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... early morning departure so as to complete the day's objective before afternoon mountain showers put an end to outdoor sketching . One morning a friend and I entered the dining room a little after seven . We were not too early , for ...
... early morning departure so as to complete the day's objective before afternoon mountain showers put an end to outdoor sketching . One morning a friend and I entered the dining room a little after seven . We were not too early , for ...
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... early prospectors swarmed over the mountain in 1879 , staking claims and digging shafts in more than one hundred prospect holes . Most of the mines worked in the early days produced silver , except the Ground Hog which contained gold in ...
... early prospectors swarmed over the mountain in 1879 , staking claims and digging shafts in more than one hundred prospect holes . Most of the mines worked in the early days produced silver , except the Ground Hog which contained gold in ...
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... early prospector , who with another man discovered some rich mines in the vicinity in 1887. While making camp one night , Nolan crossed Brush Creek on a log , carrying his gun straight up . Then the trigger caught and the gun went off ...
... early prospector , who with another man discovered some rich mines in the vicinity in 1887. While making camp one night , Nolan crossed Brush Creek on a log , carrying his gun straight up . Then the trigger caught and the gun went off ...
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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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