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Page 32
... lode tonnage . The difference between early gold mining and the present day use of the diamond drill is great . In the early days , drills were not much used until the bigger gold mines began operating . The pioneer miners never knew ...
... lode tonnage . The difference between early gold mining and the present day use of the diamond drill is great . In the early days , drills were not much used until the bigger gold mines began operating . The pioneer miners never knew ...
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... Lode , and The Birthday Gift kept the town going for about twenty years , only to close at the end of the first World War . There were also the Tindalls mine close to Coolgardie and Bonnievale , a few miles out . In March 1907 ...
... Lode , and The Birthday Gift kept the town going for about twenty years , only to close at the end of the first World War . There were also the Tindalls mine close to Coolgardie and Bonnievale , a few miles out . In March 1907 ...
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... lode worth one ounce of gold to the ton was discovered by White Hope Company near this tree . Also in the area are the remains of the old King Battery erected about 1902-3 ; it was owned by the Hampton Plains Pastoral Company . It ...
... lode worth one ounce of gold to the ton was discovered by White Hope Company near this tree . Also in the area are the remains of the old King Battery erected about 1902-3 ; it was owned by the Hampton Plains Pastoral Company . It ...
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The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
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