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Page 207
... road bed of the 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 ...
... road bed of the 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 ...
Page 208
... road you took was all right . I used to haul freight in here 40 years ago when the mine was running . Part of the year we used to drive in over snowpacked roads . Did you notice the trees all along the road with scars as high as twenty ...
... road you took was all right . I used to haul freight in here 40 years ago when the mine was running . Part of the year we used to drive in over snowpacked roads . Did you notice the trees all along the road with scars as high as twenty ...
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... road he could not have made Silverton , for there was no road nor could he see a landmark , the night was so dark . - Silverton Weekly Miner , Feb. 25 , 1898 . The Silver Wing bunkhouse was carried away in 1906 in a storm and one of the ...
... road he could not have made Silverton , for there was no road nor could he see a landmark , the night was so dark . - Silverton Weekly Miner , Feb. 25 , 1898 . The Silver Wing bunkhouse was carried away in 1906 in a storm and one of the ...
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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