A Fatal First Crushing | Heritage Tasmania
2019-9-25 · A Fatal First Crushing. Page Content. In 1878 Government Surveyor Charles Sprent''s spruiking of ''beds of iron conglomerate something resembling the famous "brown face" of Mount Bishcoff'' in Tasmania''s Mount Heemskirk region led to a rush to exploit the untapped potential of the region. When tin mining began in Tasmania in the 1870s, Cornwall ...