Rare books, stock certificates, and historical artifacts related to
Gunnison County, Colorado.
GUNNISON
COUNTY, COLORADO, PAGE
2
RESERVED
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 B3551,
issued June 15, 1914, 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
Issued
April 14, 1892, cancelled. Stated on certificate: "Mines at Spring
Creek, Colorado," on Italian Mountain, Gunnison County, 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,
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 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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THE CRESTED BUTTE TELEPHONE COMPANY
Stock certificate issued April 23, 1907, uncancelled
Signed by J.W. Rockefeller as president and Angus Taylor as
secretary
Corporate seal affixed at Crested Butte, Colorado
Near fine condition
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THE CRYSTAL PARK MINING AND MILLING COMPANY
Stock certificate issued March 19, 1880; uncancelled
Principal Offices at Crystal City, Colorado and Chicago,
Illinois
Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado
Very good condition
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