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... filled ten times for the day and night shifts . Some contractors are paid thirty dollars for every tankful carted , depending on the distance . This adds greatly to the mining companies ' costs , but it is an unavoidable expense . 6 ...
... filled ten times for the day and night shifts . Some contractors are paid thirty dollars for every tankful carted , depending on the distance . This adds greatly to the mining companies ' costs , but it is an unavoidable expense . 6 ...
Page 69
... filled it with small pieces of rich stone . We only got one dollar , forty cents a day wages then and had to do something to get enough to live decently on . " I asked him if they were searched when they came up from underground . " No ...
... filled it with small pieces of rich stone . We only got one dollar , forty cents a day wages then and had to do something to get enough to live decently on . " I asked him if they were searched when they came up from underground . " No ...
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... filled with nickel - ore from Scotia and bound for the Fimiston treatment plant . We travelled on past the remains ... filled in . Curiosity made Tobin dig down into the newly filled - in hole , and to his horror he discovered a fully ...
... filled with nickel - ore from Scotia and bound for the Fimiston treatment plant . We travelled on past the remains ... filled in . Curiosity made Tobin dig down into the newly filled - in hole , and to his horror he discovered a fully ...
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The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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