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Page 23
... showed me the composing stones that had been brought across the plains by oxteam and used ever since , and they pulled open drawers where fonts of wooden type of all sizes lay in orderly compartments and showed me handbills and theatre ...
... showed me the composing stones that had been brought across the plains by oxteam and used ever since , and they pulled open drawers where fonts of wooden type of all sizes lay in orderly compartments and showed me handbills and theatre ...
Page 222
... showed a pack train snaking down the slopes and picking its way along this one long street which was lined with houses on both sides . One look around convinced me that Crystal is the most beautifully sit- uated of all the old mining ...
... showed a pack train snaking down the slopes and picking its way along this one long street which was lined with houses on both sides . One look around convinced me that Crystal is the most beautifully sit- uated of all the old mining ...
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... showed us chunks of quartz , too , with seams of gold in them from his claim on Spanish creek near the summit of the range . It was rough country , but he swore there were lots of outcroppings of free gold up near his diggings . Nearly ...
... showed us chunks of quartz , too , with seams of gold in them from his claim on Spanish creek near the summit of the range . It was rough country , but he swore there were lots of outcroppings of free gold up near his diggings . Nearly ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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