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BUSINESS
AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF LEADVILLE (Colorado), 1879 - 1895 |
"Equal
Opportunity to Both Sexes has Given Woman the Place to which She is
Entitled by Virtue of Her Ability." First edition.
Original 1895 pamphlet, published just a year after Colorado's Women's
Suffrage Referendum. Original printed tan wrappers; 49 pages.
Monograph on over 36 women in the Leadville Mining District who owned and
operated their own businesses. Very good plus condition.
SOLD |
LEADVILLE,
LAKE COUNTY AND THE GOLD BELT: Its Mineral and Natural Resources, 1895, by
Jay F. Manning. A Guide Book of The Rockies, Profusely
Illustrated. |
Original
illustrated soft covers; 162 pages, plus 4 fold-out maps, 6 pages of local
and regional advertising. Profusely illustrated with photographs,
drawings and tables. |
Publishers:
Manning, O'Keefe & DeLashmutt, 1895. From the Press of C. J.
Kelly, Fine Printer, Denver, Colo. Williamson-Haffner Engraving
Company, Denver, Colo. Special thanks tendered to Max Boehmer, A. A.
Blow, Jas. Shinn, C. C. Davis, C. H. Morse, Leadville City Council, and
the Railroads.
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Maps:
1) Boehmer's Map of Lake County, Colorado, compiled from U.S. Government
surveys and from surveys made in October 1879 and in September 1880 by Max
Boehmer, Civil Engineer and U.S. Deputy Surveyor; 2) Boehmer's
Topographical Map of the Carbonate Regions in the Vicinity of Leadville,
Colorado, showing location of mines and prominent prospects from actual
surveys made in October 1879 by Max Boehmer, U.S. Deputy Surveyor; 3) Map
of Leadville Gold Belt; and, 4) Map of the Mining Claims of Leadville,
Colo., 1894, published by Poole Bros., Engravers, Chicago. |
Contents:
Preface; Early Days; Venerable Characters; Climate; Lake County; Leadville
History; Scenic Attractions; Characteristics of Leadville Miners; Some of
the Theories; Geology of the Leadville Ore Deposits; Descriptions with
Notes on the Mines; The Gold Belt; Some of the Gold Belt Mines; Silver
Producers; The Smelting Industry; A Group of Mining Men; Leadville Up to
Date: an epitome of Her business industries; The Granite Gold Belt; The
Twin Lakes District; Representative Business Men and Leadville Business
Houses; and more. |
Condition:
very good; interior pages are very good plus to near fine; some light
conservation work on exterior square-bound paper binding.
PRICE:
$3,500.00
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