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The man was right — there was no trail and we had to push aside branches and
work our way between them or pick spots for our feet among rocks and roots. At
one point the stream was at our side and the ground was slippery, not only from ...
The man was right — there was no trail and we had to push aside branches and
work our way between them or pick spots for our feet among rocks and roots. At
one point the stream was at our side and the ground was slippery, not only from ...
Page 426
Eleven snowslides are down, seven to thirty feet deep and from fifty to four
hundred and fifty feet long. One of the larger slides plunged into the river bed,
forming a dam. The river backed up several hundred feet, covering the railroad
tracks, ...
Eleven snowslides are down, seven to thirty feet deep and from fifty to four
hundred and fifty feet long. One of the larger slides plunged into the river bed,
forming a dam. The river backed up several hundred feet, covering the railroad
tracks, ...
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Some were short, some tall, and where the tram crossed upper Arastra gulch the
towers were far apart and the bottom of the canyon 3000 feet below. The grade at
that point was seventy percent, or almost straight up! A long bucket, or "dead" ...
Some were short, some tall, and where the tram crossed upper Arastra gulch the
towers were far apart and the bottom of the canyon 3000 feet below. The grade at
that point was seventy percent, or almost straight up! A long bucket, or "dead" ...
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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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