Galveston: Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Office of the District Engineer, January 1955. Wraps. The Intracoastal Waterway is a 3,000-mile inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts running from Boston southward along..... More
Colorado Springs, Colorado: Out West Printing & Stationery Co., 1905. Wraps. With an unused form for reserving stock in the company laid in. Oblong octavo: [36] p. with 19 illustrations from photographs, some full page..... More
Mammoth blueprint map (approximately 27” x 66”), dated December 14, 1905, showing the route of the Twin Buttes Railway as it was originally proposed and surveyed. Construction of the railroad was completed in 1906, connecting..... More
An April 8, 1894 letter about the local impacts of the fall in silver prices and a miners’ strike at Cripple Creek, Colorado. The letter was handwritten by H.R. Pendery (1850-1928), county attorney for Lake County..... More
A collection of approximately 20 items, consisting of location notices, receipts, assay certificates, informal accounting figures, letters, and notes primarily concerning the Lone Pine #1 and Lone Pine #2 quartz mining claims in Douglas County..... More
Four holographic letters written between 1908 and 1913 by hard-rock miner A.M. “Bert” Keefer to his friend Frank M. Duncan in Carson City and Reno, Nevada. The letters informally report on the progress in underground..... More
A small collection of material, consisting of an original ink on linen map, two documents, and a small ore sample, associated with the Aztor Mine in the historic Los Cerrillos Mining District. Located about 20..... More
This unique travel brochure folds out into the shape of a pennant. Declaring Missoula the best equipped hotel city in Montana, it pictures and describes the amenities and rates of seven facilities: Florence, Palace, Park..... More
Denver: American-Rand Mining and Milling Co., circa 1927. First Edition. Wraps. Investment prospectus for this little-known Colorado gold mining opportunity, which was directed by the Canadian-born mineralogist and mining engineer James D. Caldon (1847-1931). The..... More
Denver: The Merchants Publishing Company, circa 1907. First Edition. Wraps. Attractive investment prospectus for the reopening and modernization of silver mining operations in Ophir, Nye County, Nevada. Silver was discovered in 1863 and by 1867..... More
Beresford, South Dakota: Beresford Municipal Telephone System and A.B. & E. Telephone Company, 1949-1963. Wraps. A collection of eleven telephone directories (1949-1951, 1953, and 1957-63) for the small South Dakota city located in the southeastern..... More
El Paso, Texas: National Telephone Directory Co., Inc., 1925. Wraps. The personal and business listings for the greater Phoenix, Arizona region in 1925. A year later, the Southern Pacific Railroad’s main line was rerouted through..... More
El Paso, Texas: Hotel Greeters of America, Southwest Charter No. 16, 1941. Wraps. According to the publisher’s statement, this booklet was “widely distributed throughout West Texas, New Mexico and part of Arizona, by the principal..... More