ASPEN, COLORADO
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GEOLOGY OF THE ASPEN
MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO
WITH
ATLAS
BY JOSIAH EDWARD SPURR
Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1898
Monograph XXXI, original brown
cloth binding with gold print on spine. Complete with all illustrations,
260 pages, indexed, plus advertisements. Very good plus condition:
interior near fine; exterior binding strong, but rubbed in places.
Atlas
is in its original brown cloth, hardcover binding, complete with title page and
all 30 sheets; 27 of which are geological maps. Color lithography by
Julius Bien & Co. Condition: near fine.
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ARGENTUM - JUNIATA MINING COMPANY
Issued October 26, 1899, uncancelled.
Printed on certificate, "Location of Mine: Aspen,
Colorado."
One of Aspen's productive silver mines.
American Bank Note Co. printing, New York.
Condition: near fine.
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THE ASPEN CONTACT MINING COMPANY
Issued January 27, 1893, uncancelled.
Incorporated in 1889.
Signed by David M. Hyman as vice president; Percy Hagerman as
secretary.
American Bank Note Co. printing, New York
Another important Aspen silver producer.
Condition: very good plus to near fine; two folds; several
tiny chips out of margins.
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THE ASPEN FAVORITE MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY
Issued September 4, 1894, uncancelled
Signed by Edgar Stallard as secretary
Printed on certificate, "Pitkin, Co. Colorado"
Corporate seal affixed in Aspen, Colorado.
Condition: very good plus; several folds.
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THE CAVERHILL CONSOLIDATED MINING AND
MILLING COMPANY
Issued March 24, 1896, uncancelled
Signed by
J.D. Hooper, a past mayor of the City of Aspen who had made a fortune silver
mining
Condition:
very good; several folds.
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THE
FARWELL CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY
Issued
June 15, 1881, uncancelled
Silver and gold mining property in
Independence Gulch, at Sparkill, in the Independence District, Pitkin County,
Colorado
Condition: very good plus
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THE
LITTLE RULE MINING COMPANY
Issued
January 18, 1892, uncancelled.
Printed on certificate,
"Mines at Aspen, Colorado."
Incorporated in Colorado.
Condition:
near fine.
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THE
MOLLIE GIBSON CONSOLIDATED MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
Issued
July 17, 1897, uncancelled
Signed by Richard Bolles as vice
president (Bolles was president of the Colorado Springs Mining Stock Exchange)
American
Bank Note Co., New York
Condition: near fine; two light folds.
This
certificate represents Aspen's most productive silver mine; and, the most
significant silver mine in all of Colorado.
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THE
NEW ASPEN SILVER MINES, LIMITED
Issued
October 8, 1897, uncancelled.
British issue on an Aspen,
Colorado silver mining company.
Oversized share certificate,
several folds, very good plus condition.
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THE
PARK TUNNEL MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
Issued
September 18, 1920, cancelled
Embossed in corporate seal:
"Aspen, Colorado."
Incorporated in Colorado.
Issued
to Robert Shaw and signed by Shaw.
Condition: several folds;
very good plus.
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THE
SHEEP MOUNTAIN TUNNEL AND MINING COMPANY
Issued
May 25, 1895, uncancelled.
Corporate seal affixed in Aspen,
Colorado.
This Company built and operated the famous Crystal
Mill, at Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado
Condition: near
fine; usual two folds
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THE
SOPRIS MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
Issued
July 16, 1892, uncancelled.
Signed by H. Collbran, one of the
directors of the Colorado Midland Railroad
Embossed
in corporate seal: "Pitkin County, Colorado."
Pioneer
Litho Co., Denver, Colorado
Incorporated in Colorado June 6,
1892
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