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Page 126
"Maybe we'll see the prospector and his pack train," suggested Gene by way of
encouragement as we struggled up the rocky path. As the trail rose before us I
began to set goals for myself and to wonder how much farther I really wanted to
go.
"Maybe we'll see the prospector and his pack train," suggested Gene by way of
encouragement as we struggled up the rocky path. As the trail rose before us I
began to set goals for myself and to wonder how much farther I really wanted to
go.
Page 158
Sweeping out over space around the rocky cliff below Alpine was just as thrilling
on the down grade as it was on the up, and the Chalk Cliffs were even more
impressive seen in the late afternoon light, when the shadows model their ashy ...
Sweeping out over space around the rocky cliff below Alpine was just as thrilling
on the down grade as it was on the up, and the Chalk Cliffs were even more
impressive seen in the late afternoon light, when the shadows model their ashy ...
Page 164
the rocky peaks around us looked close in the sharp morning light. As the car had
now stopped boiling and leaking, we started down the road. Reaching the cabins
, we stopped to study them. There were quite a number dotted through the ...
the rocky peaks around us looked close in the sharp morning light. As the car had
now stopped boiling and leaking, we started down the road. Reaching the cabins
, we stopped to study them. There were quite a number dotted through the ...
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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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