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Preface Perhaps it is strange that someone brought up in a big eastern city ,
completely ignorant of mining and all that goes with it , should willingly abandon
the east and become steeped in the history of pioneer Colorado . And perhaps it
is ...
Preface Perhaps it is strange that someone brought up in a big eastern city ,
completely ignorant of mining and all that goes with it , should willingly abandon
the east and become steeped in the history of pioneer Colorado . And perhaps it
is ...
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At first I recorded only the most famous towns , such as Central City and Leadville
, but when I learned of others , some completely abandoned years ago , I was
anxious to visit them too . To locate them was often hard enough , but to reach ...
At first I recorded only the most famous towns , such as Central City and Leadville
, but when I learned of others , some completely abandoned years ago , I was
anxious to visit them too . To locate them was often hard enough , but to reach ...
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Then it wound through groves of aspen and pine , where spring torrents had
completely cut away the surface , leaving exposed boulders and rocks which had
to be straddled or driven around , with the car tipped at precarious angles .
Then it wound through groves of aspen and pine , where spring torrents had
completely cut away the surface , leaving exposed boulders and rocks which had
to be straddled or driven around , with the car tipped at precarious angles .
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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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