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Page 122
Whenever I stayed at the hotel I always planned an early morning departure so
as to complete the day ' s objective before afternoon mountain showers put an
end to outdoor sketching . One morning a friend and I entered the dining room a ...
Whenever I stayed at the hotel I always planned an early morning departure so
as to complete the day ' s objective before afternoon mountain showers put an
end to outdoor sketching . One morning a friend and I entered the dining room a ...
Page 257
The town was originally called Nolan ' s Creek Camp after an early prospector ,
who with another man discovered some rich mines in the vicinity in 1887 . While
making camp one night , Nolan crossed Brush Creek on a log , carrying his gun ...
The town was originally called Nolan ' s Creek Camp after an early prospector ,
who with another man discovered some rich mines in the vicinity in 1887 . While
making camp one night , Nolan crossed Brush Creek on a log , carrying his gun ...
Page 400
Despite the fact that some of its claims date back to the seventies , the Old
Hundred Company did not develop the mines extensively until the early nineteen
- hundreds . The property was worked on levels which began a thousand feet
above ...
Despite the fact that some of its claims date back to the seventies , the Old
Hundred Company did not develop the mines extensively until the early nineteen
- hundreds . The property was worked on levels which began a thousand feet
above ...
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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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