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... valley to be about three miles long , winding westerly between two high quartzose mountains with rugged summits . There was a good deal of tea - tree scrub in the bottom of the valley but the slopes of the mountain were barren . I named ...
... valley to be about three miles long , winding westerly between two high quartzose mountains with rugged summits . There was a good deal of tea - tree scrub in the bottom of the valley but the slopes of the mountain were barren . I named ...
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... valley from the smelting valley , there was surprisingly little contact between the two communities . Perhaps a hundred miners thought the cheaper cost of living and brighter lights of Queenstown were worth the two hours spent in ...
... valley from the smelting valley , there was surprisingly little contact between the two communities . Perhaps a hundred miners thought the cheaper cost of living and brighter lights of Queenstown were worth the two hours spent in ...
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... valley had its beauty . To stand in the main street of Gormanston after midnight and look across the valley to the dark , treeless mountain , its bare peaks softened and silhouetted by the moonlight , and see a moving file of several ...
... valley had its beauty . To stand in the main street of Gormanston after midnight and look across the valley to the dark , treeless mountain , its bare peaks softened and silhouetted by the moonlight , and see a moving file of several ...
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