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... Crested Butte , 30 miles from Gunnison . Gene and I drove along the Taylor River to Almont , where the highway to Crested Butte joins the Taylor River road . For miles we crossed ranch country with wide meadows , green with alfalfa or ...
... Crested Butte , 30 miles from Gunnison . Gene and I drove along the Taylor River to Almont , where the highway to Crested Butte joins the Taylor River road . For miles we crossed ranch country with wide meadows , green with alfalfa or ...
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... Crested Butte , at whose foot is the town which bears its name . Crested Butte is located at the junction of Slate and Coal creeks , and was laid cut in the spring of 1879 , shortly after vast coal fields were discovered close by and ...
... Crested Butte , at whose foot is the town which bears its name . Crested Butte is located at the junction of Slate and Coal creeks , and was laid cut in the spring of 1879 , shortly after vast coal fields were discovered close by and ...
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... Crested Butte . It was September , the weather was perfect , the aspens were turning the hillsides to molten gold and we felt equal to any- thing . In Crested Butte I inquired of the postmaster the way to Floresta . and just as I was ...
... Crested Butte . It was September , the weather was perfect , the aspens were turning the hillsides to molten gold and we felt equal to any- thing . In Crested Butte I inquired of the postmaster the way to Floresta . and just as I was ...
Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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