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• Mainly Mining - a Slice of Life

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  Posted by Maria Wimbridge on 13th May 2019

  A seaman, a prospector & a miner & his writings gives us a rare glimpse into this time frame of people and places through lived experiences as a seaman, and of where he worked or travelled across the land. His writings and notes of all he observed allows us today, to have a deeper understanding of the many men and women and the conditions and difficulties that they faced as they spread out, beyond the coastal regions, to venture inland, many following gold, or, the business that supported their everyday needs to sustain
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