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Georgetown Straight ahead, at what appears to be the head of the valley lies
Georgetown, locked in on *hree sides by steep mountains and nearly hidden by
the trees which line its streets. It is unique among Colorado mining towns, for
from ...
Georgetown Straight ahead, at what appears to be the head of the valley lies
Georgetown, locked in on *hree sides by steep mountains and nearly hidden by
the trees which line its streets. It is unique among Colorado mining towns, for
from ...
Page 207
we called, and she pointed to a road that led through the trees instead of to the
railroad grade, which swung off in the underbrush and disappeared. The road
was easy to follow except where rivulets cut across it or where swamp grass grew
...
we called, and she pointed to a road that led through the trees instead of to the
railroad grade, which swung off in the underbrush and disappeared. The road
was easy to follow except where rivulets cut across it or where swamp grass grew
...
Page 260
This line is also marked by blazed trees on both sides. Here turn due north and
about two hundred feet from the last blazed tree you will see three tall trees
standing in a triangle. These trees have their tops broken off about thirty feet up.
This is ...
This line is also marked by blazed trees on both sides. Here turn due north and
about two hundred feet from the last blazed tree you will see three tall trees
standing in a triangle. These trees have their tops broken off about thirty feet up.
This is ...
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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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