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... diggers would have earned more money driving a waggon or mining for wages at Beaconsfield or Waratah ; but they were optimists , sure that they would ' strike it rich ' at last . But even optimists cannot live on storekeepers ' credit ...
... diggers would have earned more money driving a waggon or mining for wages at Beaconsfield or Waratah ; but they were optimists , sure that they would ' strike it rich ' at last . But even optimists cannot live on storekeepers ' credit ...
Page 32
... diggers in the mountains . Dig- gers often rewarded his trust with a small share in their mine , and Henry must have been laden with interests in leases such as the Iron Blow . Through the bitter winter of 1884 the prospectors worked on ...
... diggers in the mountains . Dig- gers often rewarded his trust with a small share in their mine , and Henry must have been laden with interests in leases such as the Iron Blow . Through the bitter winter of 1884 the prospectors worked on ...
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... diggers returned to their old haunts . In the last months of 1885 the Mt Lyell syndicate employed from two to five wage - earners who carried on two distinct opera- tions . They blasted and excavated the Iron Blow in search of the gold ...
... diggers returned to their old haunts . In the last months of 1885 the Mt Lyell syndicate employed from two to five wage - earners who carried on two distinct opera- tions . They blasted and excavated the Iron Blow in search of the gold ...
Contents
A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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