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the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado. and its mines below me. she told
me how she came to Black Hawk as a bride, when most of the population was
Cornish — the Cousin Jacks and Cousin Jennies — as she called them; and as ...
the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado. and its mines below me. she told
me how she came to Black Hawk as a bride, when most of the population was
Cornish — the Cousin Jacks and Cousin Jennies — as she called them; and as ...
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a place of unusual prominence to a staid and quiet little town with a population of
one hundred and sixty-seven, a post office, several stores, a good hotel and
saloons." A year later it was a true ghost town and today only its site remains.
a place of unusual prominence to a staid and quiet little town with a population of
one hundred and sixty-seven, a post office, several stores, a good hotel and
saloons." A year later it was a true ghost town and today only its site remains.
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the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado. people in it. See that trail up on
the far mountain? That led over to Crystal, but the slides wrecked it and it was
never kept up. "Did you ever hear the story of Yank Baxter and his mine? Yank
was ...
the ghost towns and mining camps of Colorado. people in it. See that trail up on
the far mountain? That led over to Crystal, but the slides wrecked it and it was
never kept up. "Did you ever hear the story of Yank Baxter and his mine? Yank
was ...
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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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