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The approach to Monarch Pass from Salida is full of ghost towns , or at least of
towns whose existence is due to a mining boom in 1880 , which brought
prospectors tumbling into the region . Poncha Springs was laid out in 1874
before the ...
The approach to Monarch Pass from Salida is full of ghost towns , or at least of
towns whose existence is due to a mining boom in 1880 , which brought
prospectors tumbling into the region . Poncha Springs was laid out in 1874
before the ...
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A second boom occurred in 1890 , when free - milling gold was found in gash
veins which promised well but pinched out the deeper they were worked . During
this boom the major portion of the town was built , and a mail and passenger ...
A second boom occurred in 1890 , when free - milling gold was found in gash
veins which promised well but pinched out the deeper they were worked . During
this boom the major portion of the town was built , and a mail and passenger ...
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After the boom started you should have seen this road , chock full of rigs , wagons
and even Stanley Steamers , which were the only cars that could make the grade
up through the Narrows of the canyon and up this hill by the dam . “ During the ...
After the boom started you should have seen this road , chock full of rigs , wagons
and even Stanley Steamers , which were the only cars that could make the grade
up through the Narrows of the canyon and up this hill by the dam . “ During the ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Falsefront Silver Plume | 5 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Author | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
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