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Page 100
Incoming freight trains brought twenty carloads of merchandise and supplies a
day and left with ten or more loads of ore and bullion and a few cars of coal . With
the Leadville excitement at its peak and men rushing to the carbonate camp , the
...
Incoming freight trains brought twenty carloads of merchandise and supplies a
day and left with ten or more loads of ore and bullion and a few cars of coal . With
the Leadville excitement at its peak and men rushing to the carbonate camp , the
...
Page 112
There was also a billiard table which came from Oswego , New York , and a
square piano which was brought across the plains by ox cart to Central City and
later to Idaho Springs , Fall River and Freeland , eventually finding its way to this
...
There was also a billiard table which came from Oswego , New York , and a
square piano which was brought across the plains by ox cart to Central City and
later to Idaho Springs , Fall River and Freeland , eventually finding its way to this
...
Page 504
Its exhibit of silver ore at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition attracted “ the
attention of the whole world " and brought more men to the already crowded
district . Mining continued to flourish , but the peak of the boom was past and
slowly the ...
Its exhibit of silver ore at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition attracted “ the
attention of the whole world " and brought more men to the already crowded
district . Mining continued to flourish , but the peak of the boom was past and
slowly the ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
The Aspen Country | 218 |
Off the Beaten Track | 246 |
Copyright | |
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Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle No preview available - 1991 |
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