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Page 121
... Linda , a mile downhill from the North Lyell mine , the directors decided to build the branch line , which , according to their advertisements in the London press , would pass within a stone's throw of every im- portant mine on the ...
... Linda , a mile downhill from the North Lyell mine , the directors decided to build the branch line , which , according to their advertisements in the London press , would pass within a stone's throw of every im- portant mine on the ...
Page 177
... Linda were silenced . The South Lyell mine filled with water . The smaller mines closed so quickly that at the end ... Linda , where only the Royal and Linda Valley hotels were in business , the two proprietors of the burnt - down hotel ...
... Linda were silenced . The South Lyell mine filled with water . The smaller mines closed so quickly that at the end ... Linda , where only the Royal and Linda Valley hotels were in business , the two proprietors of the burnt - down hotel ...
Page 226
... Linda was a rough , insanitary shanty town , and Murray is said to have expressed his determination to wipe it off the map . The miners , however , were reluctant to leave Linda , for it was nearer the mines and sheltered from the gales ...
... Linda was a rough , insanitary shanty town , and Murray is said to have expressed his determination to wipe it off the map . The miners , however , were reluctant to leave Linda , for it was nearer the mines and sheltered from the gales ...
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