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Page 115
George and David Griffith were Kentucky farmers who joined the gold rush to
Denver in 1858 and spent the winter in that raw - boned settlement . Hearing of
Gregory ' s discovery in 1859 they hastened to his diggings but found that all the
...
George and David Griffith were Kentucky farmers who joined the gold rush to
Denver in 1858 and spent the winter in that raw - boned settlement . Hearing of
Gregory ' s discovery in 1859 they hastened to his diggings but found that all the
...
Page 138
Then as winter snows began to collect on the mountainside , Gassy had an
original idea which , if carried out , would save him and his partner lots of work .
Instead of pushing the tunnel through hard quartz rock he suggested building the
...
Then as winter snows began to collect on the mountainside , Gassy had an
original idea which , if carried out , would save him and his partner lots of work .
Instead of pushing the tunnel through hard quartz rock he suggested building the
...
Page 209
In the fall all the necessary supplies for a crew of ten to fifteen men would be
packed in ; for the crew stayed at the mine all winter without coming out . Once a
week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of
his ...
In the fall all the necessary supplies for a crew of ten to fifteen men would be
packed in ; for the crew stayed at the mine all winter without coming out . Once a
week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of
his ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
The Aspen Country | 218 |
Off the Beaten Track | 246 |
Copyright | |
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Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle No preview available - 1991 |
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