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The buzz of conversation . . . was almost deafening and kept up all through the
night, for because of the scarcity of sleeping accommodations many . . . were
waityig for more fortunate and earlier comers to vacate beds at various lodgings,
and ...
The buzz of conversation . . . was almost deafening and kept up all through the
night, for because of the scarcity of sleeping accommodations many . . . were
waityig for more fortunate and earlier comers to vacate beds at various lodgings,
and ...
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Armed men were placed on the two properties, and night after night they sat
guarding the disputed holes from which such rich ore was being taken. The camp
was divided into two factions, one siding with Goerke and one with Bannon.
Armed men were placed on the two properties, and night after night they sat
guarding the disputed holes from which such rich ore was being taken. The camp
was divided into two factions, one siding with Goerke and one with Bannon.
Page 471
The men often made midnight raids on shafts where night shifts were not working
, or they would go into unused shafts where there was known to be valuable ore
and drill at night, working by candlelight and making small blasts that could not ...
The men often made midnight raids on shafts where night shifts were not working
, or they would go into unused shafts where there was known to be valuable ore
and drill at night, working by candlelight and making small blasts that could not ...
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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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