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... field two years previously , was in country south - east of Red Hill . For six months George Cowcill prospected , mainly in this district and around nearby Red Hill , but with little success . When the little money he had taken with him ...
... field two years previously , was in country south - east of Red Hill . For six months George Cowcill prospected , mainly in this district and around nearby Red Hill , but with little success . When the little money he had taken with him ...
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... field . This showed the nickel content of a rock in parts per million , and gave an accuracy of plus or minus ten per cent . One day , while prospecting with Frank Bray and Kevin Erbe , Bert Skinner broke a piece from a likely looking ...
... field . This showed the nickel content of a rock in parts per million , and gave an accuracy of plus or minus ten per cent . One day , while prospecting with Frank Bray and Kevin Erbe , Bert Skinner broke a piece from a likely looking ...
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... field to another , occasionally making a strike , but more often than not just getting out just enough gold to live ... fields and the copper mines in South Australia . Previously these men , or their parents , had come to Australia in ...
... field to another , occasionally making a strike , but more often than not just getting out just enough gold to live ... fields and the copper mines in South Australia . Previously these men , or their parents , had come to Australia in ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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