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... developed as the Durant , Spar , Smuggler and other famous mines . Just as the miners prepared to dig in for the winter , word of a Ute Indian uprising drove all but thirteen of them back over the range until the spring of 1880 , when ...
... developed as the Durant , Spar , Smuggler and other famous mines . Just as the miners prepared to dig in for the winter , word of a Ute Indian uprising drove all but thirteen of them back over the range until the spring of 1880 , when ...
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... developed it until it paid at the rate of $ 150,000 per month . The original claim ran into the territory of the Aspen mine and other properties , and a famous litigation case followed which cost $ 400,000 and ended in compromise . The ...
... developed it until it paid at the rate of $ 150,000 per month . The original claim ran into the territory of the Aspen mine and other properties , and a famous litigation case followed which cost $ 400,000 and ended in compromise . The ...
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... developed . John Fallon , a prospector , found the Sheridan in August , 1875 , but did not develop it extensively enough to see what he had . In 1878 he leased the claim to two men who cut a drift and discovered richer ore , and the ...
... developed . John Fallon , a prospector , found the Sheridan in August , 1875 , but did not develop it extensively enough to see what he had . In 1878 he leased the claim to two men who cut a drift and discovered richer ore , and the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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