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... turned it over to Miss Maggie McGinnis according to contract . Lack of sufficient water limited the town's development during the sixties . It is even whispered that a rival company diverted its proposed water supply to nearby Central ...
... turned it over to Miss Maggie McGinnis according to contract . Lack of sufficient water limited the town's development during the sixties . It is even whispered that a rival company diverted its proposed water supply to nearby Central ...
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... turned a corner and saw a cabin with a washbasin sitting on a shelf outside it . Further down the road was the mill . " Holy Cross City at last , " I thought and hurried ahead . If I hadn't been used to camps at timberline I would have ...
... turned a corner and saw a cabin with a washbasin sitting on a shelf outside it . Further down the road was the mill . " Holy Cross City at last , " I thought and hurried ahead . If I hadn't been used to camps at timberline I would have ...
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... turned largely to mining , milling and marketing of fluorspar , from great dykes of this mineral known for years to exist there but never before having proven as attractive as the silver and gold mines.— Mining in Boulder County ...
... turned largely to mining , milling and marketing of fluorspar , from great dykes of this mineral known for years to exist there but never before having proven as attractive as the silver and gold mines.— Mining in Boulder County ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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