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... continued until night- fall , at which time ladies and gentlemen of the locality repaired to the City Hall , that had been appropriately festooned , and to the melody of rich music , discoursed by the Thistle String Band , began to trip ...
... continued until night- fall , at which time ladies and gentlemen of the locality repaired to the City Hall , that had been appropriately festooned , and to the melody of rich music , discoursed by the Thistle String Band , began to trip ...
Page 321
... continued all through the winter . As the population increased , houses were built anywhere they could be crammed - on pole foundations over the stream , crowded into the rock walls , or jammed along the one long thorough- fare , which ...
... continued all through the winter . As the population increased , houses were built anywhere they could be crammed - on pole foundations over the stream , crowded into the rock walls , or jammed along the one long thorough- fare , which ...
Page 406
... continued to work it until his money was gone . For six months it lay idle , and then he sold it to a New York syndicate for $ 300,000 , with a cash payment of $ 75,000 . The syndicate bought a mill - site , built a railroad siding ...
... continued to work it until his money was gone . For six months it lay idle , and then he sold it to a New York syndicate for $ 300,000 , with a cash payment of $ 75,000 . The syndicate bought a mill - site , built a railroad siding ...
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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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