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Bassick Gold Mine Company Records

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Bassick Gold Mine Company Records
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Original black tin box full of the company's records from 1899-1901. The group consists of several thousand checks, all with RNX, Also hundreds (or more) of invoices. This original batch of records is as found, and has not been "high-graded" for better letter or bill heads. There are many from small towns in Colorado, and many from the Thomkins family businesses of banks and hardware stores in Leadville, and the Silver Cliff area. Bassick was discovered by E.C. Bassick in 1877. he made a reported $500,000 in the first year and a half, then sold out. Vanderwilt reports the Bassick mine has ore in a large vertical pipe 20 x 100',that may represent the neck of a volcano. Emmons reported in 1896 that the Bassick had produced nearly $6million on gold. This was the major mine in the district, and these records are representative of a renewed effort to mine there. This is a wonderful archive that we couldn't bear to split up. Date: Location: Querida, Colorado HWAC# 59829