The Gold Mines of Western Australia: A Terse Description of Conditions Past and Present of Australia's Greatest Mining BeltH. V. Courtayne |
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... field for distinction for coarse gold . The Government rewarded the dis- coverers : - J. H. Wells N. W. Cooke H. Withnell J. Withnell £ 500 250 each 100 To the discoverer of Yilgarn Hills , Mr. Anstey , £ 500 was awarded ; to J. D. ...
... field for distinction for coarse gold . The Government rewarded the dis- coverers : - J. H. Wells N. W. Cooke H. Withnell J. Withnell £ 500 250 each 100 To the discoverer of Yilgarn Hills , Mr. Anstey , £ 500 was awarded ; to J. D. ...
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... fields were exhibiting signs of decreptitude and towns were in consequence being deserted . In that State it should be remembered the Government did little to conserve water , for the digger came , worked and departed before a single ...
... fields were exhibiting signs of decreptitude and towns were in consequence being deserted . In that State it should be remembered the Government did little to conserve water , for the digger came , worked and departed before a single ...
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... field , where stampers were pounding away , and making eastward along the faint track marks of Hunt's ex- pedition of 1864-5 , they arrived at a point very near to Coolgardie and here they were once more compelled to return to the last ...
... field , where stampers were pounding away , and making eastward along the faint track marks of Hunt's ex- pedition of 1864-5 , they arrived at a point very near to Coolgardie and here they were once more compelled to return to the last ...
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... field and Huxley and his mates became rivals of if not more famous than Bayley and his mate , and bidders for the Londonderry from London met them on the field . One specimen esti- mated to be worth £ 3,500 was taken from the mine to ...
... field and Huxley and his mates became rivals of if not more famous than Bayley and his mate , and bidders for the Londonderry from London met them on the field . One specimen esti- mated to be worth £ 3,500 was taken from the mine to ...
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... field cannot be compared to half a dozen of the other camps which made history in the early days of the Eastern Goldfields . For at Hannan's , or the Kalgoorlie or north end of the camp , where the best of what alluvial was found there ...
... field cannot be compared to half a dozen of the other camps which made history in the early days of the Eastern Goldfields . For at Hannan's , or the Kalgoorlie or north end of the camp , where the best of what alluvial was found there ...
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