Search Results: Titles starting with S from Mt. Gothic Tomes & Colorado Artifactual

THE SAN LUIS VALLEY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF ITS PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SUMMER RESORTS AND SOME OF ITS RESIDENCES, BUSINESS BLOCKS, MANUFACTORIES AND CITIZENS, 1891by A. R. PeltonPublished by Carson, Hurst & Harper(Denver, Colorado) with photographs by C. W. ERDLEN (Buena Vista & Salida,Colorado)188 pages (enamel-coated)Dimensions:10-3/8 inches by 6-3/4 inchesBook contains information and photographs on the following:History of the San Luis Valley,Colorado; Saguache County: Villa Grove, Moffat, The Crestone Estate, Town of Saguache; Mineral County: Creede, silver mining; Costilla County: Garrison, Mosca; Conejos County: Alamosa, La Jara, The Harvey Ranch, Town of Conejos, Antonito; Rio Grande County: Monte Vista, ranches & farms, La Garita Farm, Del Norte.Erdlen photographs on every page, sometimes multiple photographs.Mining, ranching, farming in southwestern Colorado.An important and scarcepromotional and historical Colorado publication.Condition: very good to very good plus; complete; endpapers… Read More

SILVER MINING REGIONS OF COLORADOBy J. P. WhitneyNew York: D. Van Nostrand. 1865Original black printed wrapsDimensions: 4-3/4 inches by 7-1/4 inches106 pagesReview of mines in Gilpin, Clear Creek, Boulder, and Summit counties, Colorado TerritoryCondition: very good plus; original tan covers; spine conservation with brown cloth; interior pages clean and bright; pages 81 - 106 oversized from previous pages, as originally printed in this copy.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

Wulsten, Carl. THE SILVER REGION OF THE SIERRA MOJADA (Wet Mountain) AND ROSITA, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO. Its Geography, Topography, Geonsy, and Oryktognosy: natural and Argentiferous Resources; History, Development and Commerce; Its Mines and Works; with Topographical Map of the Same. Denver: Tribune Steam Printing House 1876 First Edition. Printed light gray wrappers; back wrap appears to have been expertly replaced. Dimensions: 5-1/2 inches by 8-5/8 inches 101 pages Plus two folding maps: 1) Map of Pueblo, Colorado -- Its Railroad Connections and the Country Tributary (15-1/2 cm x 23-1/2 cm), tipped in between pgs. 28 & 29; 2) Map of the Silver Region of the Sierra Mojada and Rosita, "Its Topography, Mines, Town & Corporation Limits (45-1/2 cm by 61 cm), excellent topographical map identifying mountains, rivers, roads, mines, millsites, towns, etc. This map has been stabilized at hinges with conservation materials. Very good to very good plus condition: very good plus; all original except back… Read More

THE SILVERTON NORTHERNRAILROADOTTO MEARS /JAMES R. PITCHER, JR.Original railroad operatingexpenses ledger,1925 - 1930(Otto Mears, founder of thisrailroad, along with The SilvertonRailroad, was the president. Mears died in 1931. James Pitcher, Jr. was the vice president and general manager.)Condition: very good to very good plus; original ledger is cloth, leather and metal, showing some wear, especially on the burgundy leather; interior pages are clean, bright, handwritten (generally) and in very good plus to near fine condition. THE SILVERTON NORTHERN RAILROADwas an extension of THE SILVERTON RAILROADfrom Silverton to Howardsville,San Juan County, ColoradoLedger dimensions:13-1/2 inches by 10 inchesDepth, approximately 2-1/2 inches400 pages, most all withwritten informationDetailed accounts concerning:Investments; Land & Transportation;Station & Office Buildings; RoadwayBuildings; Shops & Engine Houses;Miscellaneous Structures;Roadway Machines; Cost ofRoad Purchases; Shop Machinery;Steam… Read More

THE SILVERTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANYOriginal stock certificate, #14Issued to Fred Walsen, Jr. and signed by Walsen as secretary of the Company.Dated November 28, 1899An OTTO MEARS San Juan County, Colorado railroadHowever -- and please note -- OTTO MEARS did NOT sign this certificate as president, unfortunately, although he was president of the Silverton Northern Railroad at the time. Guess he was busy getting that stained glass window of honoring him installed in the State Capitol, maybe.Fred Walsen, Jr., from the family that'd founded the Town of Walsenburg, Huerfano County, Colorado, had been afriend and business associate since the 1870s.Condition: very good plus to near fine; not folded, yet lightly canceled; some light waviness around borders, otherwise exceptionally clean, bright, and fresh.Here, at COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL, we are quite enamored with Otto Mears and most artifacts associated with this incredible and historical COLORADO personality.

THE SILVERTON GLADSTONE & NORTHERLY RAILROAD COMPANYBond #222Issued 1899First Mortgage Six Per Cent Gold BondWith 16 {$3} coupon dividends still present$100 bondJohn D. Chipman & Henry M. Soule signedVery good plus to near fine condition; original folds; generally clean and bright; some light pencil marks.San Juan County, COLORADOCOLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

SOUTH PARK and the ALPINE PASSBy J. W. Freeman1896Copyright: B. L. WinchellThird EditionIssued by Passenger Department South Park Line, Denver, ColoradoPress of Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, St. LouisCondition: near fine to fine.Dimensions: 8-3/4 inches by 5-3/4 inches; 32 pagesText and photographic illustrations. Scarce promotional publication for the South Park Line of the DENVER, LEADVILLE &GUNNISON RAILROAD. Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad history. Colorado & Southern Railway history.COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL

STANLEY MINE, gold, located west of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek County, Colorado. SET OF FIVE (5) ORIGINAL BOUDOIR-CARD SIZED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES of the exterior and interior of the Stanley Mine, on original mounts. Image dimensions: 7-1/4 inches by 4-3/4 inches; original mounts: 8 inches by 5 inches. Overall: very good plus condition; each image a shade light, but otherwise tones and contrasts lend to superb detail; several pinholes in photographs; and, one two images, "Stanley" written in light pen.Excellent, and possibly unique, set of Colorado gold mining photographs, circa 1890. Exhibited by COLORADO ARTIFACTUAL & MT. GOTHIC TOMES

STRATTON'S INDEPENDENCE MINE Revenue-imprinted check. Dated: May 1, 1899. Bank-cancelled. Issued on THE BANK OF VICTOR, VICTOR, CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING DISTRICT, COLORADO. Near fine condition; bank punch-cancel. Steel-engraving of Independence Mine[Please note: this check is not signed by W. S. Stratton; rather, per a secretary named, Grant.] Dimensions: 8-3/8 inches by 3-3/8 inches. -- C'mon, not a lot else historical available from Stratton's Independence. And this check is superb! --Historical Independence Mine, Cripple Creek District, Colorado document exhibited by Colorado Artifactual & Mt. Gothic Tomes.