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Page 126
... rocky path . As the trail rose before us I began to set goals for myself and to wonder how much farther I really wanted to go . Surely at the next curve we could see the top . But the trail wound on and up to another curve , and our ...
... rocky path . As the trail rose before us I began to set goals for myself and to wonder how much farther I really wanted to go . Surely at the next curve we could see the top . But the trail wound on and up to another curve , and our ...
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... rocky pit , until the steep and rocky trail brought us to the edge of the ditch and our horses clambered up on the road which skirts it . To our left was the irrigation trough , several feet wide and ten or more feet below the roadway ...
... rocky pit , until the steep and rocky trail brought us to the edge of the ditch and our horses clambered up on the road which skirts it . To our left was the irrigation trough , several feet wide and ten or more feet below the roadway ...
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... rocky cut beyond which is seen a startling panorama of mines , dumps , city streets and buildings , all clinging to the side of a steep hill . In Victor the mines are both above the city and under it , with tier upon tier of shaft ...
... rocky cut beyond which is seen a startling panorama of mines , dumps , city streets and buildings , all clinging to the side of a steep hill . In Victor the mines are both above the city and under it , with tier upon tier of shaft ...
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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