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Page 138
... winter snows began to collect on the mountainside , Gassy had an original idea which , if carried out , would save him and his partner lots of work . Instead of pushing the tunnel through hard quartz rock he suggested building the ...
... winter snows began to collect on the mountainside , Gassy had an original idea which , if carried out , would save him and his partner lots of work . Instead of pushing the tunnel through hard quartz rock he suggested building the ...
Page 209
... winter without coming out . Once a week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of his life to get the mail . Sometimes he didn't make it . " It was snow more than anything else that crippled the ...
... winter without coming out . Once a week some fool miner would slide down to Pittsburgh on snowshoes at the risk of his life to get the mail . Sometimes he didn't make it . " It was snow more than anything else that crippled the ...
Page 506
... winter . Caribou is high , 9800 feet above sea level , and it is located on an iron dike that attracts violent summer thunder storms . Its barren hilltop , denuded of trees by fire and by the woodchoppers who provided cord wood for fire ...
... winter . Caribou is high , 9800 feet above sea level , and it is located on an iron dike that attracts violent summer thunder storms . Its barren hilltop , denuded of trees by fire and by the woodchoppers who provided cord wood for fire ...
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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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