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... vein . Experts hired at $ 100 a day , showed that this was true - the original vein , although diverted in one spot by a mass of rock , was being worked by both mines . Both com- panies eyed the ore which the other extracted , believing ...
... vein . Experts hired at $ 100 a day , showed that this was true - the original vein , although diverted in one spot by a mass of rock , was being worked by both mines . Both com- panies eyed the ore which the other extracted , believing ...
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... vein from which it came and discovered the Yankee Girl mine . On the twentieth of September , when the shaft was only twenty feet deep . he sold the claim for $ 125,000 cash . Not being able to determine in which direction the vein lay ...
... vein from which it came and discovered the Yankee Girl mine . On the twentieth of September , when the shaft was only twenty feet deep . he sold the claim for $ 125,000 cash . Not being able to determine in which direction the vein lay ...
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... vein or deposit . The oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein . The face of a working . A telluride of gold and silver . Ores containing a considerable proportion of carbonate of lead . An ore shoot . A natural vent or opening in the ...
... vein or deposit . The oxidized or decomposed outcrop of a vein . The face of a working . A telluride of gold and silver . Ores containing a considerable proportion of carbonate of lead . An ore shoot . A natural vent or opening in the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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