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Baker Silver Mining Company suite of annual reports

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Baker Silver Mining Company suite of annual reports
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Eight different reports for the Baker Silver Mining Company. This is an important printed archive of an early Colorado silver mine. All booklets are in near perfect condition. 1.) First Bylaws and property description of the Baker Lode. dated 1867, printed by Rodgers, yellow cover, 16pp. Yellow cover. 2.) 1868, 12pp, 3.) Second Annual Report, printed by Armond, 1870, 20pp, light violet cover. 4.) Third Annual Report and Meeting, 1871, 24pp. Light blue cover, printed by Rodgers. ( All are 7.5" x 4 5/8"). Also Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eight annual reports.



The Baker mine is located on Kelso Mountain near Georgetown. Development of the silver deposits around Georgetown took some time because of very difficult topographical challenges (steep walled canyons!) and severe weather. Hollister, in his 1867 Mines of Colorado wrote about the mine. He said it was half way up Kelso Mountain, with the lode cropping out in seams 30 feet wide. By 1866, the company had started an adit on a "considerable showing of ore. The indications are good for a very large vein of ore - seven feet is expected." (p255). By 1871, the company had run out of money and sought remedies to refinance the operation. Originally, a small mill had been built to test the res at nearby Elizabethtown, which may have been renamed Bakerville. The mine did not produce sufficient ore to feed the mill. For 2 years there was no active company in the district (West Argentine)and the Baker was the first to fire up operations. By early 1871, things were improving. Numerous cuts, tunnels and shafts were run.The company operated 48 days in 1870, processing nearly 550 tons of ore rendering 25 to 90 ounces per ton silver.

City: Georgetown
State: Colorado
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