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Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad Company Annual Pass (1880)

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Denver, South Park & Pacific Railroad Company Annual Pass (1880)
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750.00USDto r******8+ buyer's premium (157.50)
This item SOLD at 2016 Sep 30 @ 10:01UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Rare pass, though in poor condition. Pass No. 49, issued for 1880 to Herman Silver (auditor for the Denver & Rio Grande Railway). Signed by C.W. Fisher as general superintendent. Heavy soiling. Blank reverse (removed from album?). Operated 1872 to 1889, when it was sold to the Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway. The line ultimately extended from Denver to the Baldwin/Caselton areas near Gunnison. From Denver, it went up the valley of the South Platte River to South Platte, then to Buffalo Creek & Bailey to Como through South Park to Garo, Fairplay and Alma. As such, it service many of Colorado's central mining districts during their boom years. They originally entered a deal in 1880 with Jay Gould and the Denver & Rio Grande regarding a line to Leadville from Buena Vista. Gould decided that the D&RG would build the line and the DSP&P could share the rights, as long as the DSP&P would build the line into Gunnison County via Chalk Creek and share rights. The agreement was ended in 1884, and DSP&P built their own line into Leadville, crossing the Continental Divide twice. (Prag Collection) City: State: Colorado Date: Inventory# 41024