The Golden Miles by H H Wilson

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges, particularly at spine. Very light foxing to top foredge. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Dust jacket in now in a protective cover. Interior and binding are still very good.

The fascinating history of Western Australian goldfields in the area south of Coolgardie and Southern Cross is where Kalgoorlie's Golden Mile, the richest field of all, was discovered.

It is the story of fortunes won and lost, of extraordinary luck and crushing disappointment. Not many had the luck of Paddy Hannan, the man credited with discovering the Golden Mile. Many went broke, and some nearly perished in their attempts to strike it lucky where others succeeded. Often, the search for water in the countryside surrounding Kalgoorlie became more pressing than the search for gold.

Helen Wilson's account of the heyday of Western Australian gold mining conjures up all the euphoria of those turbulent days when names like Kanowna, Larkinville, and Norseman stirred the blood, and the little port of Esperance was tipped to be the capital of a secessionist state. (back cover)