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... gravel to the bottom . Anxiously he palmed with his hand the top layer of gravel from the dish . At last only a film of sediment remained in the dish , and peering in he saw a grain of gold . With his penknife he lifted the grain and ...
... gravel to the bottom . Anxiously he palmed with his hand the top layer of gravel from the dish . At last only a film of sediment remained in the dish , and peering in he saw a grain of gold . With his penknife he lifted the grain and ...
Page 47
... gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets collected , glittering in the light of the candle . They were the erratic prizes for which miners risked ...
... gravel that rested on the hard rock . Where the river had narrowed or curved , or crossed a bar of resisting rock , huge nuggets collected , glittering in the light of the candle . They were the erratic prizes for which miners risked ...
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... gravels . When the shaft reached the old river gravels the miners put out drives to each part of their small claim . In ... gravel was so rich that owners of adjacent shafts drove in tunnels secretly and stole it . One tunnel drove right ...
... gravels . When the shaft reached the old river gravels the miners put out drives to each part of their small claim . In ... gravel was so rich that owners of adjacent shafts drove in tunnels secretly and stole it . One tunnel drove right ...
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The Rush That Never Ended: A History of Australian Mining. -- Geoffrey Blainey No preview available - 2021 |
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