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... camp watching its progress . By 1896 over $ 100,000 had been invested in mining property and so many new houses had been built that the camp was said to resemble Cripple Creek in 1891 at the beginning of its boom . Like all the camps in ...
... camp watching its progress . By 1896 over $ 100,000 had been invested in mining property and so many new houses had been built that the camp was said to resemble Cripple Creek in 1891 at the beginning of its boom . Like all the camps in ...
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... camp . The mining district was divided into two camps . Farwell's property was in Way's Gulch , and his camp was called International Camp or National City , but the miners called it Bug Town because all the " big bugs " lived there ...
... camp . The mining district was divided into two camps . Farwell's property was in Way's Gulch , and his camp was called International Camp or National City , but the miners called it Bug Town because all the " big bugs " lived there ...
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... camp and the mines of the region . By 1883 several mines were being worked and new strikes at- tracted one thousand men to the properties . The Esperanza was the oldest location in the camp and was still being worked in 1928. The ...
... camp and the mines of the region . By 1883 several mines were being worked and new strikes at- tracted one thousand men to the properties . The Esperanza was the oldest location in the camp and was still being worked in 1928. The ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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