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... drove on for another mile or so to a fork in the road beyond which travel by car was impossible . " Where is Gothic ? " I asked some picnickers who were camped near the fork . " It's back about two miles . You drove through it , " they ...
... drove on for another mile or so to a fork in the road beyond which travel by car was impossible . " Where is Gothic ? " I asked some picnickers who were camped near the fork . " It's back about two miles . You drove through it , " they ...
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... drove back by way of Castleton . The General drove most of the way . He never allowed anyone but himself to hold the reins if he could help it - he even hated to ride in a stage unless he could drive . We put on a good show for him and ...
... drove back by way of Castleton . The General drove most of the way . He never allowed anyone but himself to hold the reins if he could help it - he even hated to ride in a stage unless he could drive . We put on a good show for him and ...
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... drove me all over the Gold Hill area , which he knew intimately , and after we had explored old trails to for- gotten mines , he drove down Lick Skillet gulch to Left Hand canyon to show me more old mills . The road down the gulch is ...
... drove me all over the Gold Hill area , which he knew intimately , and after we had explored old trails to for- gotten mines , he drove down Lick Skillet gulch to Left Hand canyon to show me more old mills . The road down the gulch is ...
Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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