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Though various types of mines have existed across the nation, almost from the very discovery of America, those in the American West, are and were the most plentiful, and the history they've left in their wakes, is of romance, fortunes made and lost, hardships, greed, Indian Wars, and numerous crusty old ghost towns.
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20-mule team Death Valley, 1890
Alaska Dog Team, 1900
Alaska Prospector and Dog, 1900
Alaska Prospector and Dog, 1900
Bonnie Clare Mill, CA, 1908
Burro Train Ouray, CO, 1906
Burros
California Gold Mining, 1871
California Miners in front of stagecoach, 1894
Copper miners, Calumet-Hecla Mines, MI, Keystone View Co, 1916
Cripple Creek, CO - Mine
Cripple Creek, CO - Mine
Gold Fever, 1891
Gold Fever, 1891
Gold panning
Gold panning in Nelson Gulch, near Helena, MT, 1901
Gould and Curry Mine, Virginia City, NV, Lawrence and Houseworth, 1866
Gould and Curry Miners, Lawrence and Houseworth, 1866
Great West, Gaylord Watson, 1881
Hydraulic mining, Nevada County, CA, Lawrence & Houseworth, 1866
