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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 of ...
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 of ...
Page 343
His story, though "fishy," was believed at the time, and he left the agency. 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 ...
His story, though "fishy," was believed at the time, and he left the agency. 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 ...
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
hundred ...
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
hundred ...
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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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