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He was known to have wandered alone down trails on errands and to have
waited patiently in front of a store until the written order tied to his bridle was read
and a load of provisions was packed on his back. His last owner was Rupert M.
He was known to have wandered alone down trails on errands and to have
waited patiently in front of a store until the written order tied to his bridle was read
and a load of provisions was packed on his back. His last owner was Rupert M.
Page 209
All supplies had to be packed in by burro and all the ore had to be sacked and
packed out. In the fall all the necessary supplies for a crew of ten to fifteen men
would be packed in: for the crew stayed at the mine all winter without coming out.
All supplies had to be packed in by burro and all the ore had to be sacked and
packed out. In the fall all the necessary supplies for a crew of ten to fifteen men
would be packed in: for the crew stayed at the mine all winter without coming out.
Page 360
That mining machinery ever arrived at the remote locations at which mills and
smelters were built seems a miracle, and had it not been for sturdy "jacks" who
packed or dragged heavy parts of boilers and stamps over tortuous trails, and ...
That mining machinery ever arrived at the remote locations at which mills and
smelters were built seems a miracle, and had it not been for sturdy "jacks" who
packed or dragged heavy parts of boilers and stamps over tortuous trails, and ...
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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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