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... Windarra , near Laverton , is about as far from the sea as can be imagined . The prospector who discovered the Poseidon leases at Mount Windarra was Ken Shirley , whose parents lived at Leonora at the beginning of this century . Herbert ...
... Windarra , near Laverton , is about as far from the sea as can be imagined . The prospector who discovered the Poseidon leases at Mount Windarra was Ken Shirley , whose parents lived at Leonora at the beginning of this century . Herbert ...
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... Windarra , which later excited world - wide interest and caused an upheaval on the stock exchanges , was pegged . In all , Ken Shirley pegged thirty - seven claims for Poseidon , covering about fourteen miles of serpentinite with banded ...
... Windarra , which later excited world - wide interest and caused an upheaval on the stock exchanges , was pegged . In all , Ken Shirley pegged thirty - seven claims for Poseidon , covering about fourteen miles of serpentinite with banded ...
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... Windarra nickel and copper concentrates . In 1971 , the new manager arrived to begin his new duties . By then , the mine was already taking shape . A new explora- tion shaft had been sunk , and part of one side of Mount Windarra was ...
... Windarra nickel and copper concentrates . In 1971 , the new manager arrived to begin his new duties . By then , the mine was already taking shape . A new explora- tion shaft had been sunk , and part of one side of Mount Windarra was ...
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The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
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