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... Spring expected to develop the land around their camp as a ranch , but in the spring of 1880 , when so many men poured into the region , D. M. Hyman , B. Clark Wheeler and other newcomers secured the meadows for a townsite , and the ...
... Spring expected to develop the land around their camp as a ranch , but in the spring of 1880 , when so many men poured into the region , D. M. Hyman , B. Clark Wheeler and other newcomers secured the meadows for a townsite , and the ...
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... spring and summer two thousand men visited the site , digging pit holes and taking out samples of ore to be assayed , but they discovered only low grade ore , too poor to warrant further development . Up to the spring of 1883 not a ...
... spring and summer two thousand men visited the site , digging pit holes and taking out samples of ore to be assayed , but they discovered only low grade ore , too poor to warrant further development . Up to the spring of 1883 not a ...
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... spring Hahn , Way and Doyle worked their way through the rugged country to the gold field , and again in 1866 they made the trip , leading a company of fifty men into the unexplored region . Although it was June , the snow was six to ...
... spring Hahn , Way and Doyle worked their way through the rugged country to the gold field , and again in 1866 they made the trip , leading a company of fifty men into the unexplored region . Although it was June , the snow was six to ...
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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