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One day , digging a hole for drinking water in the gully below the Iron Blow , Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to ...
One day , digging a hole for drinking water in the gully below the Iron Blow , Karlson found good gold . Suspecting that it might have been washed down from the Iron Blow , he climbed the hill to the massive outcrop , clambered on to ...
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Steve Karlson did not learn of the promising discovery ; he was dismissed for absenteeism and had to leave the lease . The other shareholders now made a determined effort to buy him out . Early in May , Henry instructed Carroll to try ...
Steve Karlson did not learn of the promising discovery ; he was dismissed for absenteeism and had to leave the lease . The other shareholders now made a determined effort to buy him out . Early in May , Henry instructed Carroll to try ...
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of Karlson's interest with his manager , John Henry . As Shaw was the buyer in Karlson's eyes he wrote out a cheque for £ 120 and gave it to Dixon , who handed it over to Karlson at Strahan on 9 July . In court F. O. Henry said that he ...
of Karlson's interest with his manager , John Henry . As Shaw was the buyer in Karlson's eyes he wrote out a cheque for £ 120 and gave it to Dixon , who handed it over to Karlson at Strahan on 9 July . In court F. O. Henry said that he ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Peaks of Lyell |
| Author | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1959 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 20 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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