Item #9321 A STATEMENT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE LITTLE ROCK MINING CO. IN THE LA SALLE COAL BASIN. CHEAP FUEL FOR CHICAGO AND THE NORTH-WEST. Little Rock Mining Co.
A STATEMENT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE LITTLE ROCK MINING CO. IN THE LA SALLE COAL BASIN. CHEAP FUEL FOR CHICAGO AND THE NORTH-WEST.
A STATEMENT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE LITTLE ROCK MINING CO. IN THE LA SALLE COAL BASIN. CHEAP FUEL FOR CHICAGO AND THE NORTH-WEST.

A STATEMENT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE LITTLE ROCK MINING CO. IN THE LA SALLE COAL BASIN. CHEAP FUEL FOR CHICAGO AND THE NORTH-WEST.

Chicago: Chas. Scott & Co, 1858. Original printed wrappers, 14pp. Spotted, lightly worn, old institutional and duplicate stamps, one of which reads: "Presented by Judge and Mrs. Isaac R. Hitt, Washington, D.C." Isaac R. Hitt is listed on page [3] as a stockholder. Good+.

A very scarce ante-fire imprint. "This company was chartered in January, 1856, capitalized at $300,000. It owned some 475 acres of coal lands in La Salle County on the Illinois Central Railroad and along the Illinois River. Chicago men who held stock in the company: James V.Z. Blaney, B.S. Morris, L.P. Hillard, J.M. Wilson, W.W. Mitchell, and Charles M. Dupuy" [Byrd]. This Statement analyzes "the importance of cheap fuel to the City of Chicago," and the ability of the Company to provide it.
FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 338 [2]. Byrd 2962 [1]. OCLC 62978823 [2- Chicago Hist. Mus., Newberry], 62190408 [2- U IL, Lehigh]. Item #9321

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