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COLORADO CHECKS

Historical and Imprinted

 

INDEPENDENCE MINE, Victor, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado

The Bank of Victor.  Victor, Colorado.  Dated 1899.  Steel engraving of the Independence Mine, above Victor, in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, Colorado.  Signed by a secretary for gold baron W. S. Stratton.  Revenue-imprinted.  Fine condition

Price: $300.00

 

 

THE FREE COINAGE GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1900

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The Free Coinage Gold Mining Company, Check #266, August 4, 1900, signed by Sam Strong as Treasurer, issued to Stephen Blair and signed by Blair on the back; also countersigned by John B. Neville.  Check is issued on the Free Coinage Company's account at the First National Bank, Cripple Creek, Colorado.

Sam Strong was a friend of W. S. Stratton who also was successful with locating producing gold mines in the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District.  Strong owned the Free Coinage Mine with his friend, Sam Altman, the founder of the Town of Altman in the Cripple Creek District.  Strong also owned the Strong Mine at the edge of Victor, Colorado.  Sam Strong, a gambler and rather boisterous man, found himself embroiled in a fight with the owner of the Newport Saloon, J. Grant Crumley, in the City of Cripple Creek on the night of August 22, 1901.  Strong became threatening over a small debt and Crumley responded by unloading his shotgun into Strong.  Sam Strong died instantly.

This check was issued to Stephen Blair, a Colorado Springs carpenter and also a friend of W. S. Stratton.  Blair followed Stratton up to the newly formed Cripple Creek Gold Mining District in 1891 and located the Buena Vista claim near Bull Cliffs.  This property became part of the highly productive Isabella Gold Mining Company.  Blair signed this check on the back.

John B. Neville countersigned this check.  Neville was Sam Strong's father-in-law.  After Strong married Regina J. Neville, her father, John, became involved with many of Sam Strong's mining concerns in the Cripple Creek Gold District.

THE FREE COINAGE GOLD MINING COMPANY, Check #331, issued September 22, 1900, cancelled.  First National Bank, Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Revenue-imprinted.  Signed by Cripple Creek gold baron, Sam Strong, as president; and, countersigned by his father-in-law, John B. Neville.  Sam Strong was killed in the Newport Saloon in Cripple Creek, Colorado on August 22, 1901.  Check is signed by Jas. M. Bates on back.  Condition: near fine with cancellation puncture in center of revenue-imprint (RN-X).

Price: $250.00

 

THE FREE COINAGE GOLD MINING COMPANY, Check #876, issued February 19, 1900, to A.D. Ashley, and signed by the treasurer of the company, Sam Strong.  Issued on The Free Coinage Gold Ming Company account at the Exchange National Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Check was cashed and punch-cancelled by bank.  Condition: very good plus; some signs of very light wear.

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Price: $200.00

 

THE UNION GOLD MINING COMPANY, 1896

Mines at Cripple Creek, Colorado.  The El Paso County Bank, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Dated 1896.  Near fine condition

Price: $95.00

 

JOS. KING & CO., Telluride, Colorado 1910

The First National Bank, Telluride, Colorado, issued 1910.  Printed by the Franklin Press Company, Pueblo, Colorado.  Near fine condition.

Price: $25.00

 

FORT LUPTON BANK, Fort Lupton, Colorado, 1901

Colorado National Bank, Denver, Colorado.  Issued November 29, 1901.  Signed by S. J. Rhode.  Very good condition.  Revenue-imprinted.

Price: $35.00

 

COLORADO NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER, 1882

Especially Authorized by the Secretary of Treasury to receive Deposits of U.S. Disbursing Officers.  Corlies, Macy & Co., Stationers, New York.  Dated December 12, 1882.  Fine condition.

Price: $20.00

 

THE BI-METALLIC BANK, Cripple Creek, Colorado 1899

City of Cripple Creek.  Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Dated 1899.  Pueblo Litho, Colorado.  Fine condition

Price: $25.00

 

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Cripple Creek, Colorado 1899

Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Certificate of Deposit.  Dated May 23, 1899.  Revenue imprinted.  W.F. Robinson & Co., Denver, Printers.  Near fine condition

Price: $15.00

 

THE MINERS' EXCHANGE BANK, Leadville, Colorado, 1878

OF LEADVILLE, COLORADO.  Dated 1878.  Revenue imprinted.  Wm. Mann, Printer, Philadelphia.  Near fine condition

Price: $30.00

 

LAKE COUNTY BANK, Leadville, Colorado, 1879

Leadville, Colorado.  Dated 1879.  J.S.D. Manville, Hardware and Groceries, Leadville, Colo.  Wm. Mann, Printers, Philadelphia,.  Revenue imprinted.  Near fine condition.

Price: $45.00

 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DENVER

strike-over to: MINERS EXCHANGE BANK LEADVILLE, 1879

Leadville, Colorado.  Dated 1879.  Woolworth & Graham, Stationers, New York.  Revenue imprinted.  Near fine condition

Price: $30.00

 

THE MINERS' EXCHANGE BANK, Leadville, Colorado 1878

Price: $30.00

Leadville, Colorado.  Dated December 1878.  Marsh & Son, Printers.  Revenue stamp.  Very good plus condition

 

MERCHANTS & MECHANICS BANK, Leadville, Colorado 1881

Leadville, Colorado.  Dated 1881.  Lith. Culver, Page & Hoyne, Chicago.  Near fine condition.  Revenue imprinted

Price: $30.00

 

FIRST NATIONAL BANK

strike-over: MINERS EXCHANGE BANK, Leadville, Colorado 1880

Leadville, Colorado.  Dated 1880.  Holliday & Co., Grocers.  Collier & Cleaveland, Lith., Denver.  Revenue imprinted.  Near fine condition

Price: $40.00

 

COLORADO NATIONAL BANK, Denver, Colorado Territory, 1875

United States Depository.  Denver, Colorado (Territory).  Dated 1875.  Corlies, Macy & Co., Stationers, New York.  Revenue imprinted.  Near fine condition.

Price: $45.00

 

THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CRIPPLE CREEK, Cripple Creek, Colorado 1901

Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Dated 1901.  Account of A.E. Carlton, signed by A.E. Carlton.  Hall Litho, Topeka.  Revenue imprinted.  Near fine condition

Price: $30.00

 

THE BANK OF VICTOR, Victor, Colorado 1902

Victor, Colorado.  Dated 1902.  Very good plus condition

Price: $30.00

 

TREASURER TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK, COLORADO, Cripple Creek, Colorado 1897

1897.  Town Warrant.  Cripple Creek, Colorado.  Signed by J.K. Hurd, as town clerk. Near fine condition.

Price: $35.00

 

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