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... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed ...
... Queen River and washed coarse , heavy gold in a gully less than five miles from Mt. Lyell . Currie continued up the Queen River and climbed the ridge that overlooked the valley of Chamouni , unvisited for twenty years . He collapsed ...
Page 65
... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
... River to its tributary , the Queen , and upstream to the reduction works site in the Queen Valley . At first sight the King River seemed impossible . A 3 ′ 6 ′′ gauge railway track might follow the meanderings of the river just above ...
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... Queen River . Two wood - choppers cut a track through the forest to let him inspect the location in the valley . It took Peters two hours to stumble over that track , and when he returned to the mine the cook scraped the mud off his ...
... Queen River . Two wood - choppers cut a track through the forest to let him inspect the location in the valley . It took Peters two hours to stumble over that track , and when he returned to the mine the cook scraped the mud off his ...
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