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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1896

2 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

(To the Editor.) Western Australian Gold Fields

Camden News · Thursday 2 July 1896 · page 6

We have received the following interesting communication from Mr. P. H. Hope dated from the Skey Mo mine, Goongarrie, W. A., June 4th 1896:—…

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Reminiscences of Johannesburg. Life in the Goldfields of South Africa. a Digger's Story

Camden News · Thursday 3 December 1896 · page 2

In the early days, when gold was first discovered in the Transvaal, many men left heir occupations and their homes, and trekked northwards in order to try their…

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