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... spring of 1880 a townsite was laid out on this spot on a placer claim , which was known also as Chloride . As soon as the deep snows began to melt that spring , the passes swarmed with prospectors , many of them heading for Highland ...
... spring of 1880 a townsite was laid out on this spot on a placer claim , which was known also as Chloride . As soon as the deep snows began to melt that spring , the passes swarmed with prospectors , many of them heading for Highland ...
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... spring and summer two thousand men visited the site , digging pit holes and taking out samples of ore to be assayed , but they discovered only low grade ore , too poor to warrant further development . as Garfield Up to the spring of ...
... spring and summer two thousand men visited the site , digging pit holes and taking out samples of ore to be assayed , but they discovered only low grade ore , too poor to warrant further development . as Garfield Up to the spring of ...
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... spring , the spring , the beautiful spring , It's hurrying in like everything Today it shines , tomorrow it snows , And that's the way the wide world goes . The mountain tops are clothed in white , The old prospector still gets tight ...
... spring , the spring , the beautiful spring , It's hurrying in like everything Today it shines , tomorrow it snows , And that's the way the wide world goes . The mountain tops are clothed in white , The old prospector still gets tight ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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