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Page 171
... Golden Mile did well . They re - invested much of the wealth they won , instead of squan- dering it in a dividend spree that might , long before today , have caused the death of the goldfields and of Kalgoorlie . In 1924 , when that ...
... Golden Mile did well . They re - invested much of the wealth they won , instead of squan- dering it in a dividend spree that might , long before today , have caused the death of the goldfields and of Kalgoorlie . In 1924 , when that ...
Page 172
... Golden Mile became more tortured than ever , and the casual visitor could have seen little order o sense in it all . In and around the towering dumps , the tracks and rails and mere foot - pads led everywhere . New , bright buildings ...
... Golden Mile became more tortured than ever , and the casual visitor could have seen little order o sense in it all . In and around the towering dumps , the tracks and rails and mere foot - pads led everywhere . New , bright buildings ...
Page 206
... Golden Mile treating refractory ore would be in operation today had it not been for the flotation process . The economics of mining for gold after 1950 on the Golden Mile took place against the larger canvas of the national economy ...
... Golden Mile treating refractory ore would be in operation today had it not been for the flotation process . The economics of mining for gold after 1950 on the Golden Mile took place against the larger canvas of the national economy ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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