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 52
... hundred men set off into the bush on the merest rumour of a new find . Parties , got together in a hurry , left suddenly without proper direc- tions , equipment , or preparations , everybody eager to be first on the new gold . There was ...
... hundred men set off into the bush on the merest rumour of a new find . Parties , got together in a hurry , left suddenly without proper direc- tions , equipment , or preparations , everybody eager to be first on the new gold . There was ...
Page 82
... hundred worshippers . Later the Congregationalists moved to a church in Burt Street . Miss Florence Bowen , who played the organ in the old Tank Church , is still alive . She was Thomas Bowen's daughter , and later married Griffith ...
... hundred worshippers . Later the Congregationalists moved to a church in Burt Street . Miss Florence Bowen , who played the organ in the old Tank Church , is still alive . She was Thomas Bowen's daughter , and later married Griffith ...
Page 230
... water in the main shaft . He moved along some hundreds of feet until he was above the rise , a hundred feet below , where it seemed that Varischetti would be trapped . Hammering on the rocks , he heard answering taps . 230.
... water in the main shaft . He moved along some hundreds of feet until he was above the rise , a hundred feet below , where it seemed that Varischetti would be trapped . Hammering on the rocks , he heard answering taps . 230.
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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