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Snow drove them away from their diggings for the winter, and while working their
way out they either became snow-blind or were killed by Indians. At any rate their
story became a legend and hundreds of prospectors tried to find "Snow Blind ...
Snow drove them away from their diggings for the winter, and while working their
way out they either became snow-blind or were killed by Indians. At any rate their
story became a legend and hundreds of prospectors tried to find "Snow Blind ...
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Aspen had a very merry Christmas, but two days later the pumps became
clogged with debris and stopped again. The divers were wired for. and returning
once more, set the pumps in motion. A diving suit was purchased by the mine,
and the ...
Aspen had a very merry Christmas, but two days later the pumps became
clogged with debris and stopped again. The divers were wired for. and returning
once more, set the pumps in motion. A diving suit was purchased by the mine,
and the ...
Page 381
"There was a little flurry of mining around here in the spring of 1887," I told Jane. "
Gold City was laid out on Unaweep creek, but the bars petered out and by August
all the miners left. A year later the site of Gold City became Dallas, named for ...
"There was a little flurry of mining around here in the spring of 1887," I told Jane. "
Gold City was laid out on Unaweep creek, but the bars petered out and by August
all the miners left. A year later the site of Gold City became Dallas, named for ...
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Contents
Central City panorama | 6 |
Preface | 8 |
Gold in the Hills | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to timberline: the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1949 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Aug 2010 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc Colorado Extinct cities History / United States / State & Local / West Mines and mineral resources Technology & Engineering / Mining |
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