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They (Those mentioned above) examined the strange formation. It jutted twenty or thirty feet above the surface and was split by deep cracks and crevices as if a great explosion had fractured the rock and flung slabs far down the hill...(they)... had seen no similar outcrop in their brief mining
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Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program
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164:'s smelters and methods.
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291:"The Old Iron Blow Mine"
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1186:Kelly Basin
1176:Hells Gates
1161:Cape Sorell
1101:TGR K class
374:, Australia
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314:145°35′26″E
34:Mount Lyell
1520:Categories
1413:newspapers
1119:Queenstown
971:Mackintosh
879:Mackintosh
823:Mackintosh
690:Eldon Peak
498:Governance
418:Gormanston
389:Queenstown
380:Cities and
370:region of
296:23 January
188:References
83:Mount Owen
38:west coast
1411:Books and
1397:Stichtite
1181:Iron Blow
1142:Landmarks
990:Transport
889:Murchison
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615:Murchison
595:Heemskirk
560:Mountains
543:Murchison
439:Pillinger
425:Guildford
30:Iron Blow
1312:Piguenit
1225:Man-made
1032:Railways
904:Westwood
899:Rosebery
884:Margaret
859:Beatrice
798:Franklin
699:Engineer
635:Sedgwick
453:Rosebery
372:Tasmania
311:42°4′6″S
274:(2003).
171:See also
42:Tasmania
1334:Whitham
1149:Natural
1040:Emu Bay
981:Tribute
951:Bastyan
864:Burbury
793:Anthony
673:Tyndall
660:Tyndall
645:Strahan
474:Waratah
460:Strahan
368:Western
108:Haulage
102:Haulage
36:on the
1344:Mining
1329:Sticht
1318:Piners
1307:Pearce
1277:Crotty
1129:Zeehan
956:Gordon
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668:Geikie
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640:Sorell
600:Huxley
590:Dundas
585:Darwin
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467:Tullah
411:Dundas
404:Darwin
397:Crotty
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610:Lyell
605:Jukes
580:Black
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432:Linda
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568:West
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