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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 boom, ...
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 boom, ...
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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
express ...
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
express ...
Page 497
"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 |
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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