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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... prospecting done and a lot of deep develop- ment in spots and patches , but large auriferous belts of country remain which are almost or wholly virgin to the prospector's pick . It is these undeveloped areas that require testing in a ...
... prospecting done and a lot of deep develop- ment in spots and patches , but large auriferous belts of country remain which are almost or wholly virgin to the prospector's pick . It is these undeveloped areas that require testing in a ...
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... prospecting the ranges near the coast . In 1885 , the geologist of Western Australia , Mr. E. T. Hardman . found colors of gold in gravels at the far distant Old Elvire and Panton Rivers , in the Far North , or Kimberley Division , and ...
... prospecting the ranges near the coast . In 1885 , the geologist of Western Australia , Mr. E. T. Hardman . found colors of gold in gravels at the far distant Old Elvire and Panton Rivers , in the Far North , or Kimberley Division , and ...
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... prospecting ex- pedition fitted out by Sir John Forrest and Mr. Alex- ander Forrest . Golgard'uh that one water -- a little gnamma hole in rock , into which rain drained from off its hard surface , " said Jackie , " not Kalgoorlie ...
... prospecting ex- pedition fitted out by Sir John Forrest and Mr. Alex- ander Forrest . Golgard'uh that one water -- a little gnamma hole in rock , into which rain drained from off its hard surface , " said Jackie , " not Kalgoorlie ...
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... Prospecting Co. , put into liquidation in Adelaide in 1898 , after four or five years of life . was organised with £ 150 as its capital in ten shares of £ 5 paid up and five shares reckoned as paid to £ 5 and this little venture was got ...
... Prospecting Co. , put into liquidation in Adelaide in 1898 , after four or five years of life . was organised with £ 150 as its capital in ten shares of £ 5 paid up and five shares reckoned as paid to £ 5 and this little venture was got ...
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... prospecting in the deeper ground has proved the lodes to live in depth and maintain their values . Poor zones have certainly been met with in some properties but although always un- welcome these are expected every now and then , and ...
... prospecting in the deeper ground has proved the lodes to live in depth and maintain their values . Poor zones have certainly been met with in some properties but although always un- welcome these are expected every now and then , and ...
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