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Silver was found by accident by two old prospectors. They had worked constantly
for nearly two years and found nothing. By the second summer they were
completely disgruntled and while eating lunch one day. sitting on a slab of rock,
one of ...
Silver was found by accident by two old prospectors. They had worked constantly
for nearly two years and found nothing. By the second summer they were
completely disgruntled and while eating lunch one day. sitting on a slab of rock,
one of ...
Page 340
He was a captain now and He was still leader of a smell party of prospectors. On
this second expedition in 1868 he explored the valleys of the Gunnison, Animas
and La Plata rivers, but again he found very little gold; and one by one the ...
He was a captain now and He was still leader of a smell party of prospectors. On
this second expedition in 1868 he explored the valleys of the Gunnison, Animas
and La Plata rivers, but again he found very little gold; and one by one the ...
Page 343
His story, though "fishy," was believed at the time, and he left the agency. In the
spring of 1874 some prospectors ran across his camp and the mutilated bodies of
his victims not far from Lake San Cristobal; four of the men had apparently been ...
His story, though "fishy," was believed at the time, and he left the agency. In the
spring of 1874 some prospectors ran across his camp and the mutilated bodies of
his victims not far from Lake San Cristobal; four of the men had apparently been ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Illustrated by | Muriel S. Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Swallow Press, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) Travel / Special Interest / General |
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