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<p>[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 4221296, member: 1886"]Trade token: Opera Confectionery, Idaho Springs, Colorado. Idaho Springs was at one time a very busy gold rush town, reaching a population of 12,000. It was home to the Argo tunnel which was four miles of tunnels connecting different mines to a central tunnel. The idea was to drain water from the mines and to direct the gold to a single point where it made it's way to the Argo mill for refinement and smelting. The Argo tunnel took 17 years to complete and, when completed, supposedly, was the the largest tunnel system in the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for Idaho Springs it supposedly was named after an Idaho Indian Chief who travelled there each year to bath in the mineral hot springs which he believed held healing powers--- perhaps as mysterious as his name. But that's okay. I love towns that appear to be misplaced. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aluminum, M/A, 1.4 grams, 23.5 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1080734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1080735[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="longnine009, post: 4221296, member: 1886"]Trade token: Opera Confectionery, Idaho Springs, Colorado. Idaho Springs was at one time a very busy gold rush town, reaching a population of 12,000. It was home to the Argo tunnel which was four miles of tunnels connecting different mines to a central tunnel. The idea was to drain water from the mines and to direct the gold to a single point where it made it's way to the Argo mill for refinement and smelting. The Argo tunnel took 17 years to complete and, when completed, supposedly, was the the largest tunnel system in the world. As for Idaho Springs it supposedly was named after an Idaho Indian Chief who travelled there each year to bath in the mineral hot springs which he believed held healing powers--- perhaps as mysterious as his name. But that's okay. I love towns that appear to be misplaced. :) Aluminum, M/A, 1.4 grams, 23.5 mm [ATTACH=full]1080734[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1080735[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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