Schuylkill Valley (Reading) Paper - The Zeehan and Dundas Smelting-Works, Tasmania
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 9
- File Size:
- 444 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1893
Abstract
The silver-fields of Zeehan and Dundas are located on the "West Coast" of Tasmania, 30 miles from the port of Strahan on the Macquarie Harbor. This harbor is 17 miles long, from 4 to 5 miles wide, and completely landlocked. Its only drawback is a shallow bar with 9 feet of water on it. The hills on the western side of the harbor vary from 200 to 300 feet in height, and are all composed of quartzite or a quartz grit. From 15 to 20 miles back from the eastern shore of the harbor is a conglomerate-capped range of mountains, rising to the height of 4700 feet. The immediate eastern
Citation
APA: (1893) Schuylkill Valley (Reading) Paper - The Zeehan and Dundas Smelting-Works, Tasmania
MLA: Schuylkill Valley (Reading) Paper - The Zeehan and Dundas Smelting-Works, Tasmania. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1893.