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Page 191
... Kalgoorlie and successful stockbroker , and went to London with reputedly a six - figure sum before he was thirty . In the dining - room of the Palace Hotel at Kalgoorlie two hundred sat in style beneath the swirling fans for evening ...
... Kalgoorlie and successful stockbroker , and went to London with reputedly a six - figure sum before he was thirty . In the dining - room of the Palace Hotel at Kalgoorlie two hundred sat in style beneath the swirling fans for evening ...
Page 199
... Kalgoorlie was near the deceptive quartz reefs that Hannan liked , but the heart of the mines was in the greenstone three miles to the south , at Boulder City . There the lodes were phenomenally rich . They called this area the Golden ...
... Kalgoorlie was near the deceptive quartz reefs that Hannan liked , but the heart of the mines was in the greenstone three miles to the south , at Boulder City . There the lodes were phenomenally rich . They called this area the Golden ...
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... Kalgoorlie , Saturday , 14 January 1899 , when the Dhiel process was unveiled to the world . Official guests arrived by express train from Perth , and were taken in buckboard and buggy to Dr Dhiel's bungalow , the lofty new plant and ...
... Kalgoorlie , Saturday , 14 January 1899 , when the Dhiel process was unveiled to the world . Official guests arrived by express train from Perth , and were taken in buckboard and buggy to Dr Dhiel's bungalow , the lofty new plant and ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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