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... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed ...
... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed ...
Page 65
... Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above floodwater mark for the first ...
... Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above floodwater mark for the first ...
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... Queen Lyell , Prince Lyell , Duke Lyell , Empress Lyell , Kaiser Lyell , and Crown Lyell — and so through the points of the compass again - North King Lyell , North Queen Lyell , North Prince Lyell and North Crown Lyell . To woo over ...
... Queen Lyell , Prince Lyell , Duke Lyell , Empress Lyell , Kaiser Lyell , and Crown Lyell — and so through the points of the compass again - North King Lyell , North Queen Lyell , North Prince Lyell and North Crown Lyell . To woo over ...
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