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Page 55
... Reward Claim was posted up in front of the Warden's tent on the night of 17 June 1893 for all to read , and in the next few days Hannan's Find was rushed . An alluvial claim for one man in those early days consisted of an area seventy ...
... Reward Claim was posted up in front of the Warden's tent on the night of 17 June 1893 for all to read , and in the next few days Hannan's Find was rushed . An alluvial claim for one man in those early days consisted of an area seventy ...
Page 61
... claim had been pegged , and it appeared that they had come too late . ( It was a first principle among miners to " peg as close to the Reward Claim as you can " -the close claims could be sold off quickest . ) Jim Cassidy , who had led ...
... claim had been pegged , and it appeared that they had come too late . ( It was a first principle among miners to " peg as close to the Reward Claim as you can " -the close claims could be sold off quickest . ) Jim Cassidy , who had led ...
Page 209
... Reward Claim of 1893 held by Paddy Hannan was an area 650 feet by 50 feet - about three - quarters of an acre . In 1894 this claim became part of a larger goldmining lease , " Hannan's Reward " -held by Denis Fitzgerald and Thomas ...
... Reward Claim of 1893 held by Paddy Hannan was an area 650 feet by 50 feet - about three - quarters of an acre . In 1894 this claim became part of a larger goldmining lease , " Hannan's Reward " -held by Denis Fitzgerald and Thomas ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
Copyright | |
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