1850 are wanting , but from that year onwards the production to 1901 , for the Northampton district , was £ 512,710 for copper and lead ore exported from Western Australia . The ...
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... mineral wealth . The Elverdton Mine . About six miles from Ravensthorpe , between that town and Kundip , is Elverdton , where the company has its chief mine , and a jolly good proposition it is proving , as down to 500 ft . , the ...
... mineral wealth . The Elverdton Mine . About six miles from Ravensthorpe , between that town and Kundip , is Elverdton , where the company has its chief mine , and a jolly good proposition it is proving , as down to 500 ft . , the ...
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... mineral will be marketed . A PROGRESSIVE DISTRICT . MEEKATHARRA MINES . The town of Meekatharra lies about Work begun 1,500 ft . above sea level , and by the in 1898. time this matter gets in print , should be the furthest extension ...
... mineral will be marketed . A PROGRESSIVE DISTRICT . MEEKATHARRA MINES . The town of Meekatharra lies about Work begun 1,500 ft . above sea level , and by the in 1898. time this matter gets in print , should be the furthest extension ...
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... mineral , but still some got away with the pulp . It was found that the Wilfley tables did better work if given a certain feed , so the preliminary separation of the stamp pulp into certain grades was decided upon , these going to ...
... mineral , but still some got away with the pulp . It was found that the Wilfley tables did better work if given a certain feed , so the preliminary separation of the stamp pulp into certain grades was decided upon , these going to ...
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