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<br />D'alna!<cB""T\C:'il,-acteristic5
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<br />st\ldy RC'BCh D""CTil'ti.,~
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<br />The,tudyr"achiscPrtt"ccd"ro\lndthpCirynf3tllckHawk,Colorado with
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<br />3, mil~. west of Denver.
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<br />It. h~Ab',H~rs orl!lin,lt~ "" ~he "d..tHn c.bl'e~
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<br />its lO>lH li<l".its near H_c CLLY li",lt line east of th" e"i"tin& wflst~~'ater
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<br />()f tit<. "onU"e~t"l (livid~ dt ~l~VHiU1\o "'mgitt~ fr<>o, 'l,OOn to Over LZ,OOIJ
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<br />lr"~t",~"l ["d.1Uy ""d ita UPi'd Hmits near th" City li".,it line for each of
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<br />It f 10".s in a "Outh"3.t"rly d;n,clio" unL; 1 it cO""c~g~" '~ith Cl,,~r
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<br />the t!lrH o\lbject '-I"ter"'''ya, (."e lite T"de~ r",p, Plate 2.)
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<br />Creek bef"~" €,"ptyirl~ into the South Platte Rt"~r t~ IJ"nv<;"..
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<br />The scr,'"", va11"Y5 tn the st\ldy ~rea are rather n",,"ow in width and
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<br />The portion of .~onh CIN'T CTeek IlndH cO""lderatlon in this .>tucly
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<br />'~eep, being <ypieal of the Fro~t R~n8e mou~t"jn '\Tca.
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<br />Eilrly dev~t"pment
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<br />is that "tchln Or dose to the etty llmit$ nf nluck Ha'ek_ The bastn ,,~_
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<br />or the City .....as very rapid due to the discov~ry uf guld in the area In 1859.
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<br />e"'"l'a'.<esadrilin".o,eareliof31..3squarc",iles (s,,,'lia"irtMap, PLate 1 )_
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<br />The ltmitec developahle land ,,~d the largu nu",ber of people arrivitlt 1n
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<br />T~le twu ,"a'or tri~'~~ar".^. ,_ "." "'"'~''''.~ CO"'~. ,', ' " '"
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<br />Black H"~'k 1n " ,hort per10d ea"....'t rnwnpl \1(i 1 i ,."j'i"" of ...lmo..t ~Il the
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<br />Gulch.
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<br />rh~ d,~i""K~ "r"~,, fOT "",,-Il of the"" b,,~in:; mid selD_hasi,," ~re i,,-
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<br />h"tlda,le prorcrty ~r.d the co"~tr"ctlo" .of rr.o,t of the b"lldl"g" 'dhich t"e-
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<br />dlcnt~d l~ T~hle 1.
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<br />maiT.today.
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<br />Since about lH9~ Ltttl~ n,'W addHion~t CO]\.<t<'~c~1(m 1..,._ tl>k"-lt
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<br />pla~e d'"" to dd~r1urati"" "-~Un(lnl'~ co"dIUo1\$. This rapid period of grow,il
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<br />To5\1lted III nu'.'~rGU' utill~aUun~ of the "",,11 fl""dpl~t:\ "r,,-a including thnt
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<br />~y ra11r<>od8, trlodges, Ilu1.d1ngs, <:".1"" tai.lin~ pii.~., r<>~(b "ad ,," i~rt1o.
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<br />TILis ev"ntually r"-"ult,,d l" th" enclu$lng uf l:ha>e ~nd Gr~"ory Guld'~5 in
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<br />f.1dl:i~y neaT tho d"wnc,tl-e"'" limit
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<br />Gtev,eJ\'Y Gulch atrr.O'.Jth
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<br />fOT developmQnl.
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<br />Thin b tutn h,," r""utt,,d in a ut\lqu" flQoding probl~[[. with
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<br />flood"ala fluwilll\ In the "tn",'-" "L"'" th"se conduits reach their c3p&dty.
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<br />[~oh of l~o" t~lree w~ter~'ilY" i$ v~r! sc"ep T~"ulti~" '" v~"'y c_i!;h cltn"md
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