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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
... River to its tributary , the 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 ...
... River to its tributary , the 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 ...
Page 308
... Queen Lyell Mine , 81-2 Queen River , see Lynchford Queenstown , 7 , 159 , 166 , 177 , 178 , 189-93 , 198 , 200-1 , 208 , 214 , 225 , 227 , 253 , 276 , 289 , 290 ; life in the boom , 72-3 , 83 , 84-5 , 86-94 ; fear of shift to Crotty ...
... Queen Lyell Mine , 81-2 Queen River , see Lynchford Queenstown , 7 , 159 , 166 , 177 , 178 , 189-93 , 198 , 200-1 , 208 , 214 , 225 , 227 , 253 , 276 , 289 , 290 ; life in the boom , 72-3 , 83 , 84-5 , 86-94 ; fear of shift to Crotty ...
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