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Pinkham--15 inch total with seven inches of powder. Excellent skiing on Upper Sherburae. Good running expected on Wild...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXPERT RANKS YANKEE SKIING TRAILS AS HARD | 12/16/1938 | See Source »

...Black Mountain. The ore veins looked rich, but miles of costly road would have been needed to get the ore around the mountain to a shipping point. Lacking capital, William Schmidt decided to tunnel through the mountain - alone. For 32 years he worked on his bore, using only blasting powder, hand drills and picks. Like the builders of the great Colorado River Aqueduct, he had to learn as he went along. At the start, he did not even know how to temper his tools. But he learned how. Last week the tunnel was finished - 2,000 ft. through solid rock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Black Mountain Tunnel | 12/12/1938 | See Source »

Bolton Trail in Bolton, Vermont reports 13 inches of snow with six inches of powder over a breakable crust...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO TRAILS OPEN FOR SKIING ABOVE 2000 FEET; NO TRAINS | 12/9/1938 | See Source »

STOWE: 3 inches new powder over 4 inches base in Smugglers Notch. 15 inches near Summit, skiing good on Toll Road...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOW CONDITIONS | 12/2/1938 | See Source »

NORTH WOODSTOCK: 7 inches of powder. 18 above and clear, skiing fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHOW CONDITIONS | 12/2/1938 | See Source »

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