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... gossan was sluiced in a powerful stream of water . The miners sank a paddock , ten feet by twelve feet , into the ironstone , but eight feet down the iron became so hard that it had to be smashed into lumps with a pick . Eager to know ...
... gossan was sluiced in a powerful stream of water . The miners sank a paddock , ten feet by twelve feet , into the ironstone , but eight feet down the iron became so hard that it had to be smashed into lumps with a pick . Eager to know ...
Page 42
... gossan enriched with gold and silver . The rich- est gossan had been sluiced by the prospectors in the exciting months of 1886 ; the remainder was poorer and harder , and would have to be crushed to release the gold . Eager to learn if ...
... gossan enriched with gold and silver . The rich- est gossan had been sluiced by the prospectors in the exciting months of 1886 ; the remainder was poorer and harder , and would have to be crushed to release the gold . Eager to learn if ...
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... gossan outcrop which marked the Mt. Read mine . While one party crushed the gossan in a two - head battery , other prospectors pegged the adjacent mountain side in ten - acre gold leases . In 1893 , Jimmy McDonald , who lived in a bag ...
... gossan outcrop which marked the Mt. Read mine . While one party crushed the gossan in a two - head battery , other prospectors pegged the adjacent mountain side in ten - acre gold leases . In 1893 , Jimmy McDonald , who lived in a bag ...
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