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Page 62
... lived in splendid style , with a suite at the Clarendon Hotel and one at the Vendome , as well as a mansion in Denver . The silver crash of 1893 was the death blow not only to Tabor but to the silver mining world and from it Tabor never ...
... lived in splendid style , with a suite at the Clarendon Hotel and one at the Vendome , as well as a mansion in Denver . The silver crash of 1893 was the death blow not only to Tabor but to the silver mining world and from it Tabor never ...
Page 98
... lived in that house years ago when it was a boardinghouse ; and at the end she wrote , ' We loved every old building . Happy children were we . ' " In Fairplay I found an old miner who knew the history of Leavick . " The tramway you saw ...
... lived in that house years ago when it was a boardinghouse ; and at the end she wrote , ' We loved every old building . Happy children were we . ' " In Fairplay I found an old miner who knew the history of Leavick . " The tramway you saw ...
Page 308
... lived in Liberty years before , when the camp was called Short Creek and when only prospectors were there , for the real boom did not come until 1900. She still had her mother's diary , written while at Liberty , but she assured me that ...
... lived in Liberty years before , when the camp was called Short Creek and when only prospectors were there , for the real boom did not come until 1900. She still had her mother's diary , written while at Liberty , but she assured me that ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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