Rare books, stock certificates, and historical artifacts related to
Gunnison County, Colorado.
GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO, PAGE
2
HISTORIC ALPINE TUNNEL
by Dow Helmers
Sage Books: Denver, Colorado, 1963, 1st edition
Original green cloth covers; 200 pages; copiously illustrated;
in original dust jacket
Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
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Marble, Gunnison County,
Colorado
THE
COLORADO - YULE MARBLE COMPANY, stock certificate Number A1443,
issued June 12, 1913, uncancelled, near fine condition, usual two folds.
These shares were issued on the famous Colorado - Yule Marble quarry near
Marble, Colorado. The marble from this operation became intricate to the
architecture of numerous buildings and structures, such as the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Cheesman Memorial. This
certificate was engraved and printed by the International Banknote Company, New
York.
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HISTORY OF TIN CUP, GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO
HISTORY
OF TIN CUP, COLORADO (Virginia City): An Alpine Mining Camp Which
Refused to Become a Ghost Town, by Nolie Mumey. Published by The Johnson
Publishing Company, Boulder, Colorado, 1963, Number ___ of 300 numbered copies;
222 pages; illustrated. Condition: fine; two reproduction tokens in back
pocket of book; however, original dust jacket and reproduction tin cup not
present.
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Crested Butte mining: anthracite coal
THE COLORADO ANTHRACITE COMPANY OF COLORADO,
stock certificate Number 42, issued March 1,1882, uncancelled, several folds,
but still in near fine condition. According to the 1883 Colorado
Mining Directory (Page 326), this Company owned 2,560 acres of coal land,
situated on the east and west side of Slate River, between O-Be-Joyful and
Poverty gulches, near Crested Butte.
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THE
EDISON GOLD MINING COMPANY, stock certificate Number 47, issued March
30, 1896, uncancelled. Condition: near fine; usual two folds.
Stated on certificate: "Mines Located in Nugget Camp, Gunnison
County."
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Crested Butte mining
company; Aspen office
THE
ITALIAN MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY, stock certificate No. 28, issued
April 12, 1892, cancelled. Stated on certificate: "Mines at Spring
Creek, Colorado." Company office was located in Aspen.
Condition: very good; some glue-staining and fraying to left edge.
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Mining near Gothic, Colorado
THE
GOTHIC MINING & SMELTING COMPANY, stock certificate Number 22,
issued October 25, 1892, uncancelled; several folds, very good plus
condition. Certificate issued on mining operations near Gothic,
Colorado. (Property referenced in GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: The Majestic
Empire of the Western Slope, by Nelson, 1916, Page 52)
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Gunnison County mining stock
certificate signed by J.R. McKinnie, Cripple Creek, Colorado gold baron
THE
CARPENTER GROUP GOLD MINING & MILLING COMPANY, stock certificate
Number 65, issued April 8, 1898; very good plus condition: several folds.
Stated on certificate: "Mines in Gunnison County, Colo."
Certificate signed by Cripple Creek gold baron, J.R. McKinnie, as
president.
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Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad
DENVER
& RIO GRANDE WESTERN: Scenic Line of the World - thru the Rockies
- Not Around Them - Timetable for Winter-Spring, 1938 - 1939. George
Williams, General Traffic Manager; H.I. Scofield, Passenger Traffic Manager,
Denver. Publication is in its original illustrated wrappers; 54 pages;
illustrations and advertising; 4-page Map of the Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad and Connections. Condition: several repaired small splits in
folds; otherwise, very good plus.
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Quartz Creek Mining District
FAIRVIEW-CLEOPATRA
MINES, INC., issued 1930, uncancelled, near fine condition (usual two
folds). Mining property in Gunnison County, Colorado. Incorporated
in Colorado. Property was located in the Quartz Creek Mining
District, in the vicinity of Pitkin.
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