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"Many of the old mine dumps have been shovelled into highway trucks and
hauled here to surface this four-mile stretch. There is always some ore left in the
dumps, so it's true that we are riding on gold." Before I could comment, he pointed
to a ...
"Many of the old mine dumps have been shovelled into highway trucks and
hauled here to surface this four-mile stretch. There is always some ore left in the
dumps, so it's true that we are riding on gold." Before I could comment, he pointed
to a ...
Page 437
Ironton Park, but the greatest concentration of buildings and dumps is in front of
the incredibly red mountain with its iron-stained sides. As seen from the Million
Dollar Highway, these mines cover an area about four miles in length and behind
...
Ironton Park, but the greatest concentration of buildings and dumps is in front of
the incredibly red mountain with its iron-stained sides. As seen from the Million
Dollar Highway, these mines cover an area about four miles in length and behind
...
Page 514
In those days fifty cabins and a schoolhouse filled the gulch and a railroad station
stood just below the Dew Drop mine dump. Farther down the gulch was the Big
Five property — a group of buildings operated in the nineties by a syndicate ...
In those days fifty cabins and a schoolhouse filled the gulch and a railroad station
stood just below the Dew Drop mine dump. Farther down the gulch was the Big
Five property — a group of buildings operated in the nineties by a syndicate ...
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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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