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Long before a toll road was begun over Mosquito Pass, the London and other
paying mines were discovered and developed. The London mine is still one of
the largest in the county, and on our ride up Mosquito Gulch we saw it? gleaming
...
Long before a toll road was begun over Mosquito Pass, the London and other
paying mines were discovered and developed. The London mine is still one of
the largest in the county, and on our ride up Mosquito Gulch we saw it? gleaming
...
Page 153
The D. & R. G. started from Salida and built through Poncha Springs and over
Marshall Pass, reaching Gunnison in 1881. The South Park reached that city in
September 1882 by tunneling through the Divide at Altman Pass above St. Elmo.
The D. & R. G. started from Salida and built through Poncha Springs and over
Marshall Pass, reaching Gunnison in 1881. The South Park reached that city in
September 1882 by tunneling through the Divide at Altman Pass above St. Elmo.
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One was to find the smelter in Geneva Gulch and the other was to cross Boreas
Pass. The road to Geneva Ski Basin and Guanella Pass leaves Highway 285 at
Grant and skirts Geneva Creek (named by Swiss prospectors), past Tumbling ...
One was to find the smelter in Geneva Gulch and the other was to cross Boreas
Pass. The road to Geneva Ski Basin and Guanella Pass leaves Highway 285 at
Grant and skirts Geneva Creek (named by Swiss prospectors), past Tumbling ...
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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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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Illustrated by | Muriel S. Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Swallow Press, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Travel / Special Interest / General |
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