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The Lost Sullivan Mine

Marshall Trimble
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High Grading In mining lingo, high grading was simply pilfering ore from the mine one’s employer...

Marshall Trimble
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An Unbelievable Gold Find Nobody trusted Bob Womack’s claims.

Mark Boardman
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Dugan’s Gold A man and his mine.

Marshall Trimble
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Leadville, Colorado One of the greatest boom towns in Western history.

Marshall Trimble
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Lost Dutchman Mine One of the greatest lost mine stories of them all.

Marshall Trimble
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Who Was The Real George Hearst? The mining magnate might be a modern-day Western film villain, but in reality he was an audacious, self-made entrepreneur of the American West.

Ron Soodalter
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The Militancy of the Miners The Western Federation of Miners waged war in the West.

Mark Boardman

Comstock Inferno Would the world’s richest mine survive the Comstock Fire?

Gregory Crouch
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A Race for The Copper Queen George Warren lost his share of what would become a very fruitful mine in a race against a horse.

Marshall Trimble
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Tom “Peg Leg” Smith "Peg Leg" was one of the Old West's grittiest mountain men.

Marshall Trimble

Oatman Genesis Is Oatman named for olive, or not?

Vince Murray

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