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... reef but it had not been touched . I came back to the tent and continued packing what gold we had into bags . Bayley came back about six o'clock . He asked if I'd been down at the reef and I told him I'd only been down to show the chaps ...
... reef but it had not been touched . I came back to the tent and continued packing what gold we had into bags . Bayley came back about six o'clock . He asked if I'd been down at the reef and I told him I'd only been down to show the chaps ...
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... reefs , which the leaseholder could then claim . This privilege was abused in the first wild rush to Coolgardie , when new arrivals went on to Bayley's Reward lease and broke specimens from the rich reef there . A “ roll - call ” was ...
... reefs , which the leaseholder could then claim . This privilege was abused in the first wild rush to Coolgardie , when new arrivals went on to Bayley's Reward lease and broke specimens from the rich reef there . A “ roll - call ” was ...
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... reef after the lease had been registered . The 1895 Act regulated the mining industry during the years of its greatest expansion . The immediate granting of leases aided the investment of British capital and the extension of company ...
... reef after the lease had been registered . The 1895 Act regulated the mining industry during the years of its greatest expansion . The immediate granting of leases aided the investment of British capital and the extension of company ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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