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... showed a pack train snaking down the slopes and picking its way along this one long street which was lined with houses on both sides . One look around convinced me that Crystal is the most beautifully sit- uated of all the old mining ...
... showed a pack train snaking down the slopes and picking its way along this one long street which was lined with houses on both sides . One look around convinced me that Crystal is the most beautifully sit- uated of all the old mining ...
Page 309
... showed us chunks of quartz , too , with seams of gold in them from his claim on Spanish creek near the summit of the range . It was rough country , but he swore there were lots of outcroppings of free gold up near his diggings . Nearly ...
... showed us chunks of quartz , too , with seams of gold in them from his claim on Spanish creek near the summit of the range . It was rough country , but he swore there were lots of outcroppings of free gold up near his diggings . Nearly ...
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... showed a road as far as La Plata City ; so we turned up the canyon , looking for the old camp and keeping a sharp lookout for mine dumps , cabins , mills or other typical clues . The canyon road ran beside the river and climbed ...
... showed a road as far as La Plata City ; so we turned up the canyon , looking for the old camp and keeping a sharp lookout for mine dumps , cabins , mills or other typical clues . The canyon road ran beside the river and climbed ...
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Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Victor its dumps and the Ajax mine frontispiece | 3 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
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