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A botanist friend of mine asked if I had ever been to Yankee Hill, four Yankee
miles above Central City. He described the large ore mill and trestle to the mine,
which were still standing, and when I questioned him about the road there he ...
A botanist friend of mine asked if I had ever been to Yankee Hill, four Yankee
miles above Central City. He described the large ore mill and trestle to the mine,
which were still standing, and when I questioned him about the road there he ...
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passed a hidden lake at the bottom of a bowl of low hills. Beyond, the road
wound for another ... Smith Hill that we might go to Floresta, another ghost camp
that I had heard of in the vicinity of Crested Butte. It was September, the weather
was ...
passed a hidden lake at the bottom of a bowl of low hills. Beyond, the road
wound for another ... Smith Hill that we might go to Floresta, another ghost camp
that I had heard of in the vicinity of Crested Butte. It was September, the weather
was ...
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On one trip to Gold Hill I stayed in the home of a woman whose parlor contained
a small organ which had been brought across the plains by oxteam. She told me
about the days when wild raspberries grew in abundance on the hill above the ...
On one trip to Gold Hill I stayed in the home of a woman whose parlor contained
a small organ which had been brought across the plains by oxteam. She told me
about the days when wild raspberries grew in abundance on the hill above the ...
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Contents
Central City panorama | 6 |
Preface | 8 |
Gold in the Hills | 10 |
Copyright | |
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Animas Forks Aspen became began boom buildings built burro cabins called canyon Central City church claims climbed Colorado Creede Crested Butte Cripple Creek crossed Denver discovered district drive drove dumps Fairplay feet fire Georgetown ghost town gold grade gulch Gunnison highway hill Hillerton horses hundred Idaho Springs Irwin Lake City later Leadville located lode looked meadow miles mill Mineral Point miners mining camps morning night opened Opera House Ouray packed Park Pass peaks population post office prospectors railroad ranch reached Red Mountain River road rock rocky Rosita saloons San Juan shaft houses side Silver Cliff Silver Plume Silverton sketch slopes smelter snow spring started steep stood stream summer Teller House timber Tin Cup told toll road town townsite trail trees trip tunnel valley vein wagon winter
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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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