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Historic Photos of Colorado Mining
Language: en
Pages: 348
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Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-01 - Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

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In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and went back hom
The Trail of Gold and Silver
Language: en
Pages: 297
Authors: Duane A. Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-18 - Publisher: University Press of Colorado

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In The Trail of Gold and Silver, historian Duane A. Smith details Colorado's mining saga - a story that stretches from the beginning of the gold and silver mini
Mining Towns of Southern Colorado
Language: en
Pages: 130
Authors: Staci Comden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Finding Gold in Colorado - Prospector's Edition
Language: en
Pages: 466
Authors: Kevin Singel
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-26 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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Travel guide book inspired by the gold prospecting origin of Colorado. Includes touring information on all the major towns founded as gold mining camps as well
Colorado Ghost Towns and Mining Camps
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Sandra Dallas
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-01 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Depicts the history of more than one hundred Colorado towns abandoned after the end of the mining boom