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Page 62
... leases is rather expensive , but if we can dolly out a few ounces to keep us going I will secure the lot . Instructions came back from Adelaide to Brookman and Pearce to continue to acquire leases . This they did , quietly pegging the ...
... leases is rather expensive , but if we can dolly out a few ounces to keep us going I will secure the lot . Instructions came back from Adelaide to Brookman and Pearce to continue to acquire leases . This they did , quietly pegging the ...
Page 76
... leases was a matter of necessity . The dozens of leases and mines and batteries and condensers to the south - east of Kalgoorlie were centres of employment for the ever - growing army of miners , carpenters , riggers , blacksmiths ...
... leases was a matter of necessity . The dozens of leases and mines and batteries and condensers to the south - east of Kalgoorlie were centres of employment for the ever - growing army of miners , carpenters , riggers , blacksmiths ...
Page 96
... leases for surface gold - sometimes prospectors found reefs , which the leaseholder could then claim . This privilege was abused in the first wild rush to Coolgardie , when new arrivals went on to Bayley's Reward lease and broke ...
... leases for surface gold - sometimes prospectors found reefs , which the leaseholder could then claim . This privilege was abused in the first wild rush to Coolgardie , when new arrivals went on to Bayley's Reward lease and broke ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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alluvial Arthur Bayley Bayley and Ford Bayley's Reward became boom Boulder Block Boulder City boys Brookman brought Bullabulling bush camel centre Chamber of Mines Claude de Bernales clubs colony Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie crowd discovery dumps early east Eastern Goldfields Esperance feet Fremantle Gavin Casey Gnarlbine Golden Mile Government Hannan Street Hannan's Find Horatio Bottomley horses Hotel hundred Ivanhoe John Kirwan Kalgoorlie and Boulder Kalgoorlie Miner Kalgoorlie's Kambalda Kanowna Lake View later leases live lode London manager Maritana Hill mate months Mt Burges Mt Charlotte Murchison nickel nugget old Coolgardie Paddy Hannan party pegged Perth police price of gold produced prospecting prospectors quartz railway reef Reward Claim rich rock rush School shafts shares Sir John Forrest South Southern Cross story telluride thousands took town track underground Victoria Warden Finnerty West Australian Western Australia Western Mining