MINE IN A WHEATFIELD
Memories of the famous Wynloim- md rev.vedln.st week by the publication of a promising crushing return by the ]3ribbiirep gold i,u lle . Bribbareo'is midway between the two old field.,. When the gold-bearmg quarto of Wynlong and Crreiilell petered out, men found the soil emmently Bulted foAvheat-growin" and the district became one of our"' best grain-producing centres. .'Die liribbaree mine is actually j,, the middle of a wheatfield. It was surrounded liv <v,,|. den gram when golden metal w;.*s "being crushed from the quart/, beneath the surface Iho owner of the wheatfield found the fold by stubbing his toe on -i piece of rniai'tz. whidi containrrl sinn-lA of the yellow n1( . t :,1. H, i o i.,H wifV. n prospector anrl anoUior in wurkin-- the reef, whirl) llicy found :i f ( --v f o< ,7. hclow tiic snrfiicn. Opwal imiH liccaim- Inn eileneivo, for lliu syuJicutc, and v. com-
pany was formed in Sydney. The manager of the mine is Mr. W. H. "Williams, formerly manager of several mines on the Charters Tower 3 field.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 11
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178MINE IN A WHEATFIELD Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 11
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