Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. General wear to book corners and edges. Spine cover is faded. Light foxing to top and right foredges.
This commemorative volume provides an overview of the first period of gold mining in Kundana, from 1894 to 1897. Historical extracts from newspapers and selected photographs provide insight into the conditions in the Goldfields in the 1890s. A description of the Kundana townsite and its establishment is also provided. Details of the early mining leases from Mines Department records and a chronology of ore discoveries have been included.