BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF LEADVILLE (Colorado), 1879 - 1895

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LEADVILLE, LAKE COUNTY AND THE GOLD BELT: Its Mineral and Natural Resources, 1895, by Jay F. Manning.  A Guide Book of The Rockies, Profusely Illustrated. 

Original illustrated soft covers; 162 pages, plus 4 fold-out maps, 6 pages of local and regional advertising.  Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and tables.

Maps: 1) Boehmer's Map of Lake County, Colorado, compiled from U.S. Government surveys and from surveys made in October 1879 and in September 1880 by Max Boehmer, Civil Engineer and U.S. Deputy Surveyor; 2) Boehmer's Topographical Map of the Carbonate Regions in the Vicinity of Leadville, Colorado, showing location of mines and prominent prospects from actual surveys made in October 1879 by Max Boehmer, U.S. Deputy Surveyor; 3) Map of Leadville Gold Belt; and, 4) Map of the Mining Claims of Leadville, Colo., 1894, published by Poole Bros., Engravers, Chicago.

Contents: Preface; Early Days; Venerable Characters; Climate; Lake County; Leadville History; Scenic Attractions; Characteristics of Leadville Miners; Some of the Theories; Geology of the Leadville Ore Deposits; Descriptions with Notes on the Mines; The Gold Belt; Some of the Gold Belt Mines; Silver Producers; The Smelting Industry; A Group of Mining Men; Leadville Up to Date: an epitome of Her business industries; The Granite Gold Belt; The Twin Lakes District; Representative Business Men and Leadville Business Houses; and more.