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... 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 . He was Irish , and he had roughed it on the New Zealand diggings . To other prospectors Lynch seemed an old man ; he had probably passed his fortieth year . He was wiry , red faced , hot - headed , and usually clean shaven ...
... prospectors . He was Irish , and he had roughed it on the New Zealand diggings . To other prospectors Lynch seemed an old man ; he had probably passed his fortieth year . He was wiry , red faced , hot - headed , and usually clean shaven ...
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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 days ' 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 days ' food down the dark forest in the Queen Valley , forded the stream and pushed through tangled ...
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