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Page 179
Silver was found by accident by two old prospectors . They had worked
constantly for nearly two years and found nothing . By the second summer they
were completely disgruntled and while eating lunch one day , sitting on a slab of
rock , one ...
Silver was found by accident by two old prospectors . They had worked
constantly for nearly two years and found nothing . By the second summer they
were completely disgruntled and while eating lunch one day , sitting on a slab of
rock , one ...
Page 343
In the spring of 1874 some prospectors ran across his camp and the mutilated
bodies of his victims not far from Lake San Cristobal ; four of the men had
apparently been murdered as they slept , but the fifth had put up a struggle .
In the spring of 1874 some prospectors ran across his camp and the mutilated
bodies of his victims not far from Lake San Cristobal ; four of the men had
apparently been murdered as they slept , but the fifth had put up a struggle .
Page 365
Although some of the camp was situated at a 12 , 000 - foot elevation and was
completely above timberline , the lower parts of it were set in groves of tall white
pines . Before long more than a hundred prospectors were working over one ...
Although some of the camp was situated at a 12 , 000 - foot elevation and was
completely above timberline , the lower parts of it were set in groves of tall white
pines . Before long more than a hundred prospectors were working over one ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
The Aspen Country | 218 |
Off the Beaten Track | 246 |
Copyright | |
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Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle No preview available - 1991 |
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