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Page 94
... Lode was struck , and Buckckin was on the map . Hoards of disappointed prospectors from California Gulch poured over the range to the new diggings at the rate of seventy - five to a hundred and twenty- five a day , and the little camp ...
... Lode was struck , and Buckckin was on the map . Hoards of disappointed prospectors from California Gulch poured over the range to the new diggings at the rate of seventy - five to a hundred and twenty- five a day , and the little camp ...
Page 116
... lode about fifteen miles from Georgetown . His discovery and that of the Belmont Lode started a general stampede from the gold camps , which were beginning to play out , to the new silver district . Early in 1864 Georgetown had but four ...
... lode about fifteen miles from Georgetown . His discovery and that of the Belmont Lode started a general stampede from the gold camps , which were beginning to play out , to the new silver district . Early in 1864 Georgetown had but four ...
Page 139
... lode mines or drifted to new mining districts where silver was beginning to attract attention . " Empire by 1866 had two intersecting streets , one of which climbed a mile and a half up the hill to North Empire , where the Empire mine ...
... lode mines or drifted to new mining districts where silver was beginning to attract attention . " Empire by 1866 had two intersecting streets , one of which climbed a mile and a half up the hill to North Empire , where the Empire mine ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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