William Ford (prospector)

William Ford (prospector)

William Ford (1852–1932) [ [http://www.mininghall.com/minerals/people/database/details.htm?id=fordw "William Ford" at the Australian Prospectors & Miners' Mining Hall of Fame database] ] , along with Arthur Wellesley Bayley, discovered gold on 17 September 1892, in the area that became the gold rush town of Coolgardie, Western Australia. [ [http://www.coolgardie.wa.gov.au/history/coolgardie "Mother of the Western Australian Goldfields", Coolgardie website] ]

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