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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 ...
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 ...
Page 340
He was a captain now and he was still leader of a small party of prospectors . ...
small mountain - rimmed valley which he and his companions explored so
extensively was called Baker ' s Park after the persistent but unfortunate
prospector .
He was a captain now and he was still leader of a small party of prospectors . ...
small mountain - rimmed valley which he and his companions explored so
extensively was called Baker ' s Park after the persistent but unfortunate
prospector .
Page 343
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 murdered as they slept , but the fifth had put up a struggle .
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 murdered as they slept , but the fifth had put up a struggle .
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Falsefront Silver Plume | 5 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Author | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
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