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Page 33
... highway again . " 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 ...
... highway again . " 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 ...
Page 130
... highway , and now lay so far below us . " We leave this highway at the foot of the pass and follow the Snake River as far as Montezuma . It isn't a ghost town , but Sts . John , which is two miles further on , is ; and it's our real ...
... highway , and now lay so far below us . " We leave this highway at the foot of the pass and follow the Snake River as far as Montezuma . It isn't a ghost town , but Sts . John , which is two miles further on , is ; and it's our real ...
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... highway and spills down to the base of the ravine . Its big shaft house , which used to top the dump like a cupola on a roof , has burned down , but the rest of its surface buildings on Raven hill remain . Cribbing lines both sides of ...
... highway and spills down to the base of the ravine . Its big shaft house , which used to top the dump like a cupola on a roof , has burned down , but the rest of its surface buildings on Raven hill remain . Cribbing lines both sides of ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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