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OFFICIAL CRIPPLE CREEK DISTRICT UP TO DATE:Historical, Descriptive, Pictorial and Biographical of a WONDERFUL GOLD PRODUCING CAMPPublished by The Consolidated Publishing Company, Cripple Creek, Colorado 1896BY LINCOLN H. HALLMay 10, 1896Endorsed by The Colorado Mining Stock Exchange(Denver) The Colorado Springs Mining StockAssociation The Gold Mining Stock Exchange(Cripple Creek)The Pueblo Mining ExchangeThe Victor Mining Stock ExchangeBook dimensions:10-1/2 inches by 7-1/2 inches94 pages, illustratedAn intriguing publication for various reasons. Foremost, its detail of the earlyCripple Creek Gold Mining District. Its vital publication not long after the Townof Cripple Creek's devastating fire. The inclusion of the short-lived West CreekGold Mining District. And its evident influence of stock brokers and miningexchanges.TABLE OF CONTENTS:Cripple Creek District by Henry Russell Wray; Mode of Occurrence of the Ores by R.A.F. Penrose; General Geology by Whitman Cross; Why the Gold Is ThereGillett,… Read More

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1940 First edition, first issue in original first state dust jacket INSCRIBED by ERNEST HEMINGWAY to Arthur Howard, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Arthur Howard was a noted geologist for the UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Inscribed on November 14, 1946. "A" on copyright page. Book in astoundingly fine condition -- book, dust jacket, and internal pages almost as if new. COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

ERNEST HEMINGWAY Inscribed first edition, first printing, in original first state dust jacket. THE GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA Published in 1935; Scribners', New York. "A" on copyright page. Original price of "$2.75" still on front inner flap of dust jacket. CONDITION: Book is in very good plus condition: no problems other than a lightly sunned spine; gold and black print still vibrant. Green cloth covers show some lightening along cloth edges. Dust jacket front and back panels are bright, clean with only minor scratching and edge wear; jacket spine show sunning matching that of the book's spine cloth with printing still highly readable. Ed Hanes, to who this book is inscribed by Hemingway, was an acquaintance Hemingway had met in Key West, Florida. Book has no writing in it other than Ernest Hemingway's inscription to Ed Hanes. EDWARD SHENTON drew decorations and illustrations (the same artist who did the decorations and illustrations for F. Scott Fitzgerald's TENDER IS THE NIGHT). COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

ALPINE PASSCHAFFEE - GUNNISONcountiesCOLORADOApril 16, 1890WILLIAM HENRY JACKSON Photograph"View on U.P. Railway, showing Jull (Snow) Plow derailed in 3 inches of snow. April 16, 1890"Image dimensions: 7 inches by 4-1/2 inchesCondition: near fine; very strong tones and contrasts; near fine detail; little or now wear to original mount.Route: The Denver, South Park & Pacific RailroadOperated in 1890 by UNION PACIFIC RAILWAYHistorical COLORADO RAILROAD photographCOLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

THE DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY, Kokomo Engine, on La Veta Pass, Sangre de Christo Range, COLORADO. Original mammoth-sized albumen photograph on original Denver & Rio Grande Railroad mount. Image: approximately 21 inches by 17 inches. Circa 1882. Strong tones and contrasts, very fine detail; image a shade light. There is some roughness on the yellow borders presumably caused by the removal of on original matting atop the original base matting. This damage includes a slightly roughened area in the upper left-hand border and slightly into the original photograph about the size of a quarter. Damage appears to have been lightly colored.William Henry Jackson was contracted by Board of The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad to photograph images along the route of the railway. This photograph is one of the more dramatic images.

THE PORTLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY Ninth Annual Report February 2, 1903 Victor, Cripple Creek Gold Mining District, COLORADO James F. Burns, President Irving Howbert, Vice-President Frank G. Peck, Secretary & Treasurer W. S. Stratton, director J. R. Finlay, Manager Thomas T. M. Fitzgerald, Mine Superintendent Frank M. Curie, Consulting Engineer Victor G. Hills, Charles J. Moore, Max Boehmer, consulting engineers A. T. Gunnell, General Legal Counsel The Gowdy-Simmons Printing Company, Colorado Springs, Colorado Condition: very good to very good plus; original square-bound spine conservation reinforced; internal pages are generaly clean & bright; some pages show minor fraying at edges; numerous photographs and maps in very good plus to near fine condition. Original red-printed gray wrappers. This publication is a wealth of information on the history of the Portland Mine, and also the Cripple Creek Gold Mining District of Colorado. Publication dimensions: 9-1/2 inches by 12 inches 110 pages, plus folding… Read More

THE PROCESSION OF FLOWERS IN COLORADOByHELEN HUNT JACKSONIllustrated in water colorsbyALICE A. STEWART1 of 100 copiesBOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS,1886Condition: very good to very good plus; original aqua boards slightly scuffed; original gold-embossed leather spine slightly worn, chipped at head and toe of spine, however strong; interior pages clean and bright and fresh. Printed on superb heavy-bond paper. Each illustration uniquely hand-painted by Alice Stewart.An exceptional publication for those who cherish COLORADOhistory, as well as its Mountain Flowers.Every book in this limited edition of 100was hand-painted differently from theothers.Historical COLORADO book of flowersexhibited for acquisition byCOLORADO ARTIFACTUAL&MT. GOTHIC TOMES