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 102
... Government geologist , Gibb Maitland , testified that although there were quartz leaders crossing the lease , the greater portion of the 116 feet level of the company's shaft was alluvial wash . The Warden then adjourned the court for ...
... Government geologist , Gibb Maitland , testified that although there were quartz leaders crossing the lease , the greater portion of the 116 feet level of the company's shaft was alluvial wash . The Warden then adjourned the court for ...
Page 111
... Government still retained the power to subdivide West Australia . So the concept of being a new colony entered early into Goldfields reform movements , and whenever there was opposition to the Government the cry of separation was raised ...
... Government still retained the power to subdivide West Australia . So the concept of being a new colony entered early into Goldfields reform movements , and whenever there was opposition to the Government the cry of separation was raised ...
Page 112
... Government was running high . The clamour on Kalgoorlie for Government reform reached its climax at the end of 1899 . By then only £ 160,000 had been spent on the Scheme out of the £ 2,500,000 authorized nearly four years previously for ...
... Government was running high . The clamour on Kalgoorlie for Government reform reached its climax at the end of 1899 . By then only £ 160,000 had been spent on the Scheme out of the £ 2,500,000 authorized nearly four years previously for ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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