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... live to tell the tale . In the rush of those who came after Bayley and Ford's find was one called Jim Moon , who made a gruesome discovery . Some distance from his camp he found pegs in the ground , showing that a claim had been pegged ...
... live to tell the tale . In the rush of those who came after Bayley and Ford's find was one called Jim Moon , who made a gruesome discovery . Some distance from his camp he found pegs in the ground , showing that a claim had been pegged ...
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... lives searching , going from one ' field to another , occasionally making a strike , but more often than not just getting out just enough gold to live on . Some were lucky and struck it rich and went back to their " old countries " to live ...
... lives searching , going from one ' field to another , occasionally making a strike , but more often than not just getting out just enough gold to live on . Some were lucky and struck it rich and went back to their " old countries " to live ...
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... live to be a hundred and receive a telegram from the Queen , but couldn't quite make it . He died six weeks before his hundredth birthday . We drove on through a stretch of ground scarred and pitted with pot - holes and dumps , the ...
... live to be a hundred and receive a telegram from the Queen , but couldn't quite make it . He died six weeks before his hundredth birthday . We drove on through a stretch of ground scarred and pitted with pot - holes and dumps , the ...
Contents
The Dawn of a New Era | 7 |
Kambalda is Born | 13 |
Prospecting for Nickel | 22 |
Copyright | |
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