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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... story : a personal suc- cess - story of the highest order , the story of a quietly spoken hard - working man who took the rough with the smooth , who reaped little of the material rewards of his success , who led others to great wealth ...
... story : a personal suc- cess - story of the highest order , the story of a quietly spoken hard - working man who took the rough with the smooth , who reaped little of the material rewards of his success , who led others to great wealth ...
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... stories . Any place that has given up gold worth millions of pounds , and where men have died to get it , is full of ... story of near disaster to excite the interest of some prospective backer . In the second boom - period there was a ...
... stories . Any place that has given up gold worth millions of pounds , and where men have died to get it , is full of ... story of near disaster to excite the interest of some prospective backer . In the second boom - period there was a ...
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... story for the sake of the truth . There was also in those days a good deal of belief in unexplained activities by supernatural agencies . A story to which lots of people listened with respect bordering on awe concerned the famous ...
... story for the sake of the truth . There was also in those days a good deal of belief in unexplained activities by supernatural agencies . A story to which lots of people listened with respect bordering on awe concerned the famous ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 21 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 33 |
Copyright | |
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