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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... payable goldfield within 150 miles of Perth . Eight years later £ 5,000 was offered for the discovery of a goldfield , within 300 miles of any port , which should produce 5,000 oz . gold from quartz or alluvial . A further attempt to ...
... payable goldfield within 150 miles of Perth . Eight years later £ 5,000 was offered for the discovery of a goldfield , within 300 miles of any port , which should produce 5,000 oz . gold from quartz or alluvial . A further attempt to ...
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... payable ore bodies the existence of which was not known twelve months ago , are now being opened up in several of the leading mines , and prospecting in the deeper ground has proved the lodes to live in depth and maintain their values ...
... payable ore bodies the existence of which was not known twelve months ago , are now being opened up in several of the leading mines , and prospecting in the deeper ground has proved the lodes to live in depth and maintain their values ...
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... payable ore , which has since proved to be a splendid mass of lodestuff , was soon struck in driving north and south from the crosscut . At 1,820 ft . where the lode averaged 46s . 3d . for a width of nearly 50 ft . in the crosscut ...
... payable ore , which has since proved to be a splendid mass of lodestuff , was soon struck in driving north and south from the crosscut . At 1,820 ft . where the lode averaged 46s . 3d . for a width of nearly 50 ft . in the crosscut ...
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... payable ore in sight , so that , accepting these figures as correct and the accompanying offici- al statement that the ore is showing a decided improvement in the bottom workings , the mine is not the almost defunct one that some people ...
... payable ore in sight , so that , accepting these figures as correct and the accompanying offici- al statement that the ore is showing a decided improvement in the bottom workings , the mine is not the almost defunct one that some people ...
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... payable ore but so far nothing very important has been opened up in the bottom workings perties on the field have had their share of them , and if the respective companies named had got the scared feeling and stopped sinking when they ...
... payable ore but so far nothing very important has been opened up in the bottom workings perties on the field have had their share of them , and if the respective companies named had got the scared feeling and stopped sinking when they ...
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