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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... produced , the mainspring of the industry , is to - day an inland city , pulsating with life . and activity and that ... producing property ever discovered is numbered like mostly everything else in the world . It may last many years ...
... produced , the mainspring of the industry , is to - day an inland city , pulsating with life . and activity and that ... producing property ever discovered is numbered like mostly everything else in the world . It may last many years ...
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... produce 5,000 oz . gold from quartz or alluvial . A further attempt to locate gold in Western Australia was made by bringing sixteen miners from Ballarat and finding them with equipment , food and 25s . per week while prospecting the ...
... produce 5,000 oz . gold from quartz or alluvial . A further attempt to locate gold in Western Australia was made by bringing sixteen miners from Ballarat and finding them with equipment , food and 25s . per week while prospecting the ...
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... produced . The following year saw a new venture organised with a capital of £ 6,400 , the old company surrendering their rights to the new concern for £ 1,600 . The mine was worked for several years , but at what profit to the owners ...
... produced . The following year saw a new venture organised with a capital of £ 6,400 , the old company surrendering their rights to the new concern for £ 1,600 . The mine was worked for several years , but at what profit to the owners ...
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... produce of the country's gold mines - have drifted away and in many scores of cases had never seen the sources of their wealth - the West Australians have seen out the one time despised " t ' other sider . " Consequently , they may be ...
... produce of the country's gold mines - have drifted away and in many scores of cases had never seen the sources of their wealth - the West Australians have seen out the one time despised " t ' other sider . " Consequently , they may be ...
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... produced at that date gold weighing 17 tons and worth £ 24,000,000 . The money distributed among the Adelaide shareholders was £ 950,000 in cash and in shares £ 3.421,000 . A vote of thanks to the original . prospectors it is recorded ...
... produced at that date gold weighing 17 tons and worth £ 24,000,000 . The money distributed among the Adelaide shareholders was £ 950,000 in cash and in shares £ 3.421,000 . A vote of thanks to the original . prospectors it is recorded ...
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