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Sheilds, Deborah J., Douglas D. Brown, and Thomas C. Brown. 1995,
DISTRIBUTION OF ABANDONED AND INACTIVE MINES ON NATIONAL FOREST
SYSTEM LANDS. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report
RM-GTR-260.  Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort
Collins, Colorado  80526.   This information is taken from the
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