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... Black Hawk Club . That was the last straw , for I knew that Black Hawk was one mile from Central City and here in front of me were nine men who in a few hours would be going to within one mile of my destination while I sat in Nederland ...
... Black Hawk Club . That was the last straw , for I knew that Black Hawk was one mile from Central City and here in front of me were nine men who in a few hours would be going to within one mile of my destination while I sat in Nederland ...
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... Black Hawk ; the rattling of their descending stamps , night and day , speaks in thunder tones of the great wealth of this mountain country , one of the great treasure - chambers of the American Continent . At the foot of the hill was ...
... Black Hawk ; the rattling of their descending stamps , night and day , speaks in thunder tones of the great wealth of this mountain country , one of the great treasure - chambers of the American Continent . At the foot of the hill was ...
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... Black Hawk Mining Journal , Dec. 22 , 1863 . During the seventies a Skating Rink was opened at Black Hawk which provided entertainment " at once healthful and innocent . " When it was razed in 1878 and " its lumber put to another use ...
... Black Hawk Mining Journal , Dec. 22 , 1863 . During the seventies a Skating Rink was opened at Black Hawk which provided entertainment " at once healthful and innocent . " When it was razed in 1878 and " its lumber put to another use ...
Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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Animas Forks Aspen became began Black Hawk boom buildings built burro cabins called canyon Carbonate Central City church claims climbed Colorado Creede Crested Butte Cripple Creek crossed Denver district drive drove dumps Fairplay feet fire Georgetown ghost town gold grade gulch Gunnison highway hill Hillerton horses hundred Idaho Springs Irwin Lake City Leadville located lode looked main street meadow miles mill Mineral Point miners mining camps morning mountain night opened Opera House Ouray Park Pass peaks population post office prospectors railroad ranch reached River road rock rocky Rosita saloons San Juan schoolhouse shaft houses side Silver Cliff Silver Plume Silverton sketch slopes smelter snow spring started steep stood stream summer Teller House Telluride timber Tin Cup told toll road townsite trail trees trip tunnel valley vein wagon winter