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To offset the influence of such places as flourished on Blair street, the Silverton
Club was opened in 1888 to "keep young men from frequenting places of ignoble
influence of which many abound in all mining camps;" and to further improve the
...
To offset the influence of such places as flourished on Blair street, the Silverton
Club was opened in 1888 to "keep young men from frequenting places of ignoble
influence of which many abound in all mining camps;" and to further improve the
...
Page 425
The people of Silverton celebrated the one hundred-and-thirty-eighth anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns by a program, the proceeds of which were for the
benefit of the public school library fund. About $100 was cleared. The following ...
The people of Silverton celebrated the one hundred-and-thirty-eighth anniversary
of the birth of Robert Burns by a program, the proceeds of which were for the
benefit of the public school library fund. About $100 was cleared. The following ...
Page 433
"Silverton used to have 3000 people. Now it has 1500; yet we move more ore
than we did when the 3000 were in camp. The monthly payroll at the
Shenandoah-Dives is about $40,000, and as Silverton hasn't a bank nowadays,
the money is ...
"Silverton used to have 3000 people. Now it has 1500; yet we move more ore
than we did when the 3000 were in camp. The monthly payroll at the
Shenandoah-Dives is about $40,000, and as Silverton hasn't a bank nowadays,
the money is ...
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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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