Geology 



as it afterwards turned out, from which a fortune was 

 made by a private digger. 



He had now been working for about two months 

 and had already accumulated a considerable hoard, and 

 he calculated that should his claim continue to yield as 

 at present he would be able to return to England a 

 wealthy man by the end of the following year, even 

 after having paid the somewhat heavy royalties imposed 

 by the State. 



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