| Main Title: |
Tin Mountain : the European and Chinese history of the Blue Tier, Poimena and Weldborough / Garry Richardson. |
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| Author: |
Richardson, Garry Charles, 1950-
Underwood, Peter George, 1937-, writer of added commentary.
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| Imprint: |
Forty South Publishing, ||2013 |
| Collation: |
xvi, 352 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps (1 fold-out), plans, portraits, hbk, ; 31 cm. |
| Summary: |
"To the Chinese tin miners the Blue Tier in North East Tasmania was 'Tin Mountain'. This history of the region, and the settlements of Poimena and Weldborough, focuses on the search for the valuable metal by both Europeans and Chinese... From the discovery of tin in 1875, [Garry Richardson] follows the story of the Blue Tier through to its economic heyday before declining yields, the small scale of the operations and finally the need to shift to hard-rock mining in search of ore meant that the Blue Tier mines were ultimately non-viable.'--Back cover. |
| Subject: |
Tin mines and mining
Chinese
Blue Tier (Tas.)
Weldborough (Tas.)
Poimena (Tas.)
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| ISBN: |
9780992279134 (hardback) |
| Notes: |
Features Chinese characters below title. Foreword by The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania.
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