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... prospectors could identify even the commonest minerals . " I have over and over again seen prospectors completely puzzled , unable to distinguish tin from iron , " he wrote . Even prospectors who carried dog - eared mining guides were ...
... prospectors could identify even the commonest minerals . " I have over and over again seen prospectors completely puzzled , unable to distinguish tin from iron , " he wrote . Even prospectors who carried dog - eared mining guides were ...
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... prospectors returned to Howard's Plains . Storing some of their food in a tent , they carried blankets , tent - fly , tools and nine day's food down the dark forest in the Queen Valley , forded the stream and pushed through tangled ...
... prospectors returned to Howard's Plains . Storing some of their food in a tent , they carried blankets , tent - fly , tools and nine day's food down the dark forest in the Queen Valley , forded the stream and pushed through tangled ...
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... prospectors came from Hobart and quickly pegged the remaining ground . Six registered companies - Lightly , New York , Union , Launceston , Queen River and Tasma - employed men to prospect the ridge . Among the wealthy investors who ...
... prospectors came from Hobart and quickly pegged the remaining ground . Six registered companies - Lightly , New York , Union , Launceston , Queen River and Tasma - employed men to prospect the ridge . Among the wealthy investors who ...
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