PROSPECTUS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS OF THE RED MOUNTAIN MINING AND SMELTING CO. OF LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO.
Elroy, Wisconsin: Tribune Job Print. 1882. Original printed wrappers. 16pp, plus undated one-page circular cover letter laid in, "inviting the reader to read the prospectus and buy stock in the company" [BYU description on OCLC]. A rare Wisconsin imprint.
The Company was incorporated at Leadville, Colorado, on August 1, 1882. J. B. Bissell of Leadville was President. "Mines include: Birtie, Bowne, Nuggett, Elroy, Early Dawn, Morning Star, Surprise, Smuggler located in Lake Creek Gulch on the north slope of Twin Peaks, 3-1/2 miles from Twin Lakes and 20 miles south of Leadville, in the Twin Lake Mining District, Colorado. Excellent detail of mines and development" [online Colorado Artifactual].
OCLC records six newspapers printed in Elroy before 1882, and no pre-1882 pamphlets.
OCLC 367387807 [1- BYU] as of December 2024. Item #40637
Price: $550.00