The book is in memory of the author's brother John Reside, the first MLA for the new seat of Hannan but who died very suddenly in 1902.
The book presents a history of the Western Australian goldfields from the discovery of gold to the roaring 1920s. The book is a mixture of anecdotes, reminiscences and descriptive social, mining and biographical history.
The early goldfields and the men who shaped the politics of mining.
Well illustrated.