Bert Farquhar's 1959 sample pit
Mount Stronach, Scottsdale district, Dorset municipality, Tasmania, Australia
2011 photo of a small pit, excavated by Bert Farquhar in 1959, to obtain a bulk sample for molybdenite analysis. The molybdenite is present as sporadic 'splashes' in the unaltered, biotite adamellite host rock, but there was reportedly only 0.39% in the bulk sample. The position of the pit is indicated by the jammed drill rod to the left of the ...