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Page 290
Bailey then took from his pocket a large piece of horn silver and said , “ Where
you can dig stuff like this out of the ground , there is sure to be a town , and you
can bet your lunch house will succeed . " Austin , acting on this suggestion ,
pulled ...
Bailey then took from his pocket a large piece of horn silver and said , “ Where
you can dig stuff like this out of the ground , there is sure to be a town , and you
can bet your lunch house will succeed . " Austin , acting on this suggestion ,
pulled ...
Page 428
Just beyond the town along the bank of the Animas river stands a big empty mill
with a whole battery of windows down its sides , but not until I had shown my
sketch to a miner in Silverton did I discover what I ' d drawn . " That ' s the Silver
Lake ...
Just beyond the town along the bank of the Animas river stands a big empty mill
with a whole battery of windows down its sides , but not until I had shown my
sketch to a miner in Silverton did I discover what I ' d drawn . " That ' s the Silver
Lake ...
Page 530
A machine or establishment for pulverizing quartz ore , in order that the gold or
silver it contains may be separated by chemical means . A stamp mill . Reduction
works . Works for reducing metals from their ores , as a smelting works , cyanide ...
A machine or establishment for pulverizing quartz ore , in order that the gold or
silver it contains may be separated by chemical means . A stamp mill . Reduction
works . Works for reducing metals from their ores , as a smelting works , cyanide ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Leadville the Cloud City of the Rockies | 41 |
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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