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CRIPPLE CREEK AND COLORADO SPRINGS,
ILLUSTRATED
A Review and Panorama of an Unique Gold Field, with Geological
Features and Achievements of Five Eventful years, including Outlines of Numerous
Companies
By Henry Lee Jacques Warren and Robert
Stride
Printed by Carson Harper Company, Printers,
Engravers, Publishers, Denver
(Cripple Creek stock certificate signed by
H.L.J. Warren, as president)
Published by Warren & Stride: Colorado Springs, Colorado,
1896
First Edition
Original marbled boards with leather spine and corners; gold
print on front cover; 104 pages; profusely illustrated, excellent descriptive
detail; plus stock broker's guide to Cripple Creek mining companies.
"Compliments of The Mechem Investment Company, 138
Jackson Street, Bank Floor, Chicago."
(First National Bank of Cripple Creek check
signed by Geo. B. Mechem of The Mechem Investment Company)
The Mechem Investment Company, Chicago: Cripple Creek Gold
Mining Stocks and Properties, Bought and Sold on Commission
Reliable Information and Advice Given and on Application ...
Geo. B. Mechem, President; Earl B. Coe, Vice President, H.A. Coffin, Secretary
and Treasurer - Denver office.
This book was an extensive, well-produced promotional of the
Cripple Creek Gold Mining District. Contents:
The Cripple Creek Gold fields - large fold-out map
Map Showing Wagon Road and Railroad Ties
Prologue
Historic Review
Geological Features: General Geology by Whitman Cross, Ph.D.;
Economic Geology by Prof. R.A.F. Penrose, Jr.; and, Economic Geology of the
Cripple Creek District - foldout map
Colorado Scientific Society: Bull Hill and the Western
District by Francis T. Freeland, B.S.; Cripple Creek Mining District by charles
J. Moore; Chlorination of Cripple Creek Tellurides by J.D. Hawkins; and Cyanide
by Philip Argall
Views of Conservative (Cripple Creek District) by Richard
Pearce, Ph,D.
The Prospector - Prospects and Mines - by Harry A. Lee
Achievements of the Mines
Outlines of Companies
Pueblo - The Bullion City
Colorado Springs Resorts
Bound with Steel Bands (railroads into the District)
This special original edition includes 3 maps (2 folding), plus an original gold mining stock certificate on The Elgin Gold Mining Company of Cripple Creek signed by H.L.J. Warren as president; a check issued from The First National Bank of Cripple Creek, 1893, signed by Geo. B. Mechem; The Metallic Extraction Company, Cyanide, Colorado, letterhead, dated 1900, signed by Philip Argall; Mining Lease on the Washington lode, near Victor, Colorado, signed by Charles J. Moore, dated October 1, 1895; check on the Denver National Bank, Denver, Colorado, dated June 24, 1900, signed by W.S. Stratton to Earl B. Coe, with Coe signing on the back -- all extra ephemera related to this book in near fine condition or better. A superb Cripple Creek publication with original signed documents making this volume near impossible to find anywhere else. Questions: contact us, Mt. Gothic Tomes and Reliquary.
Price: $3,500.00
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THE FORTUNES OF A DECADE, ILLUSTRATED, 1900
Original 1900 edition
A Graphic Recital of the Struggles of the
Early Days of Cripple Creek, the Greatest Gold Camp on Earth
With Stories of its Mines, Biographies of
the Men who made them, with many new and hitherto unpublished anecdotes and
incidents of their lives.
Colorado Springs:
The Home of the Mining Millionaires
Written, Compiled and Published, under the Direction of
Sargent & Rohrabacher
for
The Evening Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado
October 1900
This original book has been rebound in a modern,
tooled-leather binding; marbled endpapers; gold-printed title on spine; 132
pages. The half-tone photo quality is
excellent. Title page is chipped; some of the pages have edge frays;
however, overall, the original contents of this book is very good.
One of the classic Cripple Creek, Colorado research books!
Price:
$2,500.00
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PRIVATE TELEGRAPHIC CIPHER CODE book
No. 187
For the Exclusive use of The Bank of Victor, Victor, Colorado
In Telegraphic Correspondence with Kountze Brothers, Bankers,
Broadway and Cedar Street, New York
"This Cipher Code is loaned to Correspondents, and must
be held strictly confidential, being for their exclusive direct telegraphic use
with Kountze Brothers."
In effect July 16, 1906
Original leather binding and covers with gold print; 654
pages; very good plus condition
Price: $1,000.00
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