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Page 84
... stopped to rest , not sitting but standing in good mountain climbing fashion so as not to waste any energy in getting up again , the view around us was stupendous . On every side were high peaks , and in the distance the flat endless ...
... stopped to rest , not sitting but standing in good mountain climbing fashion so as not to waste any energy in getting up again , the view around us was stupendous . On every side were high peaks , and in the distance the flat endless ...
Page 126
... stopped to admire the scenery and to conceal the fact that we were getting short- winded . This was to be neither the first nor the last time in my hunt for ghost towns in the rugged Colorado Rockies that I let my enthusiasm out- strip ...
... stopped to admire the scenery and to conceal the fact that we were getting short- winded . This was to be neither the first nor the last time in my hunt for ghost towns in the rugged Colorado Rockies that I let my enthusiasm out- strip ...
Page 164
... stopped boiling and leaking , we started down the road . Reaching the cabins , we stopped to study them . There were quite a num- ber dotted through the trees and beside the road , and there were clearings in the timber where other ...
... stopped boiling and leaking , we started down the road . Reaching the cabins , we stopped to study them . There were quite a num- ber dotted through the trees and beside the road , and there were clearings in the timber where other ...
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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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