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... track from Strahan to Howard's Plains , the scene of Howard's discovery . The track - cutters , George Meredith and Ted Peevor , received the miserly sum of £ 10 a mile , and the violent oaths of every prospector who dragged heavy pack ...
... track from Strahan to Howard's Plains , the scene of Howard's discovery . The track - cutters , George Meredith and Ted Peevor , received the miserly sum of £ 10 a mile , and the violent oaths of every prospector who dragged heavy pack ...
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... track , made of young saplings laid along the track , might float , sink , or up - end— cracking the horse and spattering the rider with mud . For a time pack - horses jogged along from Strahan to Lynch's Creek until the track became so ...
... track , made of young saplings laid along the track , might float , sink , or up - end— cracking the horse and spattering the rider with mud . For a time pack - horses jogged along from Strahan to Lynch's Creek until the track became so ...
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... track through the forest to let him inspect the location in the valley . It took Peters two hours to stumble over that track , and when he returned to the mine the cook scraped the mud off his clothes , waist down , with a shovel . Now ...
... track through the forest to let him inspect the location in the valley . It took Peters two hours to stumble over that track , and when he returned to the mine the cook scraped the mud off his clothes , waist down , with a shovel . Now ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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