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Page 160
... railroad was built to it to haul away the ore . As this camp and railroad were but four miles from Whitehorn and only a little further from Turret , ore from both camps was hauled in wagons to the railhead for transportation to the ...
... railroad was built to it to haul away the ore . As this camp and railroad were but four miles from Whitehorn and only a little further from Turret , ore from both camps was hauled in wagons to the railhead for transportation to the ...
Page 207
... railroad parallels the dirt road . " Drive ten miles west of the Butte and turn south on the road to the sawmill . Maybe you can drive to it , but from there on you'll have to follow the ' grade , ' ' the man in the store had said ...
... railroad parallels the dirt road . " Drive ten miles west of the Butte and turn south on the road to the sawmill . Maybe you can drive to it , but from there on you'll have to follow the ' grade , ' ' the man in the store had said ...
Page 441
... railroad , he gave out not the usual flabby strips of cardboard , but filigree - bordered plates of gold or silver bearing the recipient's name . Passes issued to less important persons were made of buckskin . The railroad grade through ...
... railroad , he gave out not the usual flabby strips of cardboard , but filigree - bordered plates of gold or silver bearing the recipient's name . Passes issued to less important persons were made of buckskin . The railroad grade through ...
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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