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Page 179
... prospectors . They had worked con- stantly 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 them said : ' Ain't anything ...
... prospectors . They had worked con- stantly 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 them said : ' Ain't anything ...
Page 233
... prospectors who had pitched their tents at Ute Spring expected to develop the land around their camp as a ranch , but in the spring of 1880 , when so many men poured into the region , D. M. Hyman , B. Clark Wheeler and other newcomers ...
... prospectors who had pitched their tents at Ute Spring expected to develop the land around their camp as a ranch , but in the spring of 1880 , when so many men poured into the region , D. M. Hyman , B. Clark Wheeler and other newcomers ...
Page 365
... prospectors were working over one hundred and fifty claims , " all staked on float , " for mineral was found scattered over the entire area . During the eighties and early nineties the camp was active and there was much talk of the ...
... prospectors were working over one hundred and fifty claims , " all staked on float , " for mineral was found scattered over the entire area . During the eighties and early nineties the camp was active and there was much talk of the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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