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. Simon’s
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: $20.00
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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: $20.00
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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: $20.00
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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: $22.95
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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: $20.00
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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: $20.00
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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: $21.95
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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: $25.00
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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
$40.00
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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
$40.00
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TREASURER TOWN OF CRIPPLE CREEK
February 2, 1897, Town Warrant. Near fine condition
Price: $20.00
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BURKE & FRY
The First National Bank of Cripple Creek, August 9, 1900, Near fine condition,
Revenue stamp imprinted
Price: $20.00
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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: $50.00
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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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bank checks of interest; we have many in inventory -- too many to list each one.
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