Found inside – Page 408BAIYER RIVER - A river in the Western Highlands of New Guinea , but also the name of an important Administration livestock station . ... killed in September , 1914 , when an Australian force took over the then German New Guinea Territory . ... BULOLO - A gold - mining and timber centre in the Bulolo Valley of Morobe Dist . It was a legend that turned into a drama of international fascination when Slumach—the hanged criminal—was mysteriously linked to gold nuggets “the size of walnuts.” The stories claimed that Slumach had placed a curse on a hidden ... Found inside – Page 70Geology experts in the past had predicted that Australian gold would disappear ... Majorca and Carisbrook - other significant deep lead centres developed. Found inside – Page 297At Darlot a 10 - head battery is in course of erection on the British King mine , which is the first lease taken up on this field , being No. ... At the As the name implies , the above goldfield adjoins the Murchison goldfield on the east . ... completed , this will mean an immense increase in the return of gold from this important centre , which promises to be one of the large gold - producing centres of the colony . Found inside – Page 49Western Australia. Dept. of Mines. 66 continued to do good prospecting work on the Eagle Hawk Heather mine , and the cheap ... carrying fair values at Pinjin is of considerable importance od will eventually make Pinjin an important centre . ... I have made 424 inspections of mines and 20 inspections of leases in the North - East Coolgardie Gold field , and 209 inspections ... Name of Mine . Sinking . Driving . Crosscutting . Rising . Winzing . 53 White Feather Main Reefs Commonwealth ... "Shaping a nation : a geology of Australia is the story of Australia's geological evolution as seen through the lens of human impacts, illustrating both the challenges and opportunities presented by Australia's rich geological heritage" -- ... Found inside – Page 101Mining Record , AND GUIDE TO THE GOLD MINES OF AUSTRALIA ; SHOWING BEARINGS , DEPTHS ... 103 Carngham United Gold Mining Co. , Carngham 104 Investigator Freehold Gold Mining Company , Happy Valley . ... —which may have to come after it , and after liness would beconsidered , in some respects , as only another name a little while , the ... The works would focus to , and radiate from , as it with an everlasting exhibition of a collection or conglo- were a centre , and ... Found inside – Page 233It was not only the miners who felt the lure of Victorian gold. ... Perhaps the most famous was James Jeffery from Illogan, described by William L. Blamires ... Found inside – Page 304The miners gold were found in gullies near the reefs , and towards the middle employed by them were not properly supervised , and ... Fortunately , managers of experience Cross soon became the most important centre in the whole had lately been appointed , and he ... It derived expressed the opinion that this mine would be a prosperous one . its name from a large mottled bar of quartz which crossed ... Found inside – Page 60Australia. Aerial, Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia. Vf. CONCLUSIONS. The recently proclaimed ... It is probable that additional gold deposits will be discovered in ot centres as a large part of the area has not been ... Lamond, Phillip and Boyd H and to which the name Iron Range has been given. Found insideThis book, republished in its original format, shows the differences in the experience of various Papua New Guinean communities which encountered the miners and tries to explain these differences. Found inside – Page 388Ipswich ( 10 ) , which lies 24 miles west of Brisbane , is the centre of the productive coal mines in the basin of the Bremer River . ... The Port Curtis District is chiefly noted for its rich gold mines , among them the famous Mount Morgan mine , which lies ... Name 2. Give some idea of its extent . What is its the two staple products . Point on the map to population ? the four ... SOUTH AUSTRALIA ? is , next to Western Australia , the largest colony on the continent , across which it extends from ... An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and high school students. Found inside – Page 48WEST LODE N ° 61 N ? 7 A NO NO 9 LV a considerable development of chlorite showing thin flakes of gold on the surfaces . ... of the Sons of Gwalia lode may be followed in a northerly direction as far as the Harbour Lights Mine , some miles from Leonora . ... gold , of which over 350,000ozs . have been obtained from Mount Morgans , the centre from which the distriet derives its name . Another important centre is Murrin Murrin , which has been responsible for over 101,000ozs . , whilst ... Found insideThis book drives home the understanding that, collectively, this social and economic milieu redefines our conceptualisation of resource politics, mineral dependent livelihoods, extractive geographies of resources and commodities, and their ... Found inside – Page 123Other mines at Kalgoorlie and throughout Western Australia fared rather less well, but the district as a whole continued to be a major gold producer for ... Found inside – Page 65Western Australia. Dept. of Mines. Warden's Report on the East Murchison Goldfield for the year 1900 . The Under Secretary for Mines , Perth . ... A townsite has been declared and surveyed in the locality under the name of Kathleen , and the lots are now open for sale . ... When completed , this will mean an immense increase in the return of gold from this important centre , which promises to be one of the ... Found insideIn exploring the rich environmental, cultural and social heritage of Bougainville before the conflict, this collection provides an insight into the long-term causes of the crisis. CGFA and RGC were important participants in Australia’s post–World War II mining sector. This book is a history of a once great British mining-finance house and its investments in Australia. Found inside – Page 1494... Oakley stn . , P.O. P. < 250 . stickine , stickin , or Stickeen , the first being the spelling Steventon , postal - sin . , S. Australia . See Teatree Gully . of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names ( from native sta - kina , Stevington , par . , Eng . ... Important gold - mines worked Fuego , crossed by 55 S. , and in the E , by 71 ° ' . on the river banks from 1873 to 1887. yielding ... Stewart's sound , strait between the Middle and North Stieng , rude tribe , Indo - China , inhabiting the S. of the Andaman ... Found inside – Page xxivName the chief rivers used for irrigation in Australia . 11. What are ... More irrigation water would be a great help to the Australian fruit farmer and would increase his fruit crop . ... Name the chief gold - mining centres in famous breeds of cattle ? Found inside – Page 23During the 1870s and 80s goldmining did much to establish many coastal and inland centres in Queensland . ... main centre of the tropical Palmer field , had 10000 inhabitants in 1878 , but the name does not appear on modern atlases ; and ... Found inside – Page 83Kaffraria , name given to Transkeian terri . Junction City , cy . ... Gold - mining and fishing . 170 Cb | Kagera ... Length , 27 m . ; breadth , 2 - 8 Important trading centre . 104 Cb m . ... Kalgoorlie , mining tn . , W . Australia , N . of W . Africa . 152 Bd ... Found inside – Page 49Western Australia. Department of Mines. continued to do good prospecting work on the Eagle Hawk Heather ' mine , and the cheap crushing done by this company ... carrying fair values at Pinjin is of considerable importance and will eventually make Pinjin an important centre . ... Each mine being worked in the above gold fields has been inspected by me about once in every two months , and in many ... Found inside – Page 579350 ) while further south - east , Lake Grace ( population 600 ) is near the lake of the MT MAGNET ( population 600 ) same name . ... Wagin ( population important centre in the Murchison gold1500 ) has an art gallery and some fine old fields . buildings plus ... The Great Northern MEEKATHARRA ( population 1000 ) Highway Meekatharra is still a mining centre today . ... There north - west and the Kimberley will travel are various old gold towns in the area and up the coast , there is also ... Found inside – Page 11Roundup of The Australian Mining Industry Address by Sir James Foots , Chairman , MIM Holdings Limited to the American Institute of Mining ... They still account for if he could submit my name as the first Australian in about 20 per cent of our export income . ... Hill " One begins to develop the feeling that there may still one of Australia's great mining centres gold in be more of it than is really necessary . Found inside – Page 381Both the long and short ton are used in Australia . The ore is usually weighed in avoirdupois tons ( long or short ) and gold and silver in troy ounces . ... There is evidence of this in the names given to the two figures which follow ten , for we do not say oneteen ( one and ten ) , twoteen ... ( probably named from the town of Troyes , an important centre of commerce in the middle ages ) , was first applied to the ... Found inside – Page 1494Stickine , stickin , or Stickeen , the first being the speling Steventon , postal - stn . , S. Australia . See Teatree Gully . of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names ( from native Sta - kina , Stevington , par . , Eng . , Bedfordshire ... Important gold - mines worked Fuego , crossed by 55 ° S. , and in the E. by 71 ° W. on the river banks from 1873 to 1887 , yielding , however ... Stewart's Sound , strait between the Middle and North stieng , rude tribe , Indo - China , inbabiting the S. of the Andaman Is ... Found inside – Page 138A Descriptive and Pictorial Account of the Australian and New Zealand Colonies, Tasmania, and the Adjacent Lands ... Malmsbury , 63 miles from Melbourne , is another mining township , gold being obtained both by digging and reefing . ... 77 miles from Melbourne , is a great railway centre as well as the head - quarters of an extensive gold - mining industry . ... Under the name of Bendigo the district was celebrated in the early days of gold - digging for the enormous yields of the ... Found inside – Page 323But it is now a derelict town and Gold mining is being maintained , but hardly a stone remains upon a stone . rising costs are ... our other agricultural in all those centres have passed out of the dustries and our gold mining industry are picture as gold ... year Western Australia produced 64,196.83 fine ounces . which I now propose to say a few words , The is very important . ... The Golden which was published in the " Kalgoorlie Mile got its name because in truth Miner " of the 19th August ... Found inside – Page 352A small township in a township in the centre of a gold - mining mining , agricultural and pastoral district , district . ... Is an important centre , and contains above sea - level , and 9400 acres in extent , churches , banks , public offices and a E . of ... The name given throughout 470 . ... Australia to persons settling and de - / St . George ' s Head , N . S . W . The most pasturing sheep and cattle on the Crown ... Found insideAs ifto encourage such entrepreneurial activities by Australian soldiers, ... andthe centres ofthe prewar gold mining industrysuch asWau and Mubo, ... Found inside – Page 26This approach was adopted because : 1 ) a large area containing numerous plutons had to be traversed in relatively short ... The granites of the Barrow Point Stock are referred to by informal names ; although the relationships between the ... Regular commercial flights from Caims service an exclusive resort on the island , as well as an Australian Govemment ... More than 30 known mineral occurrences , mines and prospects have been recorded in the Emerald Sheet area , with gold ... The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries of the Future Program to complement ... Found inside – Page 48The Mount Morgans district has produced 503,970.81ozs . of fine gold , of which over 350,000ozs . have been obtained from Mount Morgans , the centre from which the district derives its name . Another important centre is Murrin Murrin , which ... Found inside – Page 50Cairns is the main gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. Surfer's Paradise. ... Western Australia Capital city – Perth. Mining area, iron, diamonds, gold. Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. Found inside – Page 581 , “ Dollar ” Gold Mine ; “ Noongal ” 1 , “ May Queen ” Gold Mine ; “ Gullawa ” 2 , " Gullawa ” Gold Mine . ... Since the advent of the Mullewa - Cue Railway the Town of Yalgoo has become quite an important and busy centre . ... Noongal was formerly known as Melville ; but , owing to the fact that another townsite further South bears that name ( Melville ) , the Honourable the Commissioner of Crown Lands ... Found inside – Page 162Name the areas where sheep is reared in Australia. ... place of natural beauty, an important industrial centre, opal mining, and Australian dairy products. Found inside – Page 22By far the most important centre is East Coolgardie . ... There is a School of Mines at Kalgoorlie , the fees for students being one guinea per term per subject taken up . Coolgardie , the centre of the field bearing this name ( pop . 2 , 829 ) is 25 ... The chief places on the North Coolgardie gold - field are Menzies , Ularring , Niagara and Yerilla . ... Coal is being mined on the Collie river , 40 Western Australia . Agreements between the mining industry and Indigenous people are not creating sustainable economic futures for Indigenous people, and this demands consideration of alternate forms of economic engagement in order to realise such futures. Found inside – Page 41Name. 1. A mountainous country with a border with Guatemala. 5. Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. 6. Important goldmining centre in Western Australia. 11. Found inside – Page 66Mt. Hood (1 1,235 ft [3,424 m]), near the centre of the forest, is Oregon's highest point. ... The name is attributed to one John Campbell Miles, who in 1923 discovered deposits of silver-lead ore and named one of his leases after his sister Isabelle. Subsequently Mount Isa Mines Ltd., the principal leaseholder, developed the minefields, which are Australia's main source ... First mined for gold, then silver, it currently yields more than 90 percent of the state's copper, mostly from low-grade ... Found inside – Page 245The name , centre and river steamer port , on the from N Wales , was named after Lord steep valley side of the ... leading to a major gold - rush to the crude shack . alluvial diggings , followed by 50 years of productive reef - mining lasting until ... Found inside... an engineer who helped to establish gold mining on the ridge here. ... Egypt From the 10th century an important trading centre, the name means 'The ... Found insideThis collection of essays represents an effort to overcome this barrier, but is also intended as a major contribution to the growth of academic and political debate about the social impact of the large-scale mining industry in Melanesia and ... , crossed by 55 S., and Australian dairy products of a once great British mining-finance house and its in! 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