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<strong>Grandparents</strong>George’s race at workAll the experts predicted failure for the water had to travel down hill through thepipes to a high level crude bridge over 1010ft long and 40ft high, then to forceitself uphill as far as gravitation would allow. The water then ran through theopen cut race to their mine. This pipe line gave them plenty of water for theyears required to finish their lease. Ultimately, their lease was worked out butmore miners had arrived and pegged the rest of the range with rewarding resultsfor them.The McIntyres retired to a property Jim had held at Bombowlee, and George hadlost two staunch mates and workers. However, he still believed that the alluvialdeposits originally came north and south for miles. His faith was rewarded whenhe and Uncle Harry struck the "Grindstone Reef" behind which lay a pocket ofcoarse granulated quartz heavily impregnated with gold. It was a regular bonanza,but like most pockets of that nature soon petered out, and further searchfailed.He realised his growing family, now numbering five, needed schooling, so hebuilt another home at Courabyra, a couple of miles from his father's home andstarted there. After a couple more children were born there, he migrated toKiandra as manager of a mining venture. This kept him hard at work for a fewyears, but it was never a success. He resided at the old deserted Kiandra Hotelrenovated to suit his family. Just before leaving Kiandra, one of the daughtersdied as a result of burns sustained when the building caught fire. From therewas a constant number of moves; most of his family had grown up and married,but he and his devoted wife ever by his side moved from place to place until ulti-Page 6
mately he built a home for himself and family at Tuncurry in 1945. During thecourse of his married life he lived in no fewer than 20 homes.<strong>Grandparents</strong>Two incidents in his love for cricket are worth recording. He was due to play atBatlow one week-end, but earlier in the week took his brother Alf with him toinspect an alluvial mine about 15 miles from Yarrangobilly. To get back fromthere he had to cross the Tumut River below Talbingo, and with time runningout, he decided with his brother to ride their horses over the swollen floodedriver about 100yd wide. They did this and were saturated to the skin and thenrode their tired horses across rugged country to arrive only half an hour late atthe Batlow cricket ground. The second occasion as secretary of the "Wombats"Cricket Club, he arranged a tour of four matches over one Easter. This meantthat the whole team went by horseback or sulky to Wondalga on Good Friday,Adelong on Saturday, Tumut Easter Monday, and Gilmore the following day ,Tuesday. Can anyone imagine going such long distances on horseback, etc, today?George was laid to rest beside his devoted wife - after 67 years of married lifetogether - in a small cemetery at Failford where tall gum and iron bark trees surroundtheir graves, leaving them to rest side by side for all eternity.He left four sons and two daughters - Reta, Harold, Bert, Charlie, Jack and Maisie,all happily married, and four brothers and one sister - Will, Alf, Tom, Arthurand Ada. In addition, 22 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren live to remembera grand old couple."George Bell’s siblings William, Alfred, Thomas, Arthur and Ada Pigram.- c.1950Page 7
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