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... half living , half dead at the Galena Belle cabin . His feet and ears were badly frozen . Our return trip took nearly as long as the trip in , for the road was so full of ruts and stones that even the jeep had to take it carefully . Half ...
... half living , half dead at the Galena Belle cabin . His feet and ears were badly frozen . Our return trip took nearly as long as the trip in , for the road was so full of ruts and stones that even the jeep had to take it carefully . Half ...
Page 476
... half the population was gone and almost half the buildings were empty . Even so the new city fathers opti- mistically asserted : " That Goldfield has a bright future even the most pessimistic will agree . " But in 1947 Goldfield's ...
... half the population was gone and almost half the buildings were empty . Even so the new city fathers opti- mistically asserted : " That Goldfield has a bright future even the most pessimistic will agree . " But in 1947 Goldfield's ...
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... half - hidden in underbrush , were all that indicated former activity . As we neared Leavick , the best - preserved cluster of build- ings a mill with two cabins behind it and a tram tower surrounded with tangled cables was on our right ...
... half - hidden in underbrush , were all that indicated former activity . As we neared Leavick , the best - preserved cluster of build- ings a mill with two cabins behind it and a tram tower surrounded with tangled cables was on our right ...
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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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