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... Idaho Springs he showed me the smoke screen that was placed over the engine's stack to prevent stray sparks from igniting the timber and causing forest fires and he told about the hot springs which gave the town its name . As we pulled ...
... Idaho Springs he showed me the smoke screen that was placed over the engine's stack to prevent stray sparks from igniting the timber and causing forest fires and he told about the hot springs which gave the town its name . As we pulled ...
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The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle. Idaho Springs Alice and Fall River LAMARTINE is no indication of mining activity in the area until one reaches Idaho Springs , where the first gold found in Clear Creek ...
The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado Muriel Sibell Wolle. Idaho Springs Alice and Fall River LAMARTINE is no indication of mining activity in the area until one reaches Idaho Springs , where the first gold found in Clear Creek ...
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... Idaho Springs , Fall River and Freeland , eventually finding its way to this mountain hotel . Sitting at the dusty instrument he played a few bars upon it and then undraping a small organ in another part of the room he performed upon it ...
... Idaho Springs , Fall River and Freeland , eventually finding its way to this mountain hotel . Sitting at the dusty instrument he played a few bars upon it and then undraping a small organ in another part of the room he performed upon it ...
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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