The Mile that Midas TouchedThe story of Kalgoorlie's golden mile - the richest few acres of gold-bearing country in the world - and of the rest of the Eastern goldfields in Western Australia. |
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Page 115
... Chamber of Mines supported Federation as much for the stable central government it promised as for the reduction in mining costs that inter - colonial free trade was expected to bring . The Legislative Council , however , refused the ...
... Chamber of Mines supported Federation as much for the stable central government it promised as for the reduction in mining costs that inter - colonial free trade was expected to bring . The Legislative Council , however , refused the ...
Page 213
... mines " look after their own " they also play a very large part - individually and through the Chamber of Mines collectively - in the community affairs of Kalgoorlie . The Chamber gives scholarships to the School of Mines each year ...
... mines " look after their own " they also play a very large part - individually and through the Chamber of Mines collectively - in the community affairs of Kalgoorlie . The Chamber gives scholarships to the School of Mines each year ...
Page 220
... mine and President of the Chamber of Mines , remarks , drawing attention to an old Kalgoorlie tradition . And the mine manage- ments , testing their own mining practice and treatment , and watching new developments on goldmining fields ...
... mine and President of the Chamber of Mines , remarks , drawing attention to an old Kalgoorlie tradition . And the mine manage- ments , testing their own mining practice and treatment , and watching new developments on goldmining fields ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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