Читать книгу Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information - Queensland - Страница 29
A HALF-CENTURY OF MINING.
Оглавление| The Quest for Gold a Colonising Agency.—Earliest Discoveries of the Precious Metal in Queensland.—Port Curtis.—Rockhampton District.—Peak Downs.—Gympie. —Ravenswood.—Charters Towers.—Palmer.—Mount Morgan. —Croydon.—Later Discoveries.—Yield at Charters Towers and Mount Morgan.—Copper Mining.—Tin.—Silver. —Queensland the Home of All Kinds of Minerals and Precious Stones.—Mineral Wealth in Cairns Hinterland. —Copper Deposits in Cloncurry District.—The Etheridge. —Anakie Gem Field.—Opal Fields.—Extensive Coal Measures.—Railway Communication with Mining Fields. —Value of Queensland Mineral Output.—Prospects of Industry | 144-152 |
