TREASURE
On Gallipoli, between whiles of attach ing the Turk and being attacked by him, time hung heavy on the.hands of the Australian 'soldiers of His Majesty King George V. Old prospectors among them' took note of the fact that the soil of the inhospitable peninsula in which their, trench ras dug resembled that-of the "old-beanng regions of the continent in the antipodes. Several enthusiasts began to dig, with the result (according to°a French paper) that one ex-miner, working with what tols he could improvise in the pay dirt of his bomta proof, panned out almost a pound ot pure sold!
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 8
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101TREASURE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 8
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