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Page 45
Then the gulch lay quiet until the late seventies when another boom, madder
than the first, began. In 1874 W. H. Stevens of Detroit, in company with A. B.
Wood, came to the diggings and began the construction of a twelve-mile ditch for
the ...
Then the gulch lay quiet until the late seventies when another boom, madder
than the first, began. In 1874 W. H. Stevens of Detroit, in company with A. B.
Wood, came to the diggings and began the construction of a twelve-mile ditch for
the ...
Page 242
On the twenty-fourth the divers descended through sixty feet of water to reach the
pumps and before noon reached the bottom, started the pumps, and immediately
the water level began to lower. A sleigh, sent down from the mine entrance for ...
On the twenty-fourth the divers descended through sixty feet of water to reach the
pumps and before noon reached the bottom, started the pumps, and immediately
the water level began to lower. A sleigh, sent down from the mine entrance for ...
Page 299
Both owners re-surveyed their properties preliminary to receiving patents, and
lawyers began "buckling on their armor and rejoicing in the prospect of a legal
fight." Although a great deal of ore was found, much of it was low grade, and the
cost ...
Both owners re-surveyed their properties preliminary to receiving patents, and
lawyers began "buckling on their armor and rejoicing in the prospect of a legal
fight." Although a great deal of ore was found, much of it was low grade, and the
cost ...
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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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