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... Hillerton , Abbeyville , Bowman and Dorchester . They camped on a creek and one morning couldn't find their horses ... Hillerton were laid out . Hillerton rose out of the sage brush in 1879 , one month later than Virginia City , and was ...
... Hillerton , Abbeyville , Bowman and Dorchester . They camped on a creek and one morning couldn't find their horses ... Hillerton were laid out . Hillerton rose out of the sage brush in 1879 , one month later than Virginia City , and was ...
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... Hillerton by the Columbine Gold Dredging Company between 1908 and 1912 , but the project was a financial loss . By 1910 much of the mining in the vicinity had ceased , and by 1912 the town was almost deserted again . The final blow came ...
... Hillerton by the Columbine Gold Dredging Company between 1908 and 1912 , but the project was a financial loss . By 1910 much of the mining in the vicinity had ceased , and by 1912 the town was almost deserted again . The final blow came ...
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... Hillerton and Virginia City were founded . As soon as the news of the strike at Gothic reached Hillerton and Virginia City , forty miles away , those camps became temporarily deserted as miners rushed over to the newest diggings . The ...
... Hillerton and Virginia City were founded . As soon as the news of the strike at Gothic reached Hillerton and Virginia City , forty miles away , those camps became temporarily deserted as miners rushed over to the newest diggings . The ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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