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Page 31
... feet . The diggers used blankets and mercury to attract the gold , but the grains were so fine and the rush of the slush so swift that more than half the gold glided down the tailings race . Nevertheless , one piece of ground fifty- feet ...
... feet . The diggers used blankets and mercury to attract the gold , but the grains were so fine and the rush of the slush so swift that more than half the gold glided down the tailings race . Nevertheless , one piece of ground fifty- feet ...
Page 63
... feet down , and the vein was now thirty feet wide ! The directors began to live in hopes that the silver might supply enough money to carry out the early stages of their construction programme . When the bonanza was exhausted , they ...
... feet down , and the vein was now thirty feet wide ! The directors began to live in hopes that the silver might supply enough money to carry out the early stages of their construction programme . When the bonanza was exhausted , they ...
Page 262
... feet high , nine feet wide and , including the branches , one and a half miles long . In 1927 , " Johno " Pearton , the underground foreman , and James Hornsey , the surveyor , began to direct the driving of the tunnel . Day and night ...
... feet high , nine feet wide and , including the branches , one and a half miles long . In 1927 , " Johno " Pearton , the underground foreman , and James Hornsey , the surveyor , began to direct the driving of the tunnel . Day and night ...
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