The Mount Morgan Argus Volume 17 Issue 13

VOLUME 17 - ISSUE 13

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Mine Update...Page 2

Memory Lane..Page 4

Library Fun...Page 14

PHOTO: DONALD DEAKIN-BELL

TRY SCORING BLITZ FOR LORIKEETS

Continued from Page 1 Mount Morgan’s Rugby Union team, the Lorikeets were on a tryscoring blitz at the last home game of 2022 on Saturday, 17 July, defeating Frenchville Reserve 70 -17.

Try scorers for Mount Morgan

were Ian Leggo, Layne Gibson, Richard Henry, Shai Hayden, Montel Oram, Connor Steward, Kye-Juan Leisha, Beau Munday, John Anderson-Ross and Nick Sharp.

Conversions were kicked by Tyler Toby, Layne Gibson and John Anderson-Ross.

In the second game played between Frenchville A and Dawson Valley Drovers, Frenchville had a two point victory.

The double-header games followed a “Welcome to Country” and smoking ceremony performed

by Dale “Flip” Toby.

MINE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS

A spokesman for Heritage Minerals said the company continued to work closely with the Queensland and Australian Governments, and Rockhampton Regional Council on the Mount Morgan mine tailings processing and rehabilitation project.

“Heritage Minerals has recently secured amendments to its Environmental Authority from the Queensland Government to allow early works on the site to get underway as part of the project,” the spokesman said.

“We continue to work with the Australian Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and are engaging with members of the new Albanese Government,” the spokesman said.

“There continues to be strong support for the project and clear recognition, at the three levels of government, that

this is a transformational project for Mount Morgan and the region.”

Heritage Minerals has been engaged with NAIF as the Australian Government’s development financier to infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia for funding for infrastructure.

“The Mount Morgan tailings processing and rehabilitation project aims to deliver of the key objectives of NAIF and that is to drive public benefit, economic and population growth and Indigenous involvement in northern Australia,” the spokesman said.

The project will support 250 jobs in construction, and in operational 150 direct operating jobs and more than 2400 indirect jobs.”

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A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE was the son, of John’s sister and he would spend his school holidays at John’s place on the Mine site.

John would show Graham through the mine, including the Open Cut. John became the eventual owner of the Olympia Theatre, where he would meet his future wife, Dorrie Bedsor, an usherette at the theatre.

Graham’s mother Olive worked at the Mine as a clerk after studying her junior at the High School.

Graham also has connection to the Havig family who for some time ran Havig’s men’s wear.

In honouring Graham’s connection, he and his daughters were shown around Mount Morgan by John Steinberger.

Graham Isbell pictured above with daughters Rose and Genevieve and Grandson Henry, visited Mount Morgan recently to take a trip down “memory lane”.

Graham as a youngster would

visit his Uncle John Kelly who was Deputy Manager of the Mount Morgan Mine.

Originally from Norway, Graham’s grandmother, Oline Neilsen married Peter Kelly, whose son, John became the Deputy Mine Manager Graham

Graham’s early visits to Mount Morgan stopped when he started going to Bording School. His family lived on a property near Collinsville.

Graham studied medicine and ended his medical career as an opthamologist.

BEVON FAREWELLS FIREFIGHTING community and wish Bevon, wife Kellie and children Ruby and Tate all the best for the future. Bevon joined Mount Morgan Fire Service to learn new skills that would enable him to help the community.

Throughout the past 14 years, Bevon has worked with many other firefighters who have helped mentor and guide him to peform his duties.

“There was always a concern that a situation could escalate and get out of control.

Lieutenant Bevon Williams (pictured above) was recently farewelled after 14 years service with the Mount Morgan Station, as a Firefighter eventually being promoted to the rank of Page 4

Lieutenant.

The QFES Mount Morgan would like to thank Bevon for his commitment and dedication to the Mount Morgan Station and MOUNT MORGAN ARGUS

“The help and support from my family and colleagues would help prepare me for this enabling me to manage this situation.”

Frontline workers such as firefighters are tuned in to sirens and pagers. This is no different for Bevon.

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Submissions flow in following flood mapping consultation

Rockhampton Regional Council is getting down to the task of assessing, and responding to, hundreds of submissions from property owners following the recent Flood Study and Planning Scheme Amendment community consultation.

Planning and Regulation Councillor Grant Mathers thanked the community for their feedback and said the next phase may take some time due to the nature of the information provided, and the sheer number of submissions.

“The eight-week consultation period, which wrapped up last month, generated plenty of customer enquiry and over 250 formal submissions,” Cr Mathers said.

Firefighting...from Page 4 “When the siren or pager goes off, it is an overwhelming, heart sinking feeling.

“I have been taught to expect the worst of a situation, but always hope for the best result,” Bevon said.

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“During April and May, Council sent out over 6,500 letters to property owners and tenants of over 2600 properties impacted by the flood mapping, so we did anticipate a large number of submissions.

“All submissions that were received by Council, will be individually assessed by our team of engineers and a response will be provided.

“Throughout the consultation, Council endeavoured to make the information as accessible as possible with the flood mapping displayed alongside fact sheets and answers to FAQs on Council’s engagement website. always wanted to help whenever I can, especially in times of need.

“The friendships I have made and life skills that I have learned in the last 14 years are things I will always cherish.”

There are many skills taught to people working in frontline services and Bevon believes he has learnt many new skills that he can take into any future career or volunteer role.

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“Officers and engineers were on standby to answer any questions or concerns, and Council also held pop up information booths across the region to engage with affected residents.

“Once the review process has been completed, a final report will be presented to the state government for their recommendation and as always, we will keep the community informed of the progress.

For more information visit: https:// engage.rockhamptonregion.qld. gov.au/planning-scheme-major-amendment-local-catchment

“There are too many to list all of them, the most aspects are teamwork and communication.

Bevon plans to spend more quality time with his family - Kellie, Ruby and Tate - although his wife believes he should be also putting a bit more time into yard maintenance. Being a firefighter was Bevon’s second job and he will continue with his current employment. Best of luck Bevon!

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DEE RIVER OLDIES This winter has certainly been cruel. The chill factor is more than we can handle some days. Rugging up and keeping warm is all we can do. Seeing the wattle trees out in flower is always something special in Mount Morgan. We are looking forward to some days when the sun gets some warmth back and we can go about our day with ease.

We are keeping our ‘Christmas in July’ lunch local this year. It is on Wednesday, 27 July 2022 at the Grand Hotel, Mount Morgan. Check out the ‘Save the date’ on the back page of the Argus for more details. Please pay as soon as possible to secure your seat.

Please mark Wednesday, 24 August 2022 in your calendar for our ‘Damper Day’ at St Mary’s Hall, Gordon Street, Mount Morgan. The cost is $5. It starts at 11 am and is always a good day out.

New and existing members are most welcome.

There is no cost for membership and members must be over 50 years old.

If you are not well or have been in contact with anyone who has been sick or have COVID, we ask that you stay at home and rest. Keeping our members safe and well is not an easy task, but we do try. You can make a difference. Try and stay warm.

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HIGH SCHOOL HOUSE RESULTS As promised in Issue 12, the results of the Age Group Age Champion and runners-up from the Mount Morgan High School Sports Day held before the school holidays are below.

12 year boys - Curtis Higgins and runner-up Chayse Marychurch; 12 Girls - Kiera-Lee Warriner and runner-up Lilly Passmore; 13 Boys - Kellen Duncan and Alexander Allen; 13 Girls - Halarney Bishop and runner-up Monifa Steger; 14 Boys - Travis Ireland and runner-up Douglas Best; 14 Girls - Destiny Veber and runner-up Kerri Gilbert-Toby; 15 Boys - Kyran Brady and runner-up Tyson Wyvill; 15 Girls -Abbie Tyne and runner-up Laicey Gibson; 16 Boys - Zayveon Leisha and runner-up Thomas Tull; 16 Girls - Chloe Best and runner-up Chantelle Berry; 17 Boys - Daniel Dans and runner-up Raphu Herbohn; 17 Girls - La’Karna Hayden and runner-up Lara Martin and Open Boys - Morris Williamson and runner-up Jesse Tyne and Open Girls - Alkira Oram.

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Mount Morgan in Pictures

By Catherine McIntosh, descendant of the colonial Stubbs family of Mount Morgan

Lost and Found in Bygone Days

Left: 1899 / English-born William Knox D’Arcy (18491917) at Marienbad, a spa town in the Kingdom of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) / Mount Morgan gold magnate, who formed the AngloPersian Oil Company in 1909 (famously known today as BP) / Published a Morning Bulletin notice in 1885 to recover his lost horses.

Photograph by Ernst Pflanz.

From the National Library of Australia.

Knox D’Arcy wasn’t the only one offering a reward for lost animals. Morning Bulletin notices from locals about their lost horses, dogs and cows were numerous, including: ‘Lost, dark jersey cow, branded P20, one horn curled and one broken, last seen at Struck Oil. Ten shillings reward. J. Callaghan, Spring Street, Mount Morgan’ (17 May 1918).

‘Lost, a cattle dog, answers to the name of “Ginger”.

Reward. E. Stephens, Dee Street, Mount Morgan’ (5 April 1918).

‘Lost, on Saturday, brown and white collie dog.

Reward on delivery to Mrs. T. McKay. Mount Morgan.

Anyone detaining same will be prosecuted’ (2 May 1911).

Historical Lost and Found notices provide a glimpse into the different types of property people owned and what was important to them. Offers of reward for lost animals (mainly horses) and paraphernalia related to horse-drawn vehicles were commonplace in local newspapers.

Mount Morgan [gold mining] Syndicate member, William Knox (‘Knox’) D’Arcy (1849-1917) (pictured), offered a £2 reward in 1885 for the delivery of his two lost horses to his Wandal (Rockhampton) property, Ellen Vannin. The reward would be equivalent to hundreds of dollars today: ‘£2 Reward. Lost, from Ellen Vannin, Jardine’s Lagoon, brown horse, white hind feet, branded W near shoulder; also brown horse, white hind feet, blaze on face, branded W near shoulder, 687 near hip, the seven blotched near hip. The above reward will be paid on delivering to – W. K. D’Arcy, Ellen Vannin’ (‘Lost and Found’, Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878-1954), 19 February 1885).

The fate of Knox D’Arcy’s horses (lost or stolen) will probably never be known. However, while he may have been unlucky with horses, he went on to amass a fortune from Mount Morgan gold and Middle Eastern oil.

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‘10s. Reward. Chestnut filly branded OM4, script over 5RW (W horizontal) on thigh, T. Kitchen, Cattle Creek, Mount Morgan’ (27 April 1911). ‘£1 reward, delivery brown mare branded QGX over W27 near shoulder. Mrs Stopford, Byrnes’ Parade, Mount Morgan’ (3 October 1912). ‘£1 Reward – Lost, one chestnut horse branded SA7 (A horizontal), with saddle and bridle on. c/o.

“Bulletin”, Mount Morgan’ (15 June 1911).

‘Lost, one chestnut horse, long mane, branded CD9 near thigh, 69V off shoulder. One brown horse branded VL2 near shoulder, 69V off shoulder. £1 reward on delivery to C. Morgan, Baree’ (3 June 1914).

Lost and Found notices associated with horse travel also appeared regularly in the Morning Bulletin: ‘Lost, oval buggy lamp, without socket. Finder please return to Singer Co., Mount Morgan’ (19 June 1911).

‘Lost, new nickel-plated candle holder for sulky lamp.

Reward. Tom Hempenstall, Chemist, Mount Morgan’ (1 May 1916).

Next issue: ‘Lost and Found’ continues.

This author has made best efforts to provide accurate information for this publication of ‘Mount Morgan in Pictures’.

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Recent research from Queen’s University Belfast has demonstrated that goldfish are more destructive than we’d think. In fact, the little orange fish we commonly call pets are deemed one of the world’s most invasive species.

Since their domestication in East Asia over 1,000 years ago, goldfish have been popping up all over the globe as ‘easy-care’ pets.

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Their aggressive tendency to attack and force native fish to compete for resources aren’t the only consequences of releasing goldfish, either. When released into the wild, goldfish can carry parasites from all over the world and spread diseases into any ecosystem they end up in. They can also destroy native fish habitats and breed with other fish, causing an ongoing burden of invasive species.

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THE ORANGE DOT

By Larry at Fox Video

Movie Review WITHOUT REMORSE I’ve written many times in the past about the amazing movies of talented genius writer/director Taylor Sheridan. Most of them have featured in the Argus at one time or another over the years YELLOWSTONE, SICARIO 1 & 2, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD, HELL OR HIGHWATER, 1883, WIND RIVER... Now, I’m happy to say we can announce his latest offering and it is everything we’ve come to expect from Taylor Sheridan. Full disclosure though, Taylor was gifted a great start on this one as he wrote the screenplay adapted from a book of the same title by Tom Clancy, the man who brought us the brilliant Jack Ryan series.

This film has been in development since the book was first published in 1993, with various actors, including Keanu Reeves, Gary

Sinise and Tom Hardy approached for the lead role. Finally, after twenty-five years in development hell, Michaael B Jordan (not to be confused with the basketball star) was announced as the lead in September 2018 and Taylor was hired to write the script. Twentyfive years - someone must really have believed in this project.

Move over Jason Bourne, John Kelly is in town.

In Aleppo, Syria, a team of US Navy Seals including Senior Chief John Kelly, rescue a CIA operative who was taken hostage by what they believed to be a pro-Assad military group. This already dangerous situation escalates dramatically however when the SEALS discover that the captors are actually Russian military; but the CIA denies this later, why? Back home in the USA

three months on, in an apparent retaliation for their role in that mission, several members of Kelly’s team are assassinated. It must be Russian FSB. And now they have broken into Kelly’s home where his pregnant wife lies sleeping peacefully... SEALS’ identities and addresses are strictly kept and closely guarded secrets. How, where did they get this information? Whoever they are they should be smart enough to know that you should never leave a man with nothing to lose - especially not a highly trained, elite SEAL like John Kelly.

Also featuring one of our all-time Aussie favourites, Guy Pearce, WITHOUT REMORSE is one hour and forty-five minutes of intense, full-on action, rated MA15+ for “strong themes and violence”.

WITHOUT REMORSE - loved it!

SPLINTER RETURNS Looking through historical archives can often turn up articles that are real gems.

It definitely can be said of the article “Splinter Returns - A Back to Mount Morgan Symposium” written by M.H. Ellis and appearing in The Bulletin, in 1960. The article was found on Trove.

The article will be spread across a couple of issues of the Mount Morgan Argus.

“Splinter, an old resident of Mount Morgan, stood and surveyed the city of gold from the veranda on the Mine Range. He hadn’t seen it for over 50 years and he had been suffering from a form of amnesia.

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He had not even remembered that his name was Splinter - it certainly didn’t fit him now - until six-feetsomething of native son with a hand like an elephant’s paw had seized him in the crowd at the civic reception given to Back to Mount Morgan Week visitors and shouting “Howy’re goin’ Splinter?” had recalled the past.

The past included a lost of things that had happened and were still alive in the mind. for the Mount had alway been a vivid place, a community on its own, effervescing with excitement even in its direst days.

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gold-mine in the world in its prime; with a whole shed full of gold-blocks and a habit of giving gold horseshoes to distinguished visitors. But gold never brought it solidity.

Its only solid citizens lived far away, or came and stayed at the company’s Carlton House, where the champagne flowed like water and top-hats were visible from afar on garden party days and names like those of Knox D’Arcy and Walter Hall were as the names of the gods on Olympus in ancient Greece: beings remote and to be wary of, lest Nemesis should fall on the offender.

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Splinter...From Page 12 Woe betide the gritty proletarian who dared to offend the great by not touching his cap or carrying the bag of a Big Boss when told - yes, even though the lowly man might be a retired cavalry-officer, who had been driven to menial work by the crash of ‘93 or the flood of ‘90, Mount Morgan of old was a place of turgid movement directed by giant voices, lighted continually of an evening by a bright, lurid light in the sky, its atmosphere suffused with smoke, its river red with tailings, its sides like the slopes of a building antheap.

Little electric mules ran round the opencut like trotting stars at night. The electric lights, rare and certainly not so bright anywhere else in Australia, glowed in long rows that would seen dim today.

The chimneys belched their rosy smoke. And the giant voices of a half a dozen hooters ordered the day and night.

They blared three minutes on end for change of shift at 7.30 am, 3.30 pm and 11 pm. And then you saw long lines of men, moleskinned or dungareed, bowyanged, cribbasket under arm, billy in hanbd, crawling up to the Linda, or the West Works or the Mundic and another line crawling ant-like down, and presently crawing up other hills.

At night there were strings of lanterns. And always there was the mine, with its giant purr that could be heard 10 miles out in the bush of a still night and its giant glare that you could see from the Berserkers beyond the City of Sin, Sweat and Sorrow down on the Fitzroy River 28 miles away.

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and the hooters gave special giant blasts when the news of the relief of Mafeking and Ladysmith came in and when the brassbands came home triumphant from licking the daylights out of southern bands or Harry Goy demonstrated his prowess on rifle ranges in foreign parts.

brisket and a loaf of bread on your gate or your veranda when you were asleep, because that was always done at night in the darkness.

Living on hills you could see everything. The men coming off shift, the trains of boys and girls trotting to or from school, up crag and down glen like mountain-goats among the hard and poisonous Devonian rocks.

The roads were long and full of excitement.

There were Chinamen’s gardens full of watermelons.

The ponies with their chaff-bags on each side being towed homeward loaded with wood and groceries; the flocks of goats, being brought into their yards at eventide, the two daily passenger train going out and in; the water trains during the big drought, when the dams “ran out” emptying their contents off the railway bridge beyond the little station; the pepper trees from Athens; the mango trees which today are all that remain of once social streets of tin shanty and weatherboard.

You could watch your husband and father all the way to work to earn his 7s or 8s a day and back again and tell whether he had stopped on the way to sit in the gutter before the Shamrock or the Golden Spur while the three-quart cutter passed from mouth to grimy mouth down the thirsty line - three quarts of beer for sixpence, left to heat up (in some cases) in the side passage of the hotelery in readiness for the payday rush.

In the years of drought and disaster before 1903 you could sit anxiously at home, probably the mother of seven, and seee your man toil wearily up to the mine at a beginning of a shift, hoping for work that wasn’t there and the emerging later as part of a despondent dribble of the rejected making thei way homeward and walking very slowly.

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A Boy’s Mountain Mount Morgan in those days was a wonderful place for a boy.

There were young Orientals with pigtails and some were endowed with a surprising turn of head speed at a wrong movement.

There was still gold in the hills and any boy worth his salt had a private spot somewhere up Dairy Creek ore the Campion Gully or Long Gully, a spot where there a might be a bit of wash that one might clean out with a cradle, mining dish and little pick; where one would enjoy the never to be forgotten elation of seeing the golden colour show up in the ironstone tail in the bottom of the dish.

There were the little one ounce bottles, precious possessions, into which one transferred the bullion with a licked finger.

There were old “death-adder” prospectors who peered through the bushes eager to catch youthful gold finders with no Miner’s Right (or entitled to it) and good streak in his pan or who put in his pegs round the find amid outraged shoutings.

There were kerosene cases to be stolen to make cradles and bits of blanket to be filched to fit them and shops with gold scales on their counters which clearly demonstrated to optimists that a product of a month’s hard weekend that looked like half an ounce was usually 3 dwt, though of course 23 dwt fine and worth 4s a ‘weight.

Continued in future editions.

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LIBRARY NEWS Do you find joy in putting things together, get excited at finding that perfect fit or feel a sense of awe as you contemplate a completed masterpiece? If the answer is YES, then hold on to your hats … because the Rockhampton Regional Libraries now stock jigsaw puzzles for loan!

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Every library has a range of puzzles for puzzlers of all ages and abilities. They can be borrowed, used and returned just like other library items.

To see the range of puzzles available, pop into the closest Rockhampton Regional Library or visit our online catalogue and use the search term ‘jigsaw’.

New eResources!

What do German, Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Tagalog and Thai have in common? They are all languages spoken by people who live in the Mount Morgan area and they are all languages you can learn through the library service’s newest eResource, Mango Languages!

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Gale interactive: Science has amazing interactive 3D models to help students learn common science subjects.

3D printable models are also available for those who have access to a 3D printer. AMES Australia is Australia’s leading provider of online English courses. Two courses are available: Worldwide English and Living in Australia.

Kinderling is Australia’s most popular kids’ radio station, playing family-friendly music and shows for children aged 0-7. Follow the link on the Kid’s Cove page of the Rockhampton Regional Libraries website to register

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LOTE online for kids is also found through the Kid’s Cove page. It is a collection of stories in 51 languages with more languages on the way.

English stories are available in a range of accents including Australian.

Rockhampton Regional Libraries are located in Mount Morgan, Gracemere, South Rockhampton and North Rockhampton.

It is free to become a library member. For more information, please call the Mount Morgan Library on 4936 8169 or the Rockhampton Regional Library Administration Office on 4936 8043

According to the just-released 2021 Census, all of these languages are spoken in the Mount Morgan area and this is your chance to learn them at home.

Mango Languages is a free language learning program with 73 languages to choose from, including Shakespearian English and Pirate!

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Above: Rania and Selah Evers with jigsaws at the Mount Morgan Library

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Curiosities - old and new

BY GRAEME MEADE

I came across this old Broad Axe Head, it is a very impressive piece, even though it shows a high level of wear and tear.

In general, older axes are very collectable. I was very honored a couple of weeks ago to view an axe collection, over 100 axes, lots of memories there.

I was helping an older gent clean out his shed, every thing was covered in thick dust, but he kept on pulling stuff out an having a reminisce at the same time , I was there for hours. He pulled this axe head out from the back of a cupboard. “A timber splitter” he exclaimed “my father and I used this for the wedge when spitting logs”. I’m thinking “far out !!!, you guys should be doing time for “axe abuse”. Anyway, he went on to tell me a couple of stories about when his father took him out timber cutting, this was probably in the 1950s.

This is actually an old Broad Axe; it is a tad over 12 inches (30 cm) long along the cutting edge. 8.5 inches (21cm) from top to bottom. This one weighs almost 3kg.

Made by D Sharp for Douglas Axe Manufacturing, I found one in the 1877 catalogue called Pittsburg Pattern. Broad axes were used until the end of the 19 century. Used for squaring timber and flattening the sides of logs, so used mostly for timber framing and log buildings. A broad axe has one flat side and one beveled side, it is thought this type of axe was first used in Germany.

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Damage has been done to the top of this axe. When it was used for a wedge, it has been hit with a sledge hammer. It is a testament to the forging of this axe that has survived such abuse.

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