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Handy Ditch and Coal Field News Across Colorado
Reports from Golden, Boulder, and Loveland recount surveyor Handy framing a new ditch line to power a prairie irrigation project in the Big Thompson canyon. Coal vein discoveries near Coal Creek and Kerr mine near Boulder highlight expanding mineral wealth as Larimer and Weld counties discuss canal routes and county adjacencies.
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Big
Thompson Canyon
Thompson
Coms
Golden
Mr. Handy
Hich
Banning
Jammer Expres
Boulder News
David Kerr
Coal Creek
Colorado Central Railroad
C. C. Welch
Kerr
Boulder
Larimer Express
Will Wrighter
Poudre
Barnes’ Camp
New Loveland Canal
Big Thompson
Fossil Creek
Little Thompson
Larimer County
Weld
Thompson Valley
Geo. W. Lytle
E. J. Lamb
United Brethren ‘Shurch
Elys
John Thompson
Fontaine
Pueblo