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Page 35
... prospecting with George Withers and Lui Jacoletti near Parker's Range at the same time as a shy , grey - bearded Irishman named Paddy Hannan . When the partners sold their claim for £ 300 , the purchaser asked two of them to stay on and ...
... prospecting with George Withers and Lui Jacoletti near Parker's Range at the same time as a shy , grey - bearded Irishman named Paddy Hannan . When the partners sold their claim for £ 300 , the purchaser asked two of them to stay on and ...
Page 37
... prospecting area when he found rich gold in a leader . We shifted camp there and got about 200 ounces . The gold was in decayed quartz . I prospected the Big Blow and found gold at the north and south ends . . . . I saw gold in the reef ...
... prospecting area when he found rich gold in a leader . We shifted camp there and got about 200 ounces . The gold was in decayed quartz . I prospected the Big Blow and found gold at the north and south ends . . . . I saw gold in the reef ...
Page 57
... prospecting claim . " " And when did the rush set in ? " “ Well , I started for Coolgardie to apply for a prospecting claim . This was on June 17th and on the following day , which was Sunday , the news of our find soon got abroad ...
... prospecting claim . " " And when did the rush set in ? " “ Well , I started for Coolgardie to apply for a prospecting claim . This was on June 17th and on the following day , which was Sunday , the news of our find soon got abroad ...
Contents
A Town to Remember | 11 |
Background to Discovery | 20 |
The Cross over Kalgoorlie | 32 |
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