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Rare books, stock certificates, and historical artifacts related to
Gunnison County, Colorado.
GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO
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NATURAL
RESOURCES OF GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, 1896 |
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Presented
with the Compliments of the Gunnison County Miners and Merchants
Association. Published by The Williamson-Haffner Engraving
Company, Sheridan Building, Denver, Colorado. Map of the Gunnison
Gold Belt, Colorado. Scale:
2 miles to the inch. By W.J.
Fine, U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor, Gunnison, Colorado, 1896. |
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panels on back of map of promotional for: silver mines around Bowman,
Tincup, Pitkin, White Pine, Crystal, Scofield, Irwin and Gothic; Copper
and lead; Coal, both anthracite and coking; Manganese ores east of
Gunnison City; Limestone; Fire Clay; Gunnison the Future Pittsburg of
the West; Granite at Aberdeen; Marble at Yule and Crystal creeks;
Sandstone, north of Gunnison; Slate on Yule Creek; Agriculture and Stock
interests. |
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MMap
locates railroads (Denver & South Park; Denver & Rio Grande),
roads, topographical features, towns; gold, silver, coal and iron
districts. Locates numerous towns and camps long-since abandoned:
White Earth or Rudolph’s; Meily; Goldale; Chance; Shistos; Spencer,
Allen; Minaret; Rogers; Oversteg; Turner, etc. Map is 4-color.
Damage: some damp-staining near edges with light discoloration; 7 tiny
areas of paper-loss, mostly in margins; one small area of light brownish
discoloration from folder covers near left-hand side of map; back cover
of folder damaged from damp-staining.
Generally, good plus to very good condition.
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Marble, Gunnison County,
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THE
COLORADO - YULE MARBLE COMPANY, stock certificate Number B3551,
issued June 15, 1914, uncancelled, near fine condition, usual two folds.
These shares were issued on the famous Colorado - Yule Marble quarry near
Marble, Colorado. The marble from this operation became intricate to the
architecture of numerous buildings and structures, such as the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Cheesman Memorial. This
certificate was engraved and printed by the International Banknote Company, New
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HISTORY OF TIN CUP, GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO |
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HISTORY
OF TIN CUP, COLORADO (Virginia City): An Alpine Mining Camp Which
Refused to Become a Ghost Town, by Nolie Mumey. Published by The Johnson
Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado, 1963, 1 of only of 300 numbered copies
published;
222 pages; illustrated. There wasn't another edition, hardback or
otherwise. Condition: fine; two reproduction tokens in back
pocket of book; replica tin cup and original dust jacket.
Price:
$400.00 |
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Crested Butte mining: anthracite coal |
THE COLORADO ANTHRACITE COMPANY OF COLORADO,
stock certificate Number 42, issued March 1,1882, uncancelled, several folds,
but still in near fine condition. According to the 1883 Colorado
Mining Directory (Page 326), this Company owned 2,560 acres of coal land,
situated on the east and west side of Slate River, between O-Be-Joyful and
Poverty gulches, near Crested Butte. |
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THE
EDISON GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1896 |
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Stock certificate Number 47, issued March
30, 1896, uncancelled. Condition: near fine; usual two folds.
Stated on certificate: "Mines Located in Nugget Camp, Gunnison
County." |
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Crested Butte mining
company; Aspen office
THE
ITALIAN MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY
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Issued
April 14, 1892, cancelled. Stated on certificate: "Mines at Spring
Creek, Colorado," on Italian Mountain, Gunnison County, Colorado. Company office was located in Aspen.
Condition: very good; some glue-staining and fraying to left edge. |
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Mining near Gothic, Colorado
THE
GOTHIC MINING & SMELTING COMPANY, 1892
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Stock certificate,
issued October 25, 1892, uncancelled; several folds, very good plus
condition. Certificate issued on mining operations near Gothic,
Colorado. (Property referenced in GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: The Majestic
Empire of the Western Slope, by Nelson, 1916, Page 52)
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Gunnison County mining stock
certificate signed by J.R. McKinnie, Cripple Creek, Colorado gold baron
THE
CARPENTER GROUP GOLD MINING & MILLING COMPANY
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Stock certificate issued April 8, 1898; very good plus condition: several folds.
Stated on certificate: "Mines in Gunnison County, Colo."
Certificate signed by Cripple Creek gold baron, J.R. McKinnie, as
president. |
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THE CRESTED BUTTE TELEPHONE COMPANY,
1907 |
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Stock certificate issued April 23, 1907,
uncancelled. Signed by J.W. Rockefeller as president and Angus Taylor as
secretary. Corporate seal affixed at Crested Butte, Colorado. Near fine condition.
Price:
$500.00 |
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THE CRYSTAL PARK MINING AND MILLING COMPANY,
1880 |
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Stock certificate issued March 19, 1880;
uncancelled. Principal Offices at Crystal City, Colorado and Chicago,
Illinois. Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado. Very good condition.
Only
one catalogued. |
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