Selasa, 28 Februari 2017

Ghost Towns: Summitville, Colorado

In early 1870, so the story goes, southern Colorado rancher John Esmond and a companion went searching for a pair of runaway girls. When they found the runaways, they also found a rock ledge laced with gold. Esmond collected 50 pounds of ore and fled four claims but did no assessment work, rendering his claims …

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