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Gold in Moffat County, Colorado
March 1999 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
The area of interest in this article is in eastern Moffat County, located in northwestern Colorado adjacent to the Wyoming line. It is a high, sagebrush prairie which ranges from 6,200 to 7,200 feet in elevation, north and northwest of the county seat of Craig (pop. 8,000).Kalgoorlie, Australia—Born of Gold
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