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Page 14
... prospectors could push out into the unexplored beyond ; an outpost on the advancing frontier thirty miles from the coast . In 1873 , Charles Gould and J. R. Scott found tin at Mt. Ram- say , about twelve miles south of Mt. Bischoff ...
... prospectors could push out into the unexplored beyond ; an outpost on the advancing frontier thirty miles from the coast . In 1873 , Charles Gould and J. R. Scott found tin at Mt. Ram- say , about twelve miles south of Mt. Bischoff ...
Page 15
... prospectors could identify even the commonest minerals . " I have over and over again seen prospectors completely puzzled , unable to distinguish tin from iron , " he wrote . Even prospectors who carried dog - eared mining guides were ...
... prospectors could identify even the commonest minerals . " I have over and over again seen prospectors completely puzzled , unable to distinguish tin from iron , " he wrote . Even prospectors who carried dog - eared mining guides were ...
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... prospectors returned to Howard's Plains . Storing some of their food in a tent , they carried blankets , tent - fly , tools and nine day's food down the dark forest in the Queen Valley , forded the stream and pushed through tangled ...
... prospectors returned to Howard's Plains . Storing some of their food in a tent , they carried blankets , tent - fly , tools and nine day's food down the dark forest in the Queen Valley , forded the stream and pushed through tangled ...
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