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wordy sentence

I tried to rewrite the sentence in a consice way. Can I have your comments?

1. The town was founded by Billy Baker, the first miner to find quantities of gold in large amounts in the rea.

--> Billy Baker, the first miner to find a larage amount of god in the area , founded the town.

2. Barkeville was good with lots of facilites such as a church, a library, and a theatre.

--> Barkeville had many good facilites, such as a church, library and theatre.

3.Several years after the town was founded, it was abandonded. The reason why the two was abandoned was that the gold ran out.

-->The town was abandonded because the gold ran out several years after it was founded.
  

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Not enough: you're not being creative enough in recasting. 1. The town was founded by Billy Baker, the first miner to find quantities of gold in large amounts in the area.

  • Not enough: you're not being creative enough in recasting.
  • 1.
  • The town was founded by Billy Baker, the first miner to find quantities of gold in large amounts in the area.
  • --> Billy Baker, the first miner to strike gold in the area, founded the town.
  • 2.
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Not enough: you're not being creative enough in recasting.

1. The town was founded by Billy Baker, the first miner to find quantities of gold in large amounts in the area.
--> Billy Baker, the first miner to strike gold in the area, founded the town.

2. Barkerville was good with lots of facilities such as a church, a library, and a theatre.--The underl

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