CRIPPLE
CREEK COLORADO CHECKS
And other Paper Ephemera
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Mollie E. O'Bryan / Charles N. Miller signed
check
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
March 17, 1901
The Colorado - Western Investment Company
Revenue stamp imprinted check
Mollie E. O'Bryan was the first woman with an official on a
Western gold mining stock exchange; Charles N. Miller was her investment partner
in Cripple Creek, Colorado
Near fine condition
Price: $300.00
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J.J. BROWN, husband of the Molly Brown
(Titanic fame)
Struck rich silver deposit in Leadville,
Colorado
Check
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
January 1, 1899
Account on the Reno Lease, a property which later was owned by
W.S. Stratton
Good plus condition
Price: $200.00
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THE J.M. WATTS MERCANTILE COMPANY
Letterhead and illustrated Envelope, 1899
Groceries and Miners Supplies
378 Bennett Avenue and 4th Street
Cripple Creek, Colorado
November 2, 1899
Very Good plus
Price: $200.00
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SIMON GUGGENHEIM signature
United States Senate letterhead
February 21, 1910
Committee on the University of the United States
Treasury Department, Canon City National Bank
to Mr. A.E. Carlton, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Concerning making The First National Bank of Canon City a
depository for public moneys
(One of the sons of Meyer Guggenheim.
The Guggenheims acquired their initial wealth in the Leadville Silver
Mining District,
Lake County
,
Colorado
, in the 1870s and 1880s. Their
mining empire evolved into The American Smelting and Refining Company, and
spread throughout the American West. SimonТs
brother, Bernard, died when the Titanic sunk. )
Near fine condition
Price: $250.00
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GOLD AND GLOBE MILL
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
June 20, 1895
Near fine condition
Price: $15.00
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Cripple Creek bank Promissory note
Cripple Creek, Colorado, September 13, 1901
Printed for W.D. Armstrong, Stationer, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Very good condition
Price: $15.00
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LUCKY GUS LEASE
Cripple Creek Gold Mining District
First National Bank, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Signed by mine developer, George F. Fry
Lucky Gus was a Stratton Cripple Creek Mining and Development
Company property
Near fine condition
Price: $15.00
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T.P. Airheart signed check
First National Bank of Cripple Creek
January 17, 1895
T.P. Airheart was a mine developer and stock promoter in the
Cripple Creek Gold Mining District
Airheart died in a train accident in the Cripple Creek
District
Price: $19.95
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THE PRINCESS ALICE GOLD MINING COMPANY
First National Bank of Cripple Creek, Colorado
February 11, 1899
Signed by Geo. W. Lloyd, as manager
Very good condition
revenue stamp imprinted
Price: $15.00
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THE CITY BANK
THE BANK OF VICTOR, SUCCESSORS TO THE CITY BANK
April 1, 1918
Victor, Colorado, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District
To Denver National Bank, Denver, Colorado
Fine condition
Price: $10.00
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THE BI-METALLIC BANK
City of Cripple Creek, Colorado
January 19, 1899
A.G. Burton, City Treasurer
Near fine condition
Price: $19.95
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THE GOLD SOVEREIGN MINING AND TUNNEL COMPANY
First National Bank of Cripple Creek
November 5, 1906
Signed by Abraham Rapp, Manager
Good plus condition
Price: $15.00
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Sam Altman signed check
for The Wolfe Hotel
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
May 4, 1896
Sam Altman founded the Town of Altman, Cripple Creek Gold
Mining District, and also owned the Wolfe Hotel in Cripple Creek,
Colorado. Co-discoverer of the Free Coinage Mine.
Very good condition
Price: $25.00
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J.R. McKinnie signed check
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
March 8, 1895
Cripple Creek, Colorado
near fine condition
Price: $25.00
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CRESSON CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
check
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
Revenue stamp imprinted
Signed by one of the original owners of the Cresson, Jervis R.
Harbeck and issued to Eugene Harbeck
Near fine condition
Price: $35.00
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TREASURER TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK
February 2, 1897
Town Warrant
Near fine condition
Price: $15.00
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BURKE & FRY
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
August 9, 1900
Near fine condition
Revenue stamp imprinted
Price: $10.00
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RICHARD W. ROELEFS
check
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek
November 10, 1899
"The Miracle Miner" of the Cresson before A.E.
Carlton employed Roelefs at the Cresson
Good only
Price: $35.00
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A.E. Carlton / Richard Roelefs check
Columbia Trust Company, New York
October 24, 1916
A.E. Carlton was the great consolidator of the Cripple Creek
Gold Mining District (along with his brother, L.G. Carlton and Ethel Carlton)
Richard W. Roelefs was known as "The Miracle Miner"
who discovered the amazingly rich vug in the generally low-grade ore producing
Cresson Mine
An important association check with signatures of both A.E.
Carlton and Richard Roelefs
Near fine condition
Price: $150.00
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Please inquiry about specific Cripple Creek personalities or
bank checks of interest; we have many in inventory -- too many to list each one.
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