It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Lost Mines of the Tamar by Nigel Burch
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Forgotten mines, forgotten industries…We’ve all heard of the Beaconsfield gold rush, but who remembers the rush to asbestos, or the long search for coal? Do you remember sandsoap, or Loira and Dilston bricks? Did you know the best ochre in Australia is around the Tamar, and we used to have an ochre-based natural paint industry? This is the history of our great-grandparents’ toils, and the mines (including gold) that were forgotten.
Lost Mines of the Tamar by Nigel Burch is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.
This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Lost Mines of the Tamar aloud.
Lost Mines of the Tamar is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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