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The Frazer river thermometer : Great gold discoveries of 1858. The Frazer river gold mines, and their history
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The Frazer River Thermometer
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Miner’s Map of Frazer River and it’s Tributaries With the Gold Bearing Country
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Hand-book and map to the gold region of Frazer's and Thompson's rivers : with table of distances
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