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Page 115
... winter in that raw - boned settlement . Hearing of Gregory's discovery in 1859 they hastened to his diggings but found that all the good claims had been staked out . Drifting over to Russell Gulch , George began to prospect and ...
... winter in that raw - boned settlement . Hearing of Gregory's discovery in 1859 they hastened to his diggings but found that all the good claims had been staked out . Drifting over to Russell Gulch , George began to prospect and ...
Page 138
... 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 ...
... 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
... winter without coming out . Once a week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of his life . to get the mail . Sometimes he didn't make it . " It was snow more than anything else that crippled the ...
... winter without coming out . Once a week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of his life . to get the mail . Sometimes he didn't make it . " It was snow more than anything else that crippled the ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
West of the Divide | 7 |
Central City panorama | 13 |
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