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In the late 1890's, Kalgoorlie's streets were a flurry of construction and development as the wealth generated in the gold mines was flaunted in grand and impressive architecture. With its prominent position in the centre of the city, the Palace Hotel, built in 1897, has been the scene of many famous and infamous occurrences One of our regular guests was Herbert Hoover, who as a young mining engineer worked in the Goldfields for several years. During this time he reportedly fell in love with a barmaid at the hotel before leaving to marry his college sweetheart and continue his mining career in China before rising to take the American Presidency in 1929. The elaborately carved mirror which stands in the foyer of the hotel was his parting gift to the Hotel where he spend much of his time
