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The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle. CHAPTER FIVE Georgetown and Its Neighbors ( For map see inside of back cover ) IN 1925 I took the Georgetown Loop Excursion trip to the mountains west of Denver . The ...
The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle. CHAPTER FIVE Georgetown and Its Neighbors ( For map see inside of back cover ) IN 1925 I took the Georgetown Loop Excursion trip to the mountains west of Denver . The ...
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... Georgetown . His discovery and that of the Belmont Lode started a general stampede from the gold camps , which were beginning to play out , to the new silver district . Early in 1864 Georgetown had but four cabins and its hills were ...
... Georgetown . His discovery and that of the Belmont Lode started a general stampede from the gold camps , which were beginning to play out , to the new silver district . Early in 1864 Georgetown had but four cabins and its hills were ...
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... Georgetown is the center from which I have made many trips to the mountain towns , and the Hotel de Paris is the center of Georgetown . Whenever I stayed at the hotel I always planned an early morning departure so as to complete the ...
... Georgetown is the center from which I have made many trips to the mountain towns , and the Hotel de Paris is the center of Georgetown . Whenever I stayed at the hotel I always planned an early morning departure so as to complete the ...
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