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Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st President of the United States, spent a year working for Bewick Moreing Company as a mining inspector, overseeing its Western Australian gold mines.

In 1897, he arrived at Coolgardie, a remote town in Western Australia, on the tail end of the WA goldrush. As a mining engineer, his job was to select the mines which had the best prospects.

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