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The Whale mine at the head of Hall Valley was located in 1869 , at an altitude of
12 , 530 feet , and from the first was a bonanza . Hall built one of the first smelters
in the state to treat the ore from this mine , which was silver - bearing barite and ...
The Whale mine at the head of Hall Valley was located in 1869 , at an altitude of
12 , 530 feet , and from the first was a bonanza . Hall built one of the first smelters
in the state to treat the ore from this mine , which was silver - bearing barite and ...
Page 296
Villa Grove Leaving Salida we drove through Poncha Springs and on over
Poncha Pass into the San Luis valley , whose eastern boundary is the Sangre de
Cristo range . The valley is vast , and the highway which runs the length of it lies ...
Villa Grove Leaving Salida we drove through Poncha Springs and on over
Poncha Pass into the San Luis valley , whose eastern boundary is the Sangre de
Cristo range . The valley is vast , and the highway which runs the length of it lies ...
Page 556
All mining operations ceased before 1891 . The mill and the cabins were
dismantled by ranchers in the valley and if anything remains it is only a
foundation . Two miles west of the roadhouse at Rustic I spied a marker , “ Site of
Old Poudre City ...
All mining operations ceased before 1891 . The mill and the cabins were
dismantled by ranchers in the valley and if anything remains it is only a
foundation . Two miles west of the roadhouse at Rustic I spied a marker , “ Site of
Old Poudre City ...
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Contents
Gold in the Hills | 1 |
Falsefront Silver Plume | 5 |
Central City Starts a Hobby | 10 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Stampede to Timberline: The Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of Colorado |
| Author | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Illustrated by | Muriel Sibell Wolle |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Sage Books, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
| ISBN | 0804006725, 9780804006729 |
| Length | 583 pages |
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