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... River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed near the ...
... River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed near the ...
Page 65
... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
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... River , the captains steered their ships across the shallow sand bar , past loaded lighters that sometimes grounded there , and up the deep , winding stream . With rich green forest rising up precipitous cliffs on both banks of the river ...
... River , the captains steered their ships across the shallow sand bar , past loaded lighters that sometimes grounded there , and up the deep , winding stream . With rich green forest rising up precipitous cliffs on both banks of the river ...
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