Hints to Prospectors

In the early 1930s Australia was in the grip of the Depression when Ion Idriess wrote to all the State and Territory Mining heads to create his guide Prospecting for Gold - still the best manual for the town or country prospector. The public success of this book pushed several States to create their our guides with more details on their own State facilities and results.

This book was written by Hugh Corbet, Deputy Master of the Perth Mint, published in 1932, and sought to gain interest in la...