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Excerpt from Frontier Stories Nge there was war at Cripple Creek red-mouthed war, as they say in battle tales.' It all began when the miners Of the district went on strike. First they Simply quit work, and there was idleness. Then they objected to anybody else working, and there was trouble; and finally they fortified Bull Hill, placed a small cannon at the top, and there was anarchy. Two railroads ran to Cripple Creek from Colorado Springs, and they were soon com peting for the business Of carrying deputy Sheriffs to the turbulent camp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.