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Page 34
... Denver merchants to fix the value of gold dust at $ 15-17 an ounce instead of $ 16-18 . The miners declared that they would support mountain dealers rather than those of Denver as long as the former would take gold in payment at the ...
... Denver merchants to fix the value of gold dust at $ 15-17 an ounce instead of $ 16-18 . The miners declared that they would support mountain dealers rather than those of Denver as long as the former would take gold in payment at the ...
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... Denver . The famous " Loop " was known even in the east , and before reaching Denver I had determined to do two bits of sight - seeing - one , to climb the dome of the Capitol and the other , to take the narrow gauge road to the old ...
... Denver . The famous " Loop " was known even in the east , and before reaching Denver I had determined to do two bits of sight - seeing - one , to climb the dome of the Capitol and the other , to take the narrow gauge road to the old ...
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... Denver and Rio Grande road was completed to Creede , but trains did not run regularly until December . Less than three months afterwards each trainload brought two to three hundred more people to the overcrowded camp . As a ...
... Denver and Rio Grande road was completed to Creede , but trains did not run regularly until December . Less than three months afterwards each trainload brought two to three hundred more people to the overcrowded camp . As a ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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