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Tea and coffee were often imported in cloth bags. Although it was relatively cheap to buy, tea was something the miners looked forward to at the end of the day as it reminded them of home.
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Food that the diggers did not shoot for themselves (such as rabbits and kangaroos) came from the bigger cities. This is why it was so expensive. The small shop owners on the goldfields were in a position to buy in bulk and then charge extreme prices for their goods.
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Copper as a metal is mined from copper nodes by miners; in order to buy it, you'd have to check the Auction House, where the miners then sell their copper. Copper can be sold as either ore, or as copper bars.
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