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... Iron Blow , Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to the ironstone and shook the dirt from the grass roots into his tin ...
... Iron Blow , Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to the ironstone and shook the dirt from the grass roots into his tin ...
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... Iron Blow . When they saw Karlson's pegs driven in they laughed , safe in the knowledge that they had nothing to learn from a sailor and the ' young Cooneys ' . Only one prospector showed interest . In 1897 T. B. Moore informed the ...
... Iron Blow . When they saw Karlson's pegs driven in they laughed , safe in the knowledge that they had nothing to learn from a sailor and the ' young Cooneys ' . Only one prospector showed interest . In 1897 T. B. Moore informed the ...
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... Iron Blow about six months after it had been dis- covered . Like Karlson , he thought that the reef gold on the side of the hill must have been washed down from the Iron Blow , and so he approached Bill McDonough who had always been a ...
... Iron Blow about six months after it had been dis- covered . Like Karlson , he thought that the reef gold on the side of the hill must have been washed down from the Iron Blow , and so he approached Bill McDonough who had always been a ...
Contents
A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
Copyright | |
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