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Page 41
... mines department there for a prospecting area of 100 square miles over the Coolgardie district . Unfortunately their application was just too late . It arrived on the same afternoon as one submitted by Anaconda . The area applied for ...
... mines department there for a prospecting area of 100 square miles over the Coolgardie district . Unfortunately their application was just too late . It arrived on the same afternoon as one submitted by Anaconda . The area applied for ...
Page 54
... Mines Department began the practice of keeping a fire burning on top of Mount Burgess to enable men stranded or lost to return to civilisation . Prospector F. W. Bow said that he and his mate , Collins , were assisted by this fire ...
... Mines Department began the practice of keeping a fire burning on top of Mount Burgess to enable men stranded or lost to return to civilisation . Prospector F. W. Bow said that he and his mate , Collins , were assisted by this fire ...
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... mining operation . The mine is operated on the open - cut method so that the big ore ... mines , and back to Kalgoorlie , is our museum . It was once the British ... Department . Hannan Street now has traffic lights at its intersection ...
... mining operation . The mine is operated on the open - cut method so that the big ore ... mines , and back to Kalgoorlie , is our museum . It was once the British ... Department . Hannan Street now has traffic lights at its intersection ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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